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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Connecticut College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Marilyn Barger, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, FLATE

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transfer seamlesslyto a number of Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.) Degrees offered in the state universities,state colleges and community colleges. The 2 + 2 agreements apply 60 credit hours of an A.S.Degree directly to the 4-year bachelor’s degree. The number of B.A.S. degree offerings acrossthe state is growing rapidly. Alternatively, A.S. degrees in Engineering Technology willarticulate to the B.S.A.S. in Operations Management at USF Polytechnic in Lakeland. Thisdegree is a gateway to post baccalaureate degrees, requires additional general education and hastechnical prerequisite courses that may require an additional semester to complete. A third optionis for graduates to transfer to a B.S.E.T. degree granting institutions. Several

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A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Liesel Ashley Ritchie, Institute of Behavioral Science; Sandra Janette Mikolaski

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Paper ID #8631Leadership Development for Engineering Technology Faculty: Becoming anEducational Leader through Knowledge Generation, Application, and Con-tributionMs. Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College Elaine L. Craft (Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC) holds a baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Mississippi and a MBA from the University of South Car- olina with additional graduate studies in mathematics. Her experience includes working as an engineer in industry as well as teaching and administration at community college and state levels. She has

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik N. Dunmire, College of Marin; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College, Santa Clara

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studentsin general. Recent developments, however, have threatened the viability of engineeringprograms in California Community Colleges, endangering this very important pipeline in theengineering educational system. The increasing divergence of the lower-division requirementsamong different four-year institutions and among the different fields of engineering has led to theerosion of what used to be a standard set of core engineering courses (graphics, statics, propertiesof materials, circuits, programming) that were required by all engineering programs. This has inturn made it more difficult for community college students to identify and access required lower-division engineering courses, thereby creating barriers to transfer, increasing costs and

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Wayne Santarelli, California State University, Fresno; S. Shelley, U.S. Air Force; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Mark K. Smith, California State University, Long Beach, College of Continuing and Professional Education

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assure mutual success. The modifiedmodel that excludes the issues relating to the graduate program is shown in Figure 2.Figure2. Evolving Degree Completion Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Program ModelThe development of a program by a new lead university focusing on the degree completionprogram allows the opportunity to consider the model from the perspective of what has beenlearned and data acquired. It also permits the integration of a transformational model forengineering education [6] and the use of a supply chain model [7]. Owens and Fortenberry [6]present a transformation model for engineering education which is an active environmentcomposed of physical, psychological, social, and economic factors. In discussing thedevelopment of

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants

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). Regarding their self-reported major, anequal proportion of respondents (29%) reported majoring either in chemical or mechanicalengineering; 18% reported majoring in electrical engineering, 11% in civil engineering, 8% ingeneral engineering (required at one institution before declaring an engineering major), and 5%in industrial engineering. Three of the 17 students (18%) who were asked about their parents’education appear to be in the first generation in their family to attend college; that is, neither theirmother nor their father had attended college (we have no information about siblings). However,on the whole, the parents of these 17 respondents were well educated, with 12 of the 17 having atleast one parent with a bachelors or graduate

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Lemoine, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; James Sells, San Jacinto College, Central Campus; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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AC 2011-2176: FACILITATING TRANSFER OF STUDENTS FROM 2-YEARTO 4-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAMSKevin Lemoine, Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardJames K. Nelson, The University of Texas at Tyler Dr. James K. Nelson received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the University of Dayton in 1974. He received the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in civil engineering from the University of Houston. During his graduate study, Dr. Nelson specialized in structural engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in four states, a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom, and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is also a member of the American Society for Engineering

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Shealy, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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%) Page 23.39.8who were asked about their parents’ education appear to be in the first generation in their familyto attend college; that is, neither their mother nor their father reportedly attended college (wehave no information about siblings). However, on the whole, the parents of the respondents werewell educated, with 42 of the 66 having at least one parent with a bachelor’s or graduate degree.Mechanical engineers are substantially overrepresented (32%) compared with the population atthe selected schools (20%), while first-year engineering (8% vs. 15%) and electrical/computerengineering (21% vs. 31%) are substantially underrepresented. Chemical is the most popularengineering major among our sample of female transfers, with almost a third of

