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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian J Novoselich P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Janice Leshay Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Keith A. Landry, Georgia Southern University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University

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Paper ID #18356Supporting Veteran Students Along Engineering Pathways: Faculty, Student,and Researcher PerspectivesLt. Col. Brian J Novoselich P.E., U.S. Military Academy Brian Novoselich is an active duty Army Lieutenant Colonel currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy (West Point). He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in 2016. He holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and West Point respectively. His research interests include capstone

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srujal Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven

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Paper ID #19252Training to Understand, Diagnose, Adapt, and Repair Electromechanical Sys-temsMr. Srujal Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology Mr. Srujal Patel serves as the research faculty at Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering (AE) at Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Patel earned his dual M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics at Georgia Tech with specialization in Applied Numerical Analysis and Computa- tional Fluid Dynamics/Aerodynamics. After joining as the research faculty, Mr. Patel worked as project manager for the Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR) program - an

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Raymond Vetter, United States Military Academy

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. Sometimes the issue stems from a lack ofconfidence employing new technologies, other times the issue is that faculty are skeptical aboutthe efficacy of online learning [1, p. 155]. Some faculty members go so far as to say that “onlinelearning will corrupt the quality of higher education” [2, p. 79]. There is no supporting evidencefor this, and once resistant educators experience and teach an online course, they often becomevocal supporters of online education [2, p. 79]. Faculty often romanticize the traditionalclassroom setting [2, p. 49], claiming that online learning leads to decreased personalrelationships with students. While this may be true for small seminar courses, many traditionalundergraduate and graduate courses have hundreds of

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith A. Landry, Georgia Southern University; N. Mike Jackson, Georgia Southern University; Kevin Gavin Finley, Georgia Southern University - College of Engineering and Information Technology

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1graduation rate aligns with the overall national average for veterans of 40-50% identified in theVeteran Economic Opportunity Report (2015). Of concern though is the fact that, of the veteranswho entered as freshmen from 2008 through 2011, only 78% of that cohort were still in school in2011. This rate compares poorly with the retention rate of 90% for the non-veteran students in thatsame cohort. There is significant room to improve the retention and graduation rates of veteranstudents. In an earlier paper, Landry and Jackson (2016), the authors presented educational modelsof student learning in a STEM environment and offered a vehicle for developing a program tomitigate these issues and improve graduation and retention rates by increasing the

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Christina Nicole Willis, University of Utah; Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University

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served as a primerto begin thinking about veteran issues and areas where ASEE can add support. After the affinitymapping exercise, a brain-writing [30] exercise was conducted, followed by a group discussion.In attendance during the sessions were a total of four session “scribes” that took detailed notes tocapture the conversation that occurred during the session. Three of those four people are co-authors of this paper.Centering the participants on veteran engineering educationThe workshop attendees, including the authors, participated in a modified affinity mappingexercise as a centering tool for veteran engineering education. As part of this effort, we co-constructed different ideas, policies, and concerns surrounding student veteran engineer

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2: Veteran Identity & Inclusion

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas L. Davis, Kent State University; D. Blake Stringer, Kent State University; Maureen Regan McFarland, Kent State University

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, where he has served as a helicopter maintainer for 15 years.Dr. D. Blake Stringer, Kent State University BLAKE STRINGER, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of at Kent State University. He is the founding fac- ulty member of the university’s aerospace engineering program. Prior to joining the faculty at Kent State, Dr. Stringer served in the Army for 20 years as an army aviator, West Point faculty member, and research engineer. He holds a bachelors degree in aerospace engineering from the US Military Academy, a mas- ters degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech, and a doctorate in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia. Prior to his retirement, he led the Army Research Labo

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel

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. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for over 24 years including eleven years on the faculty at the United States Military Academy.Dr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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-campus atmosphere.Third, the development of the region’s first cyber range, which is also remotely accessible,facilitates equal access to key capabilities by distance students, while keeping potentiallyproblematic activities confined to a secure containment environment. This is particularlyimportant for deployed students who may not be able to run some applications on their localworkstations due to restrictions and security concerns.7. Conclusions and Next StepsThis paper has described the development of new undergraduate and graduate cybersecurityprograms and program components at NDSU. It has explained and evaluated how designdecisions have resulted in military friendly courses and programs and identified several key areasof current excellence

