Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachel Saunders, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Madison Elizabeth Levan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

engineering program innovation and diverse STEM workforce development. Her recent research focuses on student veterans’ civilian acculturation through higher education.Ms. Rachel Saunders, UNC Charlotte Rachel Saunders is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Coun- selor Education and Supervision Program. Her research focuses primarily on culturally responsive school counseling, college and career readiness, and experiences of student veterans in higher education. She serves as a Research Assistant at UNC Charlotte as part of a Office of Naval Research grant supporting student veterans and engineering curriculum innovation.Dr. Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mason Andrews, Hampton University; Mujde Erten-Unal, Old Dominion University; Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, most crucially, an activedesign studio. The course set is taught under the aegis of an established cross-university, cross-disciplinary entity - the Coastal Community Design Collaborative. The overarching objective isto model effective trans-disciplinary collaborative research and design in teaching, learning, andproductivity.Specifically, the research asks: What pedagogic tools, curricular support, and teaching strategiescan foster trans-disciplinary collaboration among students from engineering, architecture, andscience programs? It seeks to evaluate impacts on students’ short- and long-term career interestsand it asks: What shifts in focus and methods are required for faculty toeffectively lead a trans-disciplinary design studio?The most

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Joseph F. Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Allyson Jo Barlow, University of Nevada, Reno

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #29282Community Building for the NSF PFE: RIEF Program: Year 1Prof. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Hamid Eisazadeh, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

assess the performance of the project, an instrument was developed withmultiple-choice problems and survey questions for the students. The results of a field test in asophomore manufacturing class are presented. The module is available at the ASME Dropboxand the developers are seeking other colleges to promote the project and participate in thefield test.1. IntroductionAfter surveying 2500 industry engineering supervisors, early career mechanical engineers andME Department Heads it was found that 46.9% of industry supervisors state a weakness inunderstanding of standards among ME/MET graduates and 48.3% of early career engineersstate their own weakness of standards understanding1. In addition, under the programcurriculum section in the self

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Reese Jr., Johns Hopkins University; Eileen Haase Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Ahmed Ibrahim, Johns Hopkins University; Jane Brock Greco; Kelly F. Clark, Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

faculty members at institutions that focus more onresearch output. A study by Feldon et al suggests that teaching professional development canimprove research methodological skills, which can improve research productivity [5]. Facultywho engage in teaching professional development also need less time to prepare for class, andthus, can spend more time on other responsibilities like research.Second, engaging in teaching professional development is linked to adoption of research-basedteaching practices [6]. Future faculty, however, report a lack of structured professionaldevelopment opportunities that prepare them for their future faculty careers [7]. Engineeringdisciplines are ideal spaces and communities of action to engage future faculty in

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Caroline Batson, University of Mississippi

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

international students will already befully apprenticed into the target discursive practices of their field. While many students whoenter into U.S. institutions of Higher Education may take a number of academic writing coursesin their undergraduate career by means of an Intensive English Program or other EnglishLanguage Program, many of these courses do not place emphasis on the advanced, technical, andfield-specific writing skills needed to successfully navigate the academic and scholarlyenvironment. Indeed, these courses typically focus on genres of essay writing (e.g., expository,descriptive, narrative, argumentative) instead of scientific, disciplinary genres that are crucial inthe process of developing theses and dissertations as well as in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Matthew Paul Jouffray

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

curricular activities o career o looking for time-savingNeeds Wants Behaviors o extracurricular activities • instructor involvement shortcuts• help with study skills • positive (not negative) group • out of class• help with time management work experience o not/using course• help with course technology • what do I want? website• help transitioning o major/degree o consulting with a TA o from high school o career o not/reading textbook o internationally

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

products in the flexiblemanufacturing category —up 3.3% from $15.5 billion in 2014 and $14.5 billion in 2013 [1-2].This trend is likely to continue to increase as the manufacturing sector continues to transforminto a high tech, less labor-intensive and more value added industry using advanced automatedsystems. Hsieh [3] surveyed 150 industry partners on the skill sets needed for industrialautomation career. Of these, 78 responded that their companies employ technicians or engineerswho maintain automated manufacturing systems as part of their job. Of these 78 participants, themajority (about 88%) indicated that their primary market segment/industry includes one of thefollowing: oil & gas, automotive, semiconductor & electronics, energy