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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3 hours 6 credit hrs Program Requirements 64 credit hrsTable 1: Advanced Manufacturing Program, Northwest Michigan College 2010 Degree Page 22.10.3PlanSouth Texas Technical CollegesSouth Texas College (McAllen): The precision manufacturing technology program provides anenvironment to develop technical skills that are highly marketable to the South Texas industries.The STC degree plan requires 69 credit hours for graduation in the following areas: 16 credithours of general education, 30 credit hours or nine classes related

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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and faculty members, professionalmentoring, summer ET Academy, and industrial internships. We estimated that the proposedproject would reach more than 15,000 STEM students, impact at least 1640 potential ET majorsand 87 STEM educators over five years. Our goal was to double ET enrollment at our universityand triples our annual graduation rate. Concurrently, our target included increasing femalestudents by 150% and minority students by 200%.Initial enrollment and graduation rateOur university had a fall 2009 undergraduate enrollment of 37 students in ConstructionEngineering Technology (CET), 45 students in Industrial Engineering Technology (IET), and 13students in Logistics Technology (LT). CET, IRT, and LT were our three ET focus areas

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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identify a graduate student mentor and design a project to meet the academic interests, background knowledge and course training of the individual community college students. ii. Pre-program - Before each class of the TTE REU Site begins, faculty and graduate student mentors participate in a mentor training to: 1) discuss mentor and participant expectations; 2) learn more about the community college cohort, including background, experience, and interests; 3) discuss best practices in mentoring for community college students, underrepresented minorities, women, and first-generation college students; and 4) receive guidance on the creation of a 2-page project summary. Prior to the students’ arrival

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianping Yue, Essex County College

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. Page 22.835.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving Math Skills through Intensive Mentoring and TutoringAbstractMathematic skills are essential for the career success of students in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs. As prerequisite for major course requirements,passing rate in math courses is an important factor for the retention and graduations rates forSTEM majors. This paper presents a successful practice to improve students’ math skills throughintensive mentoring and tutoring. A group of students participate as a cohort in a summer bridgeprogram supported by an NSF grant. They take an introductory math class under the sameschedule and requirements as

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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“curriculum accretion” in the ET/EET technology field. That is, technical programs in this fieldcontinued to add more theory into their programs (transistors [bipolar and field effect] and theirbiasing schemes, Boolean algebra, binary number systems, digital logic [different logic gatefamilies – TTL, CMOS, etc], optoelectronics devices, microprocessors and microcontrollers, etc)to give their graduates detailed knowledge of these technologies and the components that wereused to implement the particular application of the technology. For a while this paradigm wasOK, but … after a while, programs were bursting at the seams with too much technology, usuallyat the expense of general education courses or a well rounded curriculum. During the 1980s and1990s

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Tracy D Blake, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; David Dwight Sam PhD, Utah State University

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environments.David D. Sam, Ph.D., Utah State University Dr. David Sam, Principal Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University instructs Materials Science, Manufacturing Processes, and General College Physics courses at the Uintah Basin Regional Campus. David has been with Utah State University for 2 years. Prior to joining the faculty at USU, he was a technical staff member at The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for over 20 years. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Science from Yale University. His current position involves building and improving distance education programs in the area

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Fraser, Long Beach City College

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industrial and classified government applications. In addition to his work at DSI, Scott worked at Hughes Aircraft Company for 13 years going from Plant Electrician to Program Manager. Scott has a BSEE from Cal State University, Los Angeles and his AS degree in Electrical Technology from Long Beach City College where he is currently teaching. Page 22.23.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Community College Perspective of How Ocean Applications Can Enhance Technical Program Course Offerings and Expand Student OpportunitiesThe incorporation

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie A. Rursch, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University

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: Introduction; Program Inception; CurriculumDevelopment; Data from Students and Potential Employers; Lessons Learned; and FutureDirections.II. Program InceptionThe development of the ICET degree was an outgrowth of several on-going projects underway atISU. During the summers of 2006-2010 ISU hosted an annual Community College Summit tohelp strengthen relationships between ISU and the community colleges in Iowa. All Presidentsand Academic Vice Presidents of the 15 community college districts were invited to the ISUcampus where they participated in general and break-out sessions on academic andadministrative issues, as well as discussed obstacles community college students face whencontinuing their education at ISU. The ISU President and the Provost

