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Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
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Paper ID #6082Micromachining: A New Trend in ManufacturingProf. Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Heidari currently serves as Associate Professor of industrial management and technology at Texas A&M University, Kingsville. Dr. Heidari has 23 years of experience in manufacturing and CAD/CAM/CNC courses. He is currently serving as the Graduate Coordinator for the Industrial Management program. Page 23.907.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013
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Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nicholas P Langhoff, Skyline College; Eva Schiorring; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Tracy Huang, Canada College
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Diversity
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, metacognitive conversation is centered around bringing awareness to how we thinkwhen engaged in reading a book, listening to a professor lecture, discussing lab data witha peer, or sitting down to approach a brand new problem. The goal is toward ultimatelycultivating techniques to be in greater control of one’s thought process and become amore self-regulated learner. In the Introduction to Engineering curriculum, students areexposed to the metacognitive conversation and given opportunities to practice it in variedscenarios.The second RA technique utilized in the course is the think-aloud paired problem solving(TAPPS) strategy. The TAPPS activity focuses on metacognitive conversation andforming an internal dialogue applied to problem solving. In this
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Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Nicholas P. Langhoff, Skyline College; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Eva Schiorring; Tracy Huang, Canada College
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Diversity
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Paper ID #14534Developing a Comprehensive Online Transfer Engineering Curriculum: As-sessing the Effectiveness of an Online Engineering Graphics CourseDr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of Engineering and Mathematics at Ca˜nada College in Redwood City, CA. He received a BS in Geodetic Engineering from the University of the Philippines, his MS in Geode- tic Science from the Ohio State University, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female
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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College
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Diversity
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Two Year College Division
technologies the correct tactic? To the first point, this author and others havebeen proponents of teaching electronics based technology by means of a more systems orientedapproach for the last decade.10-15 It appears that the debate on this topic (at least in the electronicsengineering technology faculty ranks) is far from over and will continue on for some time tocome. However, the group agreed that for our proposed new biomedical technology curriculum asystems centric approach will be taken. The second and third points will be addressed shortlyfollowing a quick look at several other drivers of technologic change.During the last two decades, additional factors have also transformed the way in which mostindustry designs/engineers and uses electronic
Conference Session
Two Year College Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
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Two Year College Division
executable.  A very easily understandable  Though not easy in the initial stage of method of approach for beginners learning to adapt to this method, it turns though not suggestible, if out to be very helpful for a designer compared to real-time practice. when they start a profession as 3D modeller. Page 26.1361.7Conclusion:Current educational curriculums related to 3D modelling do not provide adequate information toteach real-time practices of mating programs. Most students follow
Conference Session
California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nick P Rentsch, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College
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Two Year College Division
Paper ID #10207Improving Engineering Curriculum and Enhancing Underrepresented Com-munity College Student Success through a Summer Research Internship Pro-gram ˜Prof. Nick P Rentsch, Canada College Nick Rentsch is an adjunct professor of physics, engineering, and computer science at Ca˜nada College, Skyline College, and San Francisco State University. He received his M.S. degree from San Francisco State University in embedded electrical engineering and computer systems. His technical interests include embedded control, electronic hardware design, analog audio electronics, digital audio signal processing
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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael G. Jenkins P.E., California State University, Fresno; Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno; Thomas Nguyen
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Two Year College Division
– California Master Plan for Higher Education4 (adopted in 1960)However, pressures from multiple sources are pointing to the need to change the way highereducation approaches engineering degrees. For example: • Stagnant numbers of new degreed engineers annually despite increasing demand (e.g., about 75,000 to 80,000 BS degrees per year in the United States since 2000)2 • Mandates for greater degree efficiency (e.g., minimum 120 semester-unit graduation requirements) in public institutions such as those in California3 • Increased costs of four-year undergraduate engineering programs at single institutions make attractive a cost-effective option that involves a two-year, lower-division pre- engineering program at one
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Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College
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sequence of courses in electromag- netics. He has presented at numerous local, regional, and national conferences and also internationally on telecommunications and wireless topics and on the status of the education of electronics technicians at the two-year college level. His current interests are: the development of novel and innovative systems- level approaches to the education of technicians, applications of the emerging field of wired and wireless networked embedded controllers and sensor/actuator networks, and cyber-physical system applications in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching the Internet of Things