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rohit Dua, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Progress)Abstract The goal of this project is to address and contribute to the ever-growing demand todevelop innovative and interactive education modules, catered towards K-12 students, which willencourage them to pursue a career path in computer engineering, a STEM field area, upongraduating from high school. Even though kids are experienced in using consumer electronicgadgets, they rarely understand the basics of how these devices were built. Exposing them to thefoundations of computer hardware, may encourage them to think about how basic computeroperations are performed. In addition to developing multiple tools, to teach kids about theworking of logic gates, decimal-to-binary conversion, and representing positive and negativenumbers, in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. Dr. Borrego is Deputy Editor for Journal of Engineering Education. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

-relatedactivities. The ultimate objective of these activities is to encourage more students to choose aneducation in the STEM fields and pursue a STEM-related career in the future [2].Getting more students involved in the STEM education is already a challenge. Attracting morefemale students into the STEM fields can be even harder. Statistics data show that there is a biggender gap in the STEM fields in workplaces. It has been found that women make up 46% of theworkforce but hold only 24% of jobs in STEM fields [3]. Many institutions and organizationshave realized this challenge and provided various activities to promote female students into theSTEM fields [2]. In addition, different strategies were developed to recruit and retain students inthe STEM

Conference Session

Hands-On Skills in BME

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen R. Thickman, University of Washington

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Biomedical Engineering

interests include developing and teaching courses for an online professional masters program, courses in genomics and genomic technologies, and labora- tory experiences. Thickman performs educational research and continuous improvement activities toward the goal of improving student outcomes. Thickman also engages in online education and research in this area to improve access to bioengineering education for students at various points in their careers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Teaching Genomics and Genomic Technologies to Biomedical Engineers: Building Skills for the Genomics WorldAbstractDuring the last decade, the cost of sequencing DNA has plunged

Conference Session

Issues in Mechanical Engineering Technology II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury P.E., Western Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

on input from industrial constituents will be conducted.It is expected that the development of these six modules will address the limited exposure tofluid power that current students of engineering and engineering technology programs have, thusallowing them to consider careers in the hydraulic fluid power industry. The initialimplementation of the proposed development will take place in the Fall semester of 2019.IntroductionFluid power industry has wide applications in the manufacturing segment across the globe, it is a$100 billion industry. This is an important component for the U.S. economy (i.e., roughly 25%of market share), with a ten-fold downstream economic impact for the top ten industries utilizingfluid power [1]. Its range of

Conference Session

Graduate Student Support

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael R. Berta, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Graduate Studies

their professional careers. Fives,Hamman, and Olivarez [11] further summarized that research indicating that factors associatedwith role ambiguity, lack of decision making power, and perceived lack of control contribute toburnout among these pre-service student-teachers.Contemporarily, higher education news highlights the burnout of graduate students. Wedemeyer-Strombel [12] discussed the personal sacrifice of graduate school in terms of lost relationshipsciting the immersive, exhaustive, and unyielding demands of graduate student responsibilities.The immersive, demanding, and sacrifice-oriented acculturation of graduate students becomesnormalized in higher education because advisors and faculty control much graduate students’professional

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University; Stephanie Lezotte, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan P.E., Rowan University; Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Danilo Zeppilli

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

college students (FGCS) face considerable obstacles to college success,including a lack of role models in the family, a lack of familial mentoring and support, a lack offamiliarity with the college climate, and, generally, lower socioeconomic status [1-6]. They tendto be less academically prepared for college, and English is not their native language for a higherproportion than of continuing-generation college students (CGCS) [3]. However, in many ways,recent research suggests that FGCS are very similar to CGCS. They respond to the same factorsencouraging college persistence and success [7-8], and often demonstrate considerable “grit” inpursuing their undergraduate careers (9), a factor instrumental in undergraduate achievement.Indeed, Boone and

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

José Carlos Villalobos, University of Central Florida; Uday K. Nair, University of Central Florida; Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Rachel Straney, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

first-generationcollege students [9, 10].The CAMP-YES program design is based on the attributes described above, which are known topromote academic success, especially for under-represented groups. CAMP-YES is a S-STEMprogram funded by the National Science Foundation with a goal of preparing academicallyjjjjtalented, financially needy students to successfully transition to the workforce, graduate school,or create/work at a startup company. This diverse, cohort-based program has 124 junior andsenior STEM students (48% First Generation, 28% Women, 39% Hispanic, and 11% AfricanAmerican). CAMP-YES students choose from three career preparation pathways (Internship,Research, or Entrepreneurship Path) to explore their professional interests and make