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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difficulties and a lack of study skills [5].Some veterans contrast civilian life with military life and suggest that college life is a “cultureshock” for new veterans [6].Universities have initiated a wide variety of efforts to address these and other challenges and tomore effectively meet student veteran needs [7], [8]. Many campuses offer Green Zone trainingto faculty and staff, which provides in-depth information about the issues faced by active servicemembers, student veterans, and their families [9]. Student veterans organizations are oftenviewed as an essential element of “veteran-friendly” campuses [10]. Many of these programs“include and incorporate student veterans more into the university fabric through admission,academics, student

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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, many ‘traditional’ engineering students will enter careers where their work intersectswith military interests. Lucena describes how engineering education has consistently beeninfluenced by the defense needs of the United States since World War II [29]. Students mayactively seek military-related jobs, or more likely, will find themselves in them. A recentNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) report analyzed STEM workforce concerns of the U.S.Department of Defense (DOD), in terms of the ‘defense industrial base’ and DOD civilian andmilitary employees [30]. Many new technologies are developed with military funding orpotential military applications in mind, as acknowledged in a recent NAE report [31].Military issues in relation to engineering have

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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students in their own learning environment. (5) Challenge students to construct knowledge from their experiences.During sophomore year, engineering students take Technical Writing and Communicationswhere they are introduced to the fundamental principles of technical writing and use a project-based learning model.Taking the aforementioned points into consideration, the technical writing instructor andengineering faculty tried a new approach to add realism to the technical writing course content.The course recently implemented a team exercise with iFixit [13] where student teams of fourhad to troubleshoot an unserviceable item (laptop, kitchen appliance, smart phone, etc.) andrepair it. As part of the project, teams documented their written

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy ; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Army; Patrick Baker, United States Military Academy

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of the Army Profession, 2nd Ed, New York City, NY: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005.[2] The Environmental Engineering Body of Knowledge Task Force Et al., Environmental Engineering Body of Knowledge, American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Annapolis, MD, May 2009.[3] Educating Army Leaders: Developing Intellect and Character to Navigate a Diverse and Dynamic World, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.usma.edu/strategic/SiteAssets/SitePages/Home/Educating%20Army%20Leaders _Sept%202017.pdf[4] M. Wilson, “Teaching, Learning, and Millennial Students” Special Issue: Serving the Millennial Generation, Vol. 2004, No. 106, pp 59-71, Jun. 2004.[5] A. McGlynn “Teaching

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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— as a negative turningpoint in the course of their lives is both grave and important to consider. One one hand, post GulfWar scholarship has re-energized focus on discrete, contemporary SVSM issues, including themental and physical health and campus integration of student combat veterans [e.g., 29, 30, 31],and institutional problems related to mid-semester college withdrawals and subsequent re-enrollments [e.g., 32]. On the other hand, many scholars [e.g., 13, 33-38], concerned with thecomplex effects of repeated deployments and subsequent returns to college on SVSM, haverecognized the importance of developing detailed and contextualized understandings ofindividual SVSM experiences during transitions between military, civilian, and

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Petros J Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Ana Djuric P.E., Wayne State University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College

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industry. While at Purdue University, Dr. Tomovic served as W. C. Furnas Professor of Enterprise Excellence, University Faculty Scholar, Director of Digital Enterprise Center, and Special As- sistant to Dean for Advanced Manufacturing. He has co-authored three books on hydraulic systems, product lifecycle management, and manufacturing processes. In addition, he has authored or co-authored over 140 papers in journals and conference proceedings, focused on applied research related to design and manufacturability issues, as well as issues related to mechanical engineering technology education. Dr. Tomovic made over 60 invited presentations nationally and internationally on the issues of design optimization and

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Chase Hood MA, Kansas State University; Stacey E. Kulesza P.E., Kansas State University; Jia G. Liang, Kansas State University; Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Kansas State University; Jeff Zacharakis, Kansas State University

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to pursue an engineering degree. For allitems, some Veterans endorsed the statement positively, some negatively, and some neutrally,suggesting there is not a general consensus among these Veterans concerning these issues. Table 5: Descriptive statistics of Veteran-specific questions. Standard Question Mean Min Max dev. I cannot see the connection between my service in the 3.32 1.32 1 5 military and the profession of engineering.* The

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joseph Murphy, University of California, Los Angeles; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine the longitudinal career pathways of engineering PhDs.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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Park Evaluators, an American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their under- graduate student population. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, trans- fers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering