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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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generate overthree to four times the useful energy compared to a similarly sized conventional wind turbine.Working with faculty and students from the Engineering Department of Western New EnglandCollege in Springfield, Massachusetts, plus its unique aerospace technology, allows FloDesign tobe innovative, comprehensive, and efficientAlthough the idea of wind power has overwhelming public support, many people do not wanthuge, unsightly towers located near their homes and businesses. Excessive noise and danger toflying birds are also concerns. FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. wants to design, develop, fabricateand test a new smaller, quieter and more efficient wind turbine. This new design idea can

Conference Session

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

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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conducting this project some valuablelessons were learned and some new practices were successfully adopted. For faculty thatmay be considering the implementation of Service Learning projects in their freshmanengineering courses, the following points should to be addressed to ensure successfuloutcomes: • Administrative support- this is very conducive to the success of service learning projects; • Emphasis should be placed on academic rigor; • Participation in faculty training offers a lot of help of implementing service learning projects in engineering courses and numerous chances to network with other like- minded faculty; • Emphasis should always be placed on safety and quality at every step; • Publicity and

Conference Session

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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Engineering.Initial Organizational MeetingsThe Tuning Oversight Council met for the first organizational meeting on April 20, 2010.Lumina staff members and guest faculty (with experience in tuning physics in Utah) provided anintroduction to Tuning and described how the process had evolved in Utah. Specific charges forthe Council’s work were provided to all Council members, and a Chair and Co-chair of theCouncil were elected by members. Discipline-specific committees also met separately, selectedtheir committee chairs and co-chairs, and reported out at the end of the meeting. However, aperceived potential conflict between ABET criteria for evaluating engineering programs andTuning was an expressed concern of some engineering faculty during the first meeting

Conference Session

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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Paper ID #16318Measuring the Effectiveness of an Intensive Math Preparation Program toEnhance the Success of Underrepresented Students in Engineering ˜Anna Marbella Camacho, Canada College As Project Director for a $5.9 million Hispanic-Serving Institution-STEM Grant (CalSTEP), Anna col- laboratively spearheaded the creation of The STEM Center, which promotes STEM education through programs, activities, academic/support services, and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the greater community. Anna Camacho joined Ca˜nada College in 2012 in the capacity of Assistant Project Director of

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David Knight is an Assistant Professor and Director of International Engagement in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human- Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered Design Program. His research tend to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Mechanical Engineering. He has been actively engaged in teaching, research and curricula development since joining the LSU faculty in 1988. As Associate Dean in the College of Engineering (2004-2014), he acquired sig- nificant funding from NSF to support the development of several initiatives aimed at improving student retention and graduation rates as well as supporting faculty with development of effective learning and teaching pedagogies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathways to SuccessABSTRACTThe National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM scholarship program, Engineering Pathway toSuccess, is a joint effort of the College of

Conference Session

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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ispartnering with industry and research universities who are breaking new ground in sustainable“green” technologies to create a comprehensive series of multimedia PBL instructional materialsdesigned to engage secondary and post-secondary students in real world problem solving with afocus on sustainable technologies. Professional development for teachers and faculty in PBLinstructional methods using the STEM PBL materials as well as the development of an onlinecourse for in-service STEM teachers and a classroom-based course for pre-service STEMteachers will be discussed. Descriptions and examples of the new multimedia STEM PBLinstructional materials will also be presented.IntroductionAs a new generation of American students move through the educational

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Melissa Thompson P.E. P.E., BridgeValley Community and Technical College; Bekir Zihni Yuksek, University of Northern Iowa

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incomingstudents.STEM seminar. BCTC developed a non-credit, two-course STEM seminar that STEMScholars take in lieu of the existing freshman seminar. The first-year seminar focusesacademic issues, and the second-year seminar focuses on career placement. The seminarsenable STEM faculty to maintain interaction, create consistent programming, and assess theprogression of STEM Scholars.Career Services. BCTC’s Career Services counselor uses workshops on resume writing andinterviewing within the STEM seminar. The counselor also schedules workshops for eachtargeted major to address local career opportunities and to provide individualized careerassistance.Career Check. BCTC has implemented a “Career Check” in which students must prepare forcareer readiness. The Career

