Paper ID #16583Student Veterans: Tapping into a Valuable ResourceDr. B. Grant Crawford, Quinnipiac University Grant Crawford, PhD, P.E., is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Quinnipiac University and the former Director of the Mechanical Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas in 2004. He has
Paper ID #15882Using Focus Groups to Understand Military Veteran Students’ Pathways inEngineering EducationDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle Madsen Camacho is Chair and Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She formerly held two postdoctoral
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) enablingof transfer credits and experiential credits; b) taking a community-based approach withcomprehensive programs and services for student veterans and their families which includehousing, health care, employment during the college; c) enabling veterans’ voice to be heardthrough roundtables, veteran associations, etc; d) have strong web presence easily accessible to theveterans; e) establish a specific point of contact; e) expand housing options; and f) implementtuition deferment plan to accommodate the GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944)payment schedules; g) provide veteran focused orientations; h) provide faculty training related toveterans (ACE, 2008; Heineman, 2016; Olin Earl & Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1949).Veterans
Paper ID #14601Translating United States Military Occupational Specialties Training into Col-lege Credit at a Regional, Comprehensive UniversityDr. George D. Ford, Western Carolina University Dr. George Ford P.E. is an associate professor in the Construction Management Department at Western Carolina University.Janet C. Ford, Western Carolina University Janet Ford, Juris Doctor, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Business at Western Carolina Univer- sity and teaches in the area of business law. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Translating United States military
Paper ID #15466Veterans’ Contributions to Enhancing the Capstone Learning Experience ofEngineering CohortsDr. David Blake Stringer, Kent State University, Kent D. Blake Stringer, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of aeronautics at Kent State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Kent State, Dr. Stringer served in the Army for 20 years as an army aviator, West Point faculty member, and research engineer. He holds a bachelors degree in aerospace engineering from the US Military Academy, a masters degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech, and a doctorate in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the