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Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Chitra N. Javdekar, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd
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Northeast- ern University’s involvement with the StepUP initiative, a partnership effort between five universities and eleven Boston Public Schools; Project Director, IMPACT New England: A Regional Curriculum Imple- mentation Effort, coordinated program development and implementation; Seminar Leader, Northeastern University School of Education, facilitated a group of students participating in the Introduction to Educa- tion course; Project Support Liaison, Teacher Innovation program, provided support to teachers/schools in the development and implementation of Teacher Innovation Programs (TIP), provided technical assistance to teachers through the proposal process, conducted proposal-writing workshops; Co-facilitator
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Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David I. Spang, Burlington County College
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. Page 24.345.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Curriculum Design and Assessment to Address the Industry Skills GapAbstractThe bureau of labor statistics notes that the current number of open positions in the United Statesis approximately 3.7 million, yet the official unemployment rate (U-3) remains at 7.3%representing 11.3 million people, while an alternative and more inclusive measure ofunemployment (U-6) is 13.7% and represents 21.2 million people1. The existence of unfilled andavailable positions, as compared to the total number of unemployed persons, is significantlyinfluenced by the availability of qualified candidates in areas for which there is an apparent skillsgap, i.e. jobs for which
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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Donna Kay Chrislip; Rex Allen Parr; Victoria Alexandra Sauber, Arapahoe Community College
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Two Year College Division
developed a new project-based learning scenario – the International Travel Project (ITP) created specifically to fulfill theobjectives of the CATEP project. In keeping with the PBL instructional approach, the ITP isstudent-centered, driving students to take an active role in their learning. The basic premise isthat there is not a pre-determined solution to the problem posed by the project. Students mustwork collaboratively, be cognizant of their work responsibilities, open their minds to alternativesolutions, review and critique the work of their peers, learning employability skills in theprocess. The International Travel Project was introduced in all face-to-face classes in the fall of2009 and expanded to some online sections in the spring of 2012
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Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University
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Two Year College Division
Paper ID #7012A Multi-Pronged Approach to Assessing Technical and Non-Technical Work-force Skills in a Two Year CollegeDr. Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University Bill Bailey is currently an assistant professor of industrial engineering technology and quality assurance at Southern Polytechnic State University. He holds a PhD in Technology Management (Quality Systems Specialization) from Indiana State University. He also holds a Master of Science in Industrial Technol- ogy degree from North Carolina A&T State University, and a Baccalaureate degree in Psychology and English. Dr. Bailey has extensive
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Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine
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Two Year College Division
ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY BE TAUGHT TODAY? A FRESH LOOK AT THE TOP-DOWN APPROACH FOR AAS DEGREE PROGRAMSIntroductionMost two year AAS degree programs in electronic programs still teach a version of electronicsmore in keeping with the way things used to be rather than the way things are today. A mix offaculty resistance to change, bureaucracy and politics in the college administration, laggingviews of accrediting bodies, lack of lab funding, and little or no industry input has contributed tothe retention of a dated curriculum skewed from real industry needs. Change is always difficultso most colleges react to change later than they should rather take a proactive approach tocontinuous improvement Engineering and technology colleges
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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Dowling, University of Southern Queensland
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: Canada, Ireland, SouthAfrica and the United Kingdom. Korea, New Zealand and the United States hold provisionalsignatory status and Australia is seeking to become a signatory.In 2005 Engineers Australia, which accredits programs for professional engineers andengineering technologists, began developing an accreditation system for engineeringtechnician programs. This accreditation standard is set at the level of the ExemplifyingAcademic Qualifications for Engineering Technicians established by the signatories to theDublin Accord. Although only a small number of programs have been accredited to date,accreditation by Engineers Australia is expected to become the benchmark for technicianeducation programs in Australia.The Australian tertiary education
Conference Session
Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Martha M. Ellis
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Two Year College Division
bachelor’s degree andgraduation in a timely manner. Presented in this paper is the basis for a highly structuredstatewide Associate of Science in Engineering Science (ASES) degree program, and the mannerin which baccalaureate programs build upon this degree to complete the expectations for abaccalaureate engineering degree. The degree, which has been implemented in Texas, representsthe culmination of several years of effort to align coursework among multiple institutions.Further, the degree represents a significantly new approach to curricula development. Theparadigm is changed from viewing curricula as a number of courses to viewing curricula as thedevelopment of a necessary body of knowledge for a discipline. As of this writing, the ASESdegree has
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Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
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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Two Year College Division
AC 2010-1725: PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN SUSTAINABLETECHNOLOGIES: INCREASING THE STEM PIPELINENicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College Nicholas Massa is a professor in the Laser Electro-Optics Technology Department at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Western New England College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut.Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University Michele Dischino is an assistant professor in the Technology & Engineering Education Department at Central Connecticut State University. She holds a BS degree in Mechanical
Conference Session
Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
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Two Year College Division
Engineering and Technology designed specificallyfor technical college instructors6.To train qualified technicians to perform well in high tech technical areas, advanced technologyconcepts should be implemented in technical colleges7. The best way to achieve this goal is byoffering a part-time Master’s program for technical faculty in engineering and technology; onethat is designed to their specific needs, and one that provides mentoring and guidance to enhance Page 24.886.2their curriculum and teaching skills through conducting research and writing a thesis related totheir field of teaching.Project Objectives and PlansA Master’s degree in industrial
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Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
April K. Andreas, McLennan Community College; Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College
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Two Year College Division
department’s emphasis on undergraduate research, student-driven learning, and non-traditional learning experiences have contributed significantly to the growth of the department, nearly 40% annually since its reboot in 2009. Anyone interested in sharing lessons learned is welcome to contact the author at aandreas@mclennan.edu.Prof. Paulina Zuniga Sidwell, McLennan Community College Paulina Sidwell teaches engineering and math at McLennan Community College. Originally from Mon- terrey, Mexico, she attended New Mexico State University, where she played Division I tennis while getting her B.S. in Industrial Engineering. As an undergraduate, she was vice-president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, and was an active
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Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Karen M. Groppi P.E., Cabrillo College; Susan Tappero, Cabrillo College
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(PREP), andC. To retain STEM majors and bolster their efforts to transfer and complete four yeardegrees; In-house Internships and comprehensive longitudinal supportOur recruitment was focused on underrepresented minority (URM), first-generation andfemale students for all of our programs. Recruitment outreach at local high schools meantour population contained both incoming new high school graduates and current students.All participants in the Energy Academy, PREP and In-house Internships received stipends,allowing them to forgo outside employment and so participate fully in the programs.This paper will include details of the implementation of these three approaches as well assome of the curriculum developed, the outcomes and the
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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; David Walton Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler
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, which is a United Nations Treaty Organization. In that capacity, he is a primary author of the international recommendation for testing free-fall lifeboats and many of the international regulations regarding the launch of free-fall lifeboats. He has authored many technical papers that have been presented in national and international forums and co-authored three textbooks. Dr. Nelson chaired a national committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers for curriculum redesign supporting the civil engineering body of knowledge. He is actively engaged in developing strategies for enhancing the STEM education pipeline in Texas and nationally, and has testified before the Texas Senate
Conference Session
Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Mike Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Joseph Amuso Sr., Rochester Institute of Technology
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Institute of Technology Mike Eastman is Department Chair and professor of electrical, computer, and telecommunications engi- neering technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. His research interests include embedded systems design and development focusing on hardware algorithm implementation and sensing and control. Most recently, Eastman has been involved with curriculum redesign and academic calendar conversion at RIT. Prior to embarking on a career in academia, Eastman spent six years at Intel Corporation, where he was a Senior Systems Engineer. His work at Intel focused on custom embedded systems hardware design. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering technology and a M.S. in computer science from RIT.Dr
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Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nicolas N Brown, University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering; Joy Velarde, University of Utah; Debra J Mascaro, University of Utah
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in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She primarily teaches freshman design and programming courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Peer Mentoring to Enhance Transfer Student Experience and Increase Student Success in Mechanical Engineering1. Introduction and BackgroundThis paper describes a new peer mentor program for mechanical engineering transfer students atthe University of Utah. The program was initiated to help address issues transfer students facewhen
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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York
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, registration forcourses on permit at a senior college while still attending the junior college, application feewaiver, straightforward transfer credit evaluation, and individual mentoring and support.Challenges include variations in curriculum of the first two years of engineering, differences incredit assignments, introduction of new courses into the JD curriculum, limited access tostudent’s records, and communication between two- and four-year institutions.Data from the JD program where students attend both the community college and the seniorcollege at the same time for the first 2 years of their undergraduate study show that 44% ofstudents graduated from the community college with an AS degree and a relatively high GPAaverage of 3.13. Those who
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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
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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AC 2011-1769: CREATING REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-BASED LEARN-ING CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASETHE STEM PIPELINENicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College Nicholas Massa is a full professor in the Laser Electro-Optics Technology Department at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Western New England College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Massa is currently Co-Principal Investigator on the NSF-ATE STEM PBL Project of the New England Board of Higher Education.Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University Michele Dischino is an assistant
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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education
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. Page 22.1107.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Garnering Useful Instruction on Developing [Project] Effectiveness (ATE PI GUIDE)Across the set ATE program tracks, the more successful projects are those where principalinvestigators (PIs) have not only acquired core knowledge in areas relevant to their project’sgoals, but also acquired key skills in project management and change leadership. PIs new tocomplex projects may not possess these skill sets, and although mentoring could enable them tobuild such skills
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Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jumoke Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Richard Cerkovnik, Anne Arundel Community College; Wesley Lawson, University of Maryland; Lan Xiang, Montgomery College
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the students have achieved the technical outcomesat the required level of complexity. During the development of the outcomes, the committeecontacted ABET regarding the impact of this new degree on the accreditation of the four-yearinstitutions. The ABET representative reinforced their focus on program outcomes and processand encouraged flexibility in the approach.At the current time, outcomes for the ASE in electrical engineering (EE)4 and computerengineering (CE)5 are specified for math, physics, chemistry, computer science, and engineering.There are a total of 20 required outcomes in EE and 22 required outcomes in CE from the“engineering courses” in the curriculum. These outcomes are usually dispersed in courses withtitles like
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Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College; Denise Hum, Cañada College
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Diversity
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math classesrely on a student’s foundational math knowledge, particularly around algebra, the trigonometryand pre-calculus Math Jam curriculum was redesigned to be more focused on algebraic skillsalong with some basic right angle trigonometry and graphs of trigonometric functions.Each day, students have the option of attending one to four mini-lessons and activities that eitherintroduce them to new topics or involve tying previously learned algebraic ideas together so thatthey can get a bigger picture idea of how they will be using these math skills in their next classes.For example, for trigonometry and pre-calculus students, there are workshops on logarithms, thePythagorean Theorem, and the difference quotient and how to use it to find rates
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Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Courtney Hadsell, Cañada College; Tracy Huang, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Cañada College
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. The goals of both of these programsare to teach students how to be successful and to improve their persistence and success in theSTEM courses they enroll in so they can successfully and efficiently complete the engineeringpre-requisite courses and move on to their transfer-level engineering courses with a strongfoundation. 2. Physics JamThe goal of Physics Jam is to improve the success and retention rates of students proceedingthough the calculus-based physics course sequence. The initial development involveddetermining the barriers to physics student success. The main barriers were identified as notpreviously having seen math concepts that they needed for their physics course, such as vectors,or being presented this material in a new way
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California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Courtney Sara Mathews Hadsell, Cañada College; Christine Burwell-Woo, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College
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act as “prototype” students who model successful classroombehavior and study skills. Because SI is not designed to be a remedial approach it targets highrisk courses not high risk students. Therefore, for the first implementation of SI at CañadaCollege (a two-year school in the San Francisco Bay area) targeted Trigonometry, Pre-calculus,Calculus I, and General Physics I to facilitate retention and success in pre-engineering majorSTEM courses. All students in the course are encouraged to attend Supplemental Instructionsessions each week.In addition to SI, students entering General Physics I were given the opportunity to participate in“Physics Jam,” a four-week physics preparation program that is offered during the summer priorto the fall
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Retention Strategies in Action Part I
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amelito Enriquez, Canada College
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of the Summer Engineering Institute, a more balancedcurriculum will be adopted to introduce students to the different fields of engineering through acombination of lectures, laboratory activities, workshops, and design projects. And unlike theprevious SEI where all participants worked on the same culminating design project, participantswill be given the option to select a project that most closely fits their interests. To betterunderstand the effect of this new curriculum on student career choices, additional assessmentplans will be developed, including focus groups and exit interviews of student participants, andfollow up studies of both groups of students – those who pursue an engineering major and thosewho chose to major in a non