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Leslie Braniger, Galveston College

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question their own professional options, andallow students to engage in current issues instead of traditional literary texts for the basis of theirresearch. This paper will discuss the course development of this pilot course, enrollmentchallenges, use of existing resources, and outcomes of this pilot course.2.0 Course DevelopmentThis course is one of the required courses in the state’s core curriculum for either an associate’sor a bachelor’s degree. For this reason, there are several sections of this course offered everysemester. To maintain a standard of educational excellence, the English faculty have created anoutline of the course requirements and deliverables that meets state learning objectives so thateach student receives a quality

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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concerns, neither contractors nor the company construction managerwould allow students to do any actual physical labor. They were only allowed to participatein preconstruction meetings, damage evaluations, planning, permit application procedures,site inspections, work reviews, and verification of site specifications. The liability issue alsoseemed to have an adverse impact on initial student engagement in the project. Participatingstudents were required to sign a waiver form to satisfy institutional and agency legalrequirements. Statements in the form with wording like “I, M. A. Student, understand thatthere are risks involved in my participation in this volunteer Service-Learning Program

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Steven F. Lewis, William R. Sinkin Eco Centro, San Antonio College; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University

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-Energize is a network of renewable energy education and research labs fully contained andestablished at each of the four member institutions. The main goal of this collaborative effortis to involve STEM students in developing and sharing effective new green technologycontent while imparting skills to faculty members of this network. That will strengthen theircapacities and arm them with additional resources to support their efforts in recruiting andretaining students, and in particular minorities, in STEM programs offered at their institutions.Our two-year college is part of this network and for at least three years will develop andimplement new undergraduate research projects related to green technologies. As part of thispartnership with its

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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. Toreduce the communication component between faculty and students to linear time, we proposedto prepare a Majors Portfolio for each student in our program which directly benefits the studentby individually tracking and assessing their progress annually, and yet offloads the task of datacollection to each student. To reduce the communication time between faculties, the task ofentering the student data is being moved to the student advisor, again reducing the complexity tolinear time. Overall, we significantly reduced the amount of work for the instructor, the facultyadvisor and even the student while concurrently collecting the relevant data and providing thestudent with a new level of overall performance evaluation annually. Because

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah F. Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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performance has been a good incentive for our students to improve theirstudy habits.Each student was reviewed by a review committee each spring on an annual basis to determine ifthey qualified for the award the following year. After the review, the Program Director met witheach student individually to discuss the outcome of the review. This worked quite well, as itprovided an opportunity for the students to voice any problems and concerns. However, by onlymeeting in the spring, issues with new students can be overlooked; therefore it is recommendedthat new students have the opportunity to meet with the Director during their first year.While not a distinct part of our ECASE program, our departments requirement that all studentscomplete an internship

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

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the two institutional environments.Summary:PowerUp! is working to foster innovative teaching in faculty classrooms,introduce vital new subject areas and career paths to students, and educate arange of educational gatekeepers about engineering and the opportunities. ThePowerUP! project is moving into the second phase, focusing attention directly onthe connections between high schools and the three community colleges toprovide clear and aligned programs of study in the engineering areas betweenthe two institutions. As these programs of study are completed, we will be ableto monitor the impact the program has on recruitment and retention in these fieldareas. One area of critical concern is the number of students needing to takeremedial

Conference Session

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

Conference Session

Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul B Golter, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Jeffrey Laube, Kenai Peninsula College