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Dempsey, Collin County Community College ; Ann F Beheler, Collin County Community College

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Computing and Information Technology

intently to business leadersand understand the trajectory of change they are bearing witness to [12].” If business andeducation can work together, “schools will have greater placement opportunities for graduates,and students will have far more employment and career options [12].”The CTC’s BILT – which includes IT experts from national companies based in regions acrossthe US – convenes quarterly to discuss emerging industry trends and provide program guidanceto faculty attendees. The CTC has found that only through frequent regular meetings can astrong relationship develop between business and educators. Each spring, the CTC’s BILT usesa unique voting system to rank and update a list of IT knowledge areas that entry-level ITworkers need to know in

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kacey Beddoes; Rachel Miriam Vriend Croninger, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

their division. The list above is the list ofconfirmed divisions that sent out the announcement. Participants completed a screening surveythat asked about their experiences submitting and publishing with JEE. Seventy-three potentialparticipants responded to the initial survey; 62 volunteered to be interviewed. Two additionaltargeted surveys were distributed to recruit a representative sample of experiences. The firsttargeted survey was distributed to authors who had published in JEE in the past five years. Thesecond targeted survey was distributed to early-career faculty holding positions in engineeringeducation departments across the United States. Survey respondents were a mix of Assistant,Associate, and Full professors as well as non-tenure

Conference Session

First-Year Program Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

students about the modules or suggesting topics todiscuss in their advice, it was very interesting to see that so many of the points discussed in themodules were the focus of the advice that was given by the students that had completed theengineering program (see Figure 2). This highlights the fact that these are important skills andthat successful students may be able to identify and develop them on their own, however, givingall students these insights upfront can help them develop these skills earlier. Establishing theseskills early in their college careers can prevent some initial poor performance, which can lead todiscouragement and attrition. “The amount of time needed to do engineering homework is so much more than in high school. Make sure

Conference Session

Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Thomas McDonald, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanics

, students must first be able (or know how) to communicatethis technical information. Efforts are being made to help students improve communication skills early in theirundergraduate career.[1] One of the ways to enhance technical communication skills is to teachstudents what a proper solution looks like early in their academic career. This work does notsuggest a specific format for a clearly communicating a technical solution; engineers often fallback onto a “Given, Find, Solution” format. We do suggest that with increase in class sizes andtherefore a demand for easier ways to assign and grade homework, one skill in particular isquickly diminishing; technical communication. Students who only work with online homework systems, or those

Conference Session

Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

senior year of undergraduate programs, first year, andsecond year of graduate programs.The NSF GRFP written research proposals are valuable documents for engineering educationresearchers who study the ways in which graduate engineering socialize into the roles,expectations, and norms of their academic research disciplines. Because the fellowship programis open to only early-career graduate students, the written statements capture the languagepatterns and characteristics of students transitioning from being consumers of knowledge (at theundergraduate level) to producers of knowledge as graduate students. As part of a larger researchinitiative studying engineering writing and argumentation patterns of winners of the NSF GRFP,in this study, we seek

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Petros J Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College

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Ocean and Marine

different disciplines, includingmechanical, electrical, and computer technology. This paper will present an overview ofcompetencies related to the career, as well as provide an overview of the relationship betweenmechatronics engineering and marine engineering. Introduction The Navy is steadily reducing the number of sailors manning each vessel. Since crewshave made up the largest fraction of the through-life cost of ships over the years, this personnelreduction requires more automated systems to keep the ships at sea and in total readiness,(Arciszewski, de Greef, & van Delft, 2009; Donaldson, 2013). To meet this need, industrialautomation systems are being investigated as replacements and upgrades for the military systemsthat have

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Paul Moses; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University

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Ocean and Marine

Marine Engineering from Webb Institute. At ODU, Dr. Michaeli oversees the marine engineering curriculum, teaches courses in ship design and construction, and is actively involved in funded Navy research funded STEM initiatives to encourage students to pursue careers in naval engineering. For her contributions to ODU and Batten College of Engineering and Technology she was the College’s nomination for the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Research Mentor for 2014-2015 and is the University’s nominee for the State Council for Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV) Rising Star award for 2016.Dr. Paul Moses c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Developing a Distance Learning

