are envisioned in either setting. This paper will discuss the design and impendingimplementation of a two-year “biomedical engineering technology” program tailored to meet thee-healthcare workforce needs of the end of this decade and those required as we move into the2020s for both clinical sites and home environments.IntroductionDuring the early 1970’s, Springfield Technical Community College (STCC), a commuter collegelocated in the center of Springfield, Massachusetts established a distinct two-year BiomedicalInstrumentation Technology (BMIT) associates in science (AS) degree program. The programwas typical of biomedical technology programs of the time and had the goal of graduatingtechnicians that could deal with biomedical equipment in a
Paper ID #10662NSF S-STEM Scholarship Grant for Engineering and Applied TechnologyMajors to Increase Enrollment and RetentionDr. 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.Mrs. Melissa Thompson P.E. P.E., BridgeValley Community and Technical College Melissa Thompson is an Associate
Industrial Ergonomics and on the editorial board for several other journals.Mr. Jeff BertrandDr. Rebecca S Hartley, Clemson University Center for Workforce Development Rebecca Hartley has spent the past seventeen years working in higher education administration in the areas of undergraduate admissions, graduate admissions, academic records, and student affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Policy from Auburn University. Prior to joining the Clemson University Center for Workforce Development as the Director of Pathways, she served as Director of Graduate Admissions & Records at the University of Montevallo in Alabama. Her research interest and expertise focuses on citizen public opinion as it
Paper ID #14859What Does It Mean to Be an Engineer? A Comparison of Adult Students atThree InstitutionsMs. Tressa Kay Mikel, University of California, BerkeleyMr. Frank Hoang, University of California, BerkeleyMr. Pedro S. H. Kim, UC Berkeley Bachelor of Arts in Resource Management (Interdisciplinary Research Studies) with a minor in Chemical Engineering and Certification in Entrepreneurship Technology from the University of California, Berke- ley, May 2015.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Tagliatela College of
serving as a Director on the Antelope Valley Board of Trade and is the Honorary Commander of the 412th Electronic Warfare Group at Edwards AFB. He is also a member of several professional societies and has authored and co-authored several papers pertaining to the Antelope Valley Engineering Program.J. S. Shelley, US Air Force J. S. Shelley, PhD, PE After 20 years as a researcher and project manager with the Air Force Research Laboratories, Dr Shelley has transitioned to teaching mechanical engineering, mostly mechanics, for the past 6 years.Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach Dr. Sathianathan is the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at Califor- nia
across South Carolina, and many manufactur- ing industry partners to create pathways and resources for supporting advanced manufacturing advocacy and opportunities impacting employability and economic development across the Southeast.Dr. Rebecca S Hartley, Clemson University Center for Workforce Development Rebecca Hartley has spent the past seventeen years working in higher education administration in the areas of undergraduate admissions, graduate admissions, academic records, and student affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Policy from Auburn University. Prior to joining the Clemson University Center for Workforce Development as the Director of Pathways, she served as Director of Graduate
education space. He has authored numerous technical publications/presentations in semiconductor engineering and plasma processing. His current interests fo- cus on the recruitment, retention and success of STEM pipeline students from high school through the university and into the workplace.Mrs. Gena S Martin, Collin College Gena Martin (MBA, BBA) serves in the Engineering and Technology Department at Collin College. Re- cently, based on her work and that of the Collin College faculty in STEM education, specifically in the area of Technical Dual Credit, the Collin College Engineering and Technology Department won the coveted 2014 Tech Titans of the Future University Level Award from the DFW Metroplex Technology Business
, academically talented students. An innovative scholarship program developedand implemented at Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC has achieved an 81.8%on-time graduation rate for students in engineering technology programs and other advancedtechnologies by addressing a barrier referred to as the “digital divide” (NSF DUE #0422405,#0806514, #1259402). A technology support element was added to a National ScienceFoundation-funded S-STEM scholarship program in 2004 to address a well-documented needamong prospective scholars. Many scholarship recipients did not have access to a personalcomputer with the software and capability to do assigned work when off campus. To besuccessful, students were making extra trips to the campus to work in an
-Based and Hands-On Intensive CurriculaAbstractIt is desirable to educators, and important for students, that a sound outcomes assessmentmethodology be employed in technology-based and hands-on intensive courses to measure andensure that requisite competencies are obtained by students. It is expected that a workingknowledge of these important competencies can help a two-year college graduate moreeffectively demonstrate mastery of the necessary skills and knowledge, and therefore add morevalue to a potential employer‟s operations. While assessment of student learning can bestraightforward for general education courses, meaningful measurement of student learningwithin the context of technology-based and hands-on curricula
workers for employment in STEM fields2.”Community colleges are also endorsed for their ability to bring students fromunder-represented groups to the educational pathway. “Community colleges arethe path of choice for many underrepresented groups in engineering3.” Thisincludes women, minorities, older adults, non-native speaking and lower-incomegroups. Due to their accessibility and affordability, students are turning to two-year colleges as a less expensive pathway to bachelor‟s degree attainment.“Community colleges disproportionately enroll students from groups that havebeen underrepresented in higher education and that are poised to growdramatically in the next two decades4.” “Various organizations, including theCollege Board have issued