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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developed for upper-division and graduate courses in computerengineering. Despite the participants’ limited prior knowledge of embedded systems, and limitedprevious experience or course work in computer engineering, the participants were able to achievethe program’s major goals. Among the materials produced were instructional videos andlaboratory manuals on a variety of topics including an Introduction to the DE2-115 Developmentand Education Board, Hardware Design Flow Using Verilog in Quartus II, and Hardware andSoftware Codesign Flow.The focus of the 2012 Computer Engineering research group was on the analysis of performancedegradation of integrated circuits due to transistor aging effects in nano-scale. In this research,analysis of transistor

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University

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between 1 and 5 hours studying per week; followed closely by those whospent between 6-10 hours a week studying and preparing for class (30.6%). In terms of the academic advising/counseling services, the majority of the students agreedsomewhat or agreed strongly to consulting with an academic advisor regarding transfer (67.5%),talked with an academic advisor about courses to take, requirements, and educational plans(67.5%), discussed plans with an academic advisor for transferring to a 4-year college oruniversity (66.9%), believed that information received during the transfer process as beinghelpful (62.5%), and consulted with an academic advisor who identified courses needed to meetthe general education/major requirements of a 4-year college

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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the student schedules. The students are taught learning skillsthrough the “Guaranteed 4.0 Plan” developed by Donna O. Johnson. 19 The Plan is the onlyguaranteed learning system in existence. Johnson offers any student that she trains $100 whichshe will pay if the student follows the Plan 100% and does not received straight A’s. Ms.Johnson has yet to pay out any money. The most difficult part of the plan may be to get at least8 hours of sleep each night. The Academic Success Class helps the students to do wellacademically, as well as broaden their general knowledge about engineering, including resumes,internships, research, networking, portfolios, career planning, graduate school, industry (throughindustry speakers with graduate degrees), and

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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/history.html .7. MESA Center at San Antonio College website, http://www.alamo.edu/sac/MESA/8. Experiences and outcomes of first-generation student in community colleges, by Pascarella, E. T., Wolniak, G. C., Pierson, C. T., & Terenzini, P. T., Journal of College Student Development, 44, 420-429, 2003.9. Initiation of an Undergraduate Research Program, by Dan G. Dimitriu and Jerry O’Connor, ASEE Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 201210. Student retention and graduation: Facing the truth living with the consequences, by Tinto, Vincent (2004, July), The Pell Institute, pp. 6 – 9, Retrieved June 30, 2006 from http://www.pellinstitute.org/tinto/TintoOccasionalPaperRetention.pdf .11. Taking learning seriously, by

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC; Abe Eftekhari, Northern Virginia Community College; Ji Hyon Mun, Thomas Nelson Community College

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. Gwen has conducted over 30 workshops and presentations on cultural, racial, and generational diversity; assessment, evaluation, and accreditation; teaching and learning; and leadership. Gwen teaches organization administration and culture, internship experiences, multicultural university, project management capstone course, and strategic planning and institutional effectiveness at Old Do- minion University in the graduate program of the Darden College of Education. Prior to ODU, she was the Executive Assistant to the President from 2004 2005 and Director of Assessment from 1998 through 2004 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologya small private STEM college in Indiana. She has also served as an editorial associate of

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Tim MeGhee, Chattanooga State Community College

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todefine articulation agreements that aid students in completing 4-year degrees in 4 years whetherthe students begin their academic careers at the 4-year institution or at the 2-year institution. Formost BS and BA degree programs this activity does not create much anxiety. However, forprofessional programs, such as Nursing and Engineering, this task creates much apprehension.The major concern is how can generically defined engineering courses meet a specific 4-yearprogram's needs?The State of Tennessee’s solution for engineering is to define an A.S. degree of 66 hours thatincludes meeting the state’s general education requirements (42 hours) as well as 24 hours in themajor. For most engineering programs this means meeting mathematics, chemistry

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; F. Carroll Dougherty, University of South Alabama

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registration necessary? What makes agood entry level position to get on this career path? Are there clear decision points to get on tothe path? Do many companies have this path, or just a limited few? What drew them to thispath? What was interesting about these presentations were the many different views ofengineering the students brought to the class within the five disciplines available to them atUSACommunity BuildingAn important aspect of an education at a community college is small class size whichfacilitates the formation of study groups among students, who are generally enrolled in thesame classes. The students also have immediate access to faculty. When these studentstransfer to a larger four-year institution, they are often “lost in the forest