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. and Ph.D., and did his postdoctoral work at the Uni- versity of Oklahoma where he also taught as a visiting lecturer. He has been on the Washington State University(WSU) faculty for 34 years and for the past 20 years has focused on innovative pedagogy re- search and technical research in biotechnology. His 2007-2008 Fulbright exchange to Nigeria set the stage for him to receive the Marian Smith Award which was given annually to the most innovative teacher at WSU, and in 2016 he received the inaugural WSU Innovative Teaching Award based on the develop- ment and dissemination of hands-on desktop learning modules and their use in an interactive learning environment.Prof. Jeffrey Laube, Kenai Peninsula College

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Evans, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan, University of Washington

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. IntroductionLow enrollment of underrepresented minority (URM) and female students in engineering is ofnational concern. One of the most untapped resources for potential science and engineeringstudents is community college students. A statewide study demonstrates that roughly 50% ofstudents in upper division engineering and related programs are transfer students9. Almost one-fifth of engineering students began their college careers at a community college1. These datasuggest four year engineering programs have overlooked an important source for recruiting:community colleges. Community colleges are not only an important feeder for engineeringprograms at universities, but an important source of diverse, talented students as well.In light of these issues, a

Conference Session

Reporting Out: Dissemination of Several NSF Projects of Interest to Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

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Paper ID #14158Barriers to Completion of Two-Year Engineering Technology Programs: ASurveyDr. Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout Kenan Baltaci is an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Stout, in the Electrical Engineering Technology Department. He received B.S. in electrical engineering degree from Istanbul Technical Uni- versity in Turkey. Following, a master’s degree and doctoral degree in industrial technology was granted from University of Northern Iowa.Dr. Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint Dr. Ulan Dakeev is currently a faculty of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan-Flint

Conference Session

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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and initiative Willingness to learn new skills and tasks via study, experience, or training Willingness to take on additional work load Page 26.168.5 Show initiative in carrying out work assignments Take responsibility for completing one’s own work assignment(s) Be creative and originate or imagine new ideas, methods, or products Be pro-active in career planning Listening and using information Listen attentively with appropriate eye contact Ability to take efficient and thorough notes Appreciate feelings and concern of verbal messages Pick out important information in verbal messages Understand complex messages

Conference Session

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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otherrequirements for state-wide transfer into electrical and computer engineering Bachelor’s degreeprograms in Maryland, both public and private. While the present requirements were determinedby consensus, there were natural concerns regarding consistency of the level of outcomes acrossinstitutions, quality control, and the ability of this process to efficiently and effectivelyincorporate potential changes in outcomes being considered for implementation by individualfour-year schools. The faculty committee met monthly for two years to discuss engineering,mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer programming content that would allow incomingcommunity college students to successfully compete with native engineering students in theirjunior year. Other

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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assistance that helps them gain the competitive edge. Mentor-Connect also addresses NSF’s diversity goals. As a leadership development and outreach project for NSF-ATE, the project uses a three- pronged approach to support potential grantees. It offers mentoring, technical assistance, and digital resources. The project’s immediate goals are to help STEM faculty prepare competitive grant proposals and to improve their colleges’ institutional capacity for obtaining grants. Its long- term goal is to develop a new generation of STEM faculty leaders. Early evidence indicates that this project is increasing the geographic diversity of colleges submitting proposals to the NSF-ATE program. The 99 colleges in the first 5

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Texas at San Antonio; The University of Texas at Tyler; Tyler JuniorCollege; University of Houston; University of North Texas; and West Texas A&M University. Identification of the courses to be completed at the two-year institution, Addressing concerns of content and rigor, and Content and transferability of the course ―Introduction to Engineering.‖Each of these issues, and the manner in which the Committee addressed them, is discussed in thenext sections of this paper.Identification of Courses to be CompletedA number of committee and subcommittee meetings were held from March 2009 through July2009. At the initial meeting and on behalf of their institutions, all committee members wereinvited to submit a list of suggested

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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in the Midwest. Using data collected from the Transfer Students’Questionnaire (TSQ), this study links survey data to students’ academic transcripts from theOffice of the Registrar. The TSQ instrument measures student demographic characteristics,community college experiences and four-year experiences. The community college variablesinclude engagement with coursework, faculty interaction, and skill development. The four-yearcomponent measures academic and social engagement, adjustment issues, and level ofsatisfaction. Data from over 150 transfer students comprise the target population.In addition to the quantitative data, a qualitative component will provide in-depth and richdescriptions of student experiences. Specifically, this component of