students 34. Theresearchers found that social support and having a better sense-of-belonging yielded higher ratesof persistence in STEM students.Commuter students. Living off-campus can have implications in student success 35. Off-campushousing requires students to keep track of additional expenses, such as rent, groceries, and utilitybills. This living situation can also make access to student services more challenging becausestudents must travel to campus to access the services. The commuter student demographic beganto expand in the 1960’s, and has yet to see a decline 36. Access to course materials for commuterstudents have improved since the inception of learning management systems (e.g., BlackBoard)that provide electronic access to course
could be a huge, potential resource for the U.S.’s growing need forengineers. The number of nontraditional students is increasing in higher education but is still asmall population in engineering.3 Private, for profit institutions have been very popular and haveattracted many nontraditional students, with their enrollment of nontraditional students reaching89%.3 Nontraditional students have been studied in community colleges and urban universities,but have been rarely studied at public 4-year universities in engineering due to a lack oflongitudinal data on individual students.The research of nontraditional students used the Multiple-Institution Database for InvestigatingEngineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). MIDFIELD was large enough
2006-1668: EDUCATIONAL MODELS FOR ENERGY WORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTSrikanth Pidugu, University of Arkansas-Little RockSwaminadham Midturi, University of Arkansas-Little Rock Page 11.510.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ASEE 2006-1668 Educational Models for Energy Workforce Development S. Midturi and S. B. Pidugu, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Engineering Technology 2801 S. University Avenue Little
& Electronic Technology, Mathematics Faculty Member and Full Professor at Northern Essex Community College.Prof. Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College Page 23.606.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 First-year Project-Based Engineering: The Secret to Student SuccessAbstractThis paper describes a project-based first-year introductory course at a community college whichemphasizes working in teams on hands-on projects that require using EXCEL and MATLAB.Assignments involve graphing data for Ohm‟s Law and the speed of sound in air, distancemeasuring using ultrasound
, and mathematics (S-STEM)grant application. The results are further analyzed to give direction for more effective retentionefforts, including advisement about courses and workloads.IntroductionCommunity and technical colleges are a major component of the American higher educationsystem. The proliferation of commuity and technical colleges over the last century significantlyincreased participation in higher education, predominantly among people with limitedopportunities for education beyond high school due to academic difficulties, financialconstraints, and other factors3. Unfortunately, the number of student graduates from communityand technical colleges with a certificate or a degree does not match the substantial growth in thenumber of
Engineering Education, 2016 Performance of Engineering and Engineering Technology Scholars in the Transfer Pipeline (TiPi) ProgramAbstractThis paper introduces the Transfer Pipeline (TiPi) Scholars’ program funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) that focuses on students who transfer at the 3rd year level from 2-yearschools to our university. The objectives of the TiPi program are: (i) to address a nationalconcern by helping to expand the engineering/technology workforce of the future, (ii) to developlinkages and articulations with 2-year schools and their S-STEM programs, (iii) to serve as amodel for other selective universities to provide transfer students the access to the baccalaureate,(iv) to give scholars hands-on
role of self-efficacy and itscorrelation to academic achievement in science and engineering. Self-efficacy is a person’sbelief that s/he has the ability to achieve their goals, such as a career in science or engineering.Self-efficacy is more than self-confidence, as it is situational dependent. Studies have shown thatincreased self-efficacy reporting leads to students being more successful in science andengineering. High self-efficacy can positively influence academic persistence and perseverancein attaining career related goals.6, 7There are four predominant factors that lead to the development of self-efficacy in an individual.Mastery experiences are the most significant factor in developing self-efficacy and occur when aperson masters a
something more basic that I had to impart to mystudents. It was then that I gave a seminar on Managing Money.At the beginning of the seminar I said there were two questions that I wanted to ask, the firstquestion was how many of you think you have enough money. The second question was whydon’t you have enough Money? Then I saidLet E be the amount you earnLet S be the amount you spend Page 15.852.3If what you earn is greater than what you spend, you will always have money! EARN 30K $30,000 SPEND 20K $20,000 SAVE 10K $10,000Chart 1In Chart I let’s assume that you earn $30,000 per
Bay Area, received a National Science Foundation Scholarshipsin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant to develop a scholarshipprogram for financially needy community college students intending to transfer to a four-yearinstitution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. In collaboration with the College’sMathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program – an academic, personal,and professional support structure has been designed and implemented to maximize thelikelihood of success of these students. This support structure aims to create a learningcommunity among the scholars through a combination of academic counseling and mentoring,personal enrichment and professional development opportunities
advancedstudents with better working memory capacity 4. An illustrative example is discussed asthe following. A normalized standard deviation is used customarily to represent the GPSsignal S4 index. 2 ∑ (x − x ) x S4 = N ⋅ x2where x denotes the mean, x is the current CNR (Carrier/Noise) value, and N is the totalnumber of samples or the sample window. To simplify the implementation, it would be Page 25.197.5 s-diff[] + = avg*avg - 2*CNRtemp*avg + CNRtemp*CNRtemp; cumsum[] += CNRtemp;where ‘x += y’ means ‘x = x+y’. The cumsum[] is a cumulative sum of the CNR values,divide it
. Additionalresearch of this novel finding should be performed, particularly with regard to the relationshipsbetween SES, first generation students, and self-efficacy. One recommendation for futureresearch is to modify the demographic portion of the survey instrument to include additionalquestions pertaining to respondent SES. More information will only help to clarify and possiblysupport this unique finding.Future studies should be conducted to confirm these findings as well as to identify additionallinks between personal characteristics and self-efficacy of community college engineeringstudents. One avenue for future research includes extending the study into a longitudinal studyto collect data over time. This study and Whannell et al.’s study had similar
regard toconceptual knowledge of DC circuit analysis and this unique population of community collegestudents. This is a major gap that has been addressed by the present study, which confirms thesame relationship in this population.Bibliography1 Streveler, R., Litzinger, T. A., Miller, R. L., & Steif, P. S. (2008). Learning Conceptual Knowledge in the Engineering Sciences: Overview and Future Research Directions. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3), 279-294.2 Jones, B. D., Paretti, M. C., Hein, S. F., & Knott, T. W. (2010). An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First- Year Engineering Students: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans. Journal of
Paper ID #12213BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathway to SuccessMrs. Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State UniversityDr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University Page 26.288.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathways to SuccessABSTRACTThe National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM funded scholarship program, EngineeringPathway to Success, is a joint effort of the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University(LSU) and Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC), and it
subjects that might presenta struggle. Peer and professional tutors are available through the academic achievement centerto assist with technical subjects as well as writing and math. The college caters to workingadults by offering courses after typical working hours, on weekends and online. Facultymembers teaching online curriculum have undergone training and use universal course designtechniques (S. Burgstahler, 2006 16) to cater to all learning styles.Student advising starts prior to entering the program. Students meet with a designated Collegeand Career Navigator who is the first point of contact for each student participating in thiscertificate program. The College and Career Navigator assists with the application process andremains a point
achievement and gender affect the earnings of STEM majors? Apropensity score matching approach. Research in Higher Education. doi 10.1007/s11162-013-9310-y.4 Thomas, S. L., & Zhang, L. (2005). Post-baccalaureate wage growth within 4 years of graduation: The effects ofcollege quality and college major. Research in Higher Education, 46(4), 437–459.5 Carnevale, A. P., Smith, N., & Melton, M. (2011). STEM: Science, technology, engineering, mathematics.Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce.6 Langdon, D., McKittrick, G., Beede, D., Khan, B., & Doms, M. (2011). STEM: Good jobs now and for the future(ESA Issue Brief No. 03-11). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce.7 Hoachlander, G., Sikora, A. C
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a National Science Foundation Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant, the program involves acollaboration among STEM faculty, college staff, administrators, student organizations, andpartners in industry, four-year institutions, local high schools, and professional organizations. Inaddition to providing financial support through the scholarships, student access to academiccapital is increased through an intensive math review program, tutoring, study groups,supplemental instruction, and research internship opportunities. Access to cultural and socialcapital is increased by providing scholars with faculty mentors; engaging students with STEMfaculty, university researchers, and industry professionals
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, 2015.2. A. Nazempour, P. Golter, C. D. Richards, R. F. Richards, and B. Van Wie. Assessments of Ultra- Low-Cost Venturi Nozzle in Undergraduate Engineering Classes, ASEE annual Conference, Seattle WA, 2015.3. S. W. Njau, B. J. Van Wie, J. K. Burgher, P. B. Golter, R. F. Richards, C. D. Richards, F. S. Meng, O. O. Adesope, N. Hunsu, N. Beheshtipour, P. Dutta, D. B. Thiessen, and A. D. Graviet. Miniature Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules for Mulit-Disciplinary Engineering Process Applications, ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle WA, 2015.4. C. D. Richards, F. S. Meng, B. Van Wie, P. Golter, and R. F. Richards. Implementation of Very Low- Cost Fluids Experiments to Facilitate Transformation in
Paper ID #13255BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathway to Success - Assessment MeasuresDr. Tanya Karam-Zanders, Louisiana State UniversityMrs. Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State UniversityDr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State UniversityDina Acklin, Louisiana State University Page 26.289.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathway to Success – Assessment MeasuresThe National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM funded scholarship program, EngineeringPathway to Success, is a joint effort of the