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connor Robert Bilchak, Columbia University; J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering

footprint) andremains one of the pivotal courses that aids in shaping student the Leo Building (the 4-floor engineering building with a largeknowledge of the discipline. Due to its fundamental nature footprint).it is delivered early in the chemical engineering curriculum.Previous literature has reported the importance of the course, aswell as its reputation as a weed-out course due to the difficultyof the course concepts[1],[2],[3],[4] . However, this course alsooften represents the students first significant exposure to thefield of chemical engineering due to its placement in thecurriculum, presenting an opportunity to expose the breadthof career paths available to them. Felder and Rousseau’s text is commonly used for

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Use of Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Saving Pelicans: A STEM Integration Unit (CurriculumExchange) TargetGradeLevel:5-8 EngrTEAMSEngineering to Transform the Education of Analysis, Measurement, & Science Authors and Contact: S. Selcen Guzey Tamara J. Moore

Conference Session

Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University

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Manufacturing

problem solving,management of resources, and process planning. Manufacturing is important and has greatimpact on economic development. Thus, it is imperative to provide pathways for students topursue careers in the manufacturing field.This paper discusses the development and implementation of articulated college credit forholders of "Louisiana’s Fast Start Program C4M Certification for Manufacturing”. Thiscertification was developed by Louisiana Economic Development – Fast Start Program and isoffered by different technical and community colleges in the state. It requires the completion ofone year of training on manufacturing oriented topics to include: Introduction to Manufacturing,Tools and Equipment Used in Manufacturing, and Introduction to

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Parikh, Foothill College; Lori Silverman, Foothill College

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Educational Research and Methods

’ experience in teaching transfer student populations has led to the development of fourmain objectives for engineering transfer programs. These four main objectives are the following:1) provide students with an entry point into an engineering pathway, 2) help students achievetheir goal of being accepted into an engineering bachelor’s program at a degree-grantinginstitution, 3) establish foundational knowledge and skills for students to achieve their goal ofobtaining a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and 4) help students develop career expectations toachieve their goal of being employed in an engineering-related career.Background on community college characteristicsAlthough engineering transfer programs may vary across community colleges, there are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vann Priest, Rio Hondo College; Gisela Spieler-Persad, Rio Hondo College; Ryan Taylor Bronkar, Rio Hondo College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. They are prompted to relate any obstacles they have faced. Many studentsdescribe family situations that have seriously impeded their academic career. They are alsoexpected to explain how the scholarship will help financially. If they have an off-campus job,they are to show that the scholarship will reduce their workload. In an informal survey of MESAstudents, the Director found that many students typically work 20 hours per week forapproximately $10/hour.The call for applications goes out in April. Information is provided to the students through theSTARSS website, the MESA/TRiO SSS STEM programs, and announcements by STEM facultyin classes. Students are to arrange for a letter of recommendation for a STEM faculty member bymid-May. The

Conference Session

Pedagogical Considerations for Teaching Engineering Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel LeBlanc, WPI

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Continuing Professional Development

. Throughout her career, Rachel and her team have provided education solutions for several industries including defense, life science, high-tech, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Rachel currently serves on the Board of Directors of INCOSE as the Director of Marketing and Commu- nications. In addition, she is on the Board of Directors for AUVSI New England. Rachel has a B.S. and M.S. in the life sciences, as well as an M.B.A. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Piloting Accessible Engineering Education OnlineAbstractMaking engineering education accessible to those without the ideal background has long been achallenge. Faculty are looking to admit students

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo G. Perez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Omar Meza Castillo, Inter American University of Puerto Rico

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First-Year Programs

mechanical engineering) was designed to provide an acclimation tocollege life, provide an introduction to engineering careers and promote self-confidence.Physics and Math topics were included in the theoretical part of the projects developed duringthe summer program to promote the student’s interest in Physics and Mathematics courses.The 2015 summer program impacted 67 students (34 mechanical, 18 computer, 8 industrialand 7 electrical) with a wide range of College Board scores, reflecting a variety of collegepreparedness levels. Students were divided in five groups. Each group was placed in adifferent classroom to work a hands-on project with an instructor and a student mentor.Groups were chosen to be multidisciplinary. To promote professional