Conference Session

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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sets.Over twenty educators participated in the analysis and discussion of topics which included:prioritization of the critical skills identified by industry, identification of new skills that could be Page 24.345.4added to the curriculum, development of recruitment strategies for underrepresented populations,proposal of work-based activities for students, and proposals for faculty developmentopportunities.The final event of the project was to conduct a Summary Symposium, where participatingindustry members and educators reviewed the overall project goals and discussedimplementation and dissemination plans regarding the results of the week-long

Conference Session

Innovative Lower Division Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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51 percent through 2008. Thisincrease could lead to 6 million new job openings for scientists, engineers, and technicians, and acritical shortage of qualified Americans is predicted.To address this major national concern the government, private industry, and institutions ofhigher education have joined forces. Numerous programs designed to attract and retain studentsin technical fields have been initiated [2-10] and their success is an indication that solutions areavailable. Various states and four-year institutions are increasingly reaching out to help two Page 11.1250.2year colleges improve their engineering programs and then recruiting

Conference Session

Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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and standard for theregional campus Pre-Engineering program. With the advent of the regional campus system, wewelcome in a new, non-traditional student body. As ‘one university’, it is our charter to educate,advise, and mentor the regional student body to the same standard and with the same rigor as isdone in Logan. As faculty of the Pre-Engineering program, we take this charter seriously. We work closely withLogan campus faculty and administrators to insure regional campus classes provide the samefocus of content and require the same level of achievement as do counterpart classes in Logan.After all, we are preparing regional students to join the larger university engineering cohort intheir junior year and transition to academic life in

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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tools to evaluate alternatives. They were also ready to build prototypes for project evaluations, possibly involving facts from policy, environmental regulation, and community concerns for the decision making in a real engineering project. Also, during this stage, some new ideas may have been generated to return to the previous stage for additional potential solutions. 5. Build and test – This implementation stage allows the students to build their final robots based on their best solution and to assess its performance for further improvement and modification of their best solution accordingly. 6. Public communication – The teams presented their solutions for the challenge by presenting their robots in a

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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the SAFE Association. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. in 1983, Nelson worked as a Design Engineer in industry and taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston and Texas A&M University, Galveston. In industry, he was primarily involved in design of floating and fixed structures for the offshore petroleum industry. After receiving his Ph.D., Nelson joined the civil engineering faculty at Texas A&M University. He joined the civil engineering faculty at Clemson University in 1989 as Program Director and Founder of the Clemson University Graduate Engineering programs at the Citadel and became Chair of Civil Engineering in 1998. In July 2002, Nelson joined the faculty at Western Michigan University as

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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current study is to identify the processesthat facilitate and hinder successful transitions from one institution to the next. In this paper, weexplore student experiences in accessing the information needed to transfer from one institutionto another, focusing on transfer student orientation and academic advising.Literature ReviewStudents experience many challenges when transferring among institutions in pursuit of theirbaccalaureate degrees. There are concerns with what Rice1 calls point-of-transfer issues thatrelate to the transfer process itself, such as applying to the receiving institution and obtainingcredit for courses. Policy makers and others are concerned about the low degree completion rateassociated with the loss of credits or the

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College; Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield

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tocommunity college for their students. By working cooperatively and sharing scarce resources,we can educate the professional needed to compete in the new world economy.In partnership with BC, CSUB is moving forward rapidly to develop a Center for CollaborativeInterdisciplinary Teaching and Research to accelerate the establishment of a modern STEMeducation program, which produces equitable learning and degree completion. This Center willhave all the qualities recommended by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as "levers"of change in educational practice. Faculty development will be the main lever for university-wide progress toward becoming more learning-centered. STEM faculty at CSUB will adoptevidence-based best practices for promoting