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

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Page 23.606.18faculty to employ MATLAB in their courses for the engineers.In addition to assessing the hybrid version of the existing EST104 course, the EngineeringScience faculty at NECC will want to look at the continuing education version which is beingoffered in the evening for the first time in the spring 2013 semester, to see if this version is assuccessful as the web-enhanced version offered during the day which is the subject of this paper.The student success rates and the course completion rates for EST104 should be evaluated afterthe spring 2013 semester concludes to ensure that these rates remain high.The experience of NECC graduates transferring to bachelor degree programs will be monitoredto ensure that NECC graduates are

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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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thesecareers. The Re-Energize program is a multi-university intervention program aimed atincreasing and retaining the number of historically underserved and underrepresented minoritystudents seeking STEM degrees at four community colleges. Re-Energize offers cutting-edgeworkforce development training programs in green technology and practices (GTP). The GTPtraining programs are introduced into existing college science and engineering courses as ameans to broaden the scope of students’ exposure to these topics. The impact on students’attitudes towards topics in sustainability, green energy, career interests and their desire to pursuea higher education is analyzed using pre and post survey data. This is a preliminary phase of theproject, however

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Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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original multi-media PBL Challenge ona STEM topic of their choosing. As a result, a collection of STEM-related PBL learning toolswill evolve and will be disseminated, along with the details and outcome of the course, totechnology and engineering education faculty at national and international conferences andeducation associations in order to facilitate replication of the course and broaden its potentialimpact. Student created Challenges will be disseminated through the NEBHE PBL web site.The STEM PBL project team will also work with the Connecticut Community College’s Collegeof Technology’s (COT) Technology Pathway program to increase awareness of the careeropportunities in TEE education for graduates of associate degree technician programs. COT

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Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Elizabeth Paderi Cheung, Los Angeles Pierce College; Tiffany Reardon

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Engineering Teaching Institute designed to assist community college engineeringfaculty in developing a Tablet-PC-enhanced model of instruction, and implementing onlinecourses. The project also involves a partnership among California community collegeengineering programs to design and implement a Joint Engineering Program that is deliveredonline. This paper summarizes the results of the first two years of implementation of the project,and explores its potential to strengthen the community college engineering education pipeline inorder to increase and diversify the engineering workforce.1. IntroductionThe 2012 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report, “Engageto Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates

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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith F. Donnelly, Three Rivers Community-Technical College; Fenna D. Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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participants active on the course web sites within the first week of Session 2compared with 13 of 29 in Session 1.
A Model Classroom Course for Pre-Service Technology and Engineering EducatorsThe STEM PBL project has created a model course in PBL methodology using the STEM PBLChallenges for Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) majors. Upon graduation, thesenew generation teachers will be prepared to teach middle- and high-school STEM courses usingPBL methods. To accomplish this goal, an existing required classroom course in instructionalmethods (TE 399) at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) has been redesigned toincorporate PBL theory and applications. The new course will be offered for the first time inspring 2011. The TE 399 course is

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Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Charlotte B. Forrest

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Paper ID #17738Gaining the Competitive Edge in Proposal Submission to the National Sci-ence Foundation Advanced Technological Education Program (NSF-ATE):Mentor-ConnectMs. Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College Elaine L. Craft (Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC) holds a baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Mississippi and a MBA from the University of South Car- olina with additional graduate studies in mathematics. Her experience includes working as an engineer in industry as well as teaching and administration at community college and state levels. Since 1994

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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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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 of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in their2012 report2, the fastest way to generate graduates and attain our goal is through differentmethods of teaching, supporting and retaining students. Finding ways to engage them and helpthem to persist is critical to attainment of our goal6. In the following discussion, our partnershipoffers a number of Best Practices that help to generate and maintain students early in thepipeline, engage institutions to common purposes for the good of the students, create cleararticulated pathways in order to build the trust of students and parents, and work with industrialstakeholders as they are realizing that they can no longer take a passive role simply waiting forstudents to exit the

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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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first-generation students who complete abachelor’s degree by directly involving families in the education process of students.”2 A maindriver is that if the mother can experience the campus with her daughter and become familiarwith the idea of college, the mother could become an advocate for her daughter to leave home, ifneed be, to get at least a baccalaureate degree.A major challenge in trying to talk with non-metropolitan CC students is that many of them haveneither engineering nor computer science anywhere in their vision of a career. Many studentswho attend a CC do so to save the expense of living away from home and to take advantage ofthe much lower tuition fees charged by CCs than by colleges and universities. For females