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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Wadach, Monroe Community College

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Diversity

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Paper ID #11784Infusing a Concurrent Engineering Model into AcademiaProf. John Wadach, Monroe Community College John Wadach is a professor and department chair of the Engineering Science and Physics Department at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY. He has taught a variety of physics and engineering courses in his 30 year career. Wadach is most inspired by the use of design-build projects in his engineering courses. Infusing a Concurrent Engineering Model into Academia is the title of the NSF TUES grant that he and co-PIs George Fazekas and Paul Brennan were awarded $200,000. Wadach has been the co-organizer 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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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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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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Armineh Noravian, San Francisco State University; Patricia Irvine, San Francisco State University

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Two Year College Division

and ill-structured problems at a community college. Thetechnology program at North-West Community College (NWCC) is a two-year program. In the first year, students learn fundamentals and basic low-tech skills. The learning takes place in courses that incorporate projects withwell-structured problems, often with both a theoretical classroom and a labcomponent. In the second year, students engage in ill-structured problemsolving in their technically sophisticated capstone projects that integrate theprinciples that students have learned during the first year and continue tolearn and practice in the second year. The findings suggest that scaffolding experiences, that is, movingfrom very well-structured problems to ill-structured problems

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Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Kathryn E. Strang, Rowan College at Burlington County

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

analyze circuits.The first assessment involved Test #5, which was based on a group analysis of an assigned activefilter. The target benchmark was that at least 70% of students would score above 70% on the test.The resultant measurement was that 17 out of 17 or 100% of students scored above 70% on Test#5.The second assessment involved Test #6, which was the capstone design project module. Thetarget benchmark was again that at least 70% of students would score above 70% on the test. Theresultant measurement demonstrated that 17 out of 17 or 100% of students scored above 70% onTest 6.Even though the intended benchmarks were met, indicating achievement of a minimum level ofcompetency acquisition by students, the reflective summary approach by faculty

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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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April K. Andreas, McLennan Community College; Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College

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Two Year College Division

creating a Connect Four game with AI that played against the user.Dynamics. Our Dynamics course is as much of a Capstone course as anything for McLennanEngineering. The embedded project for this class is for students to design a Rube Goldbergmachine. Rather than the typical high-school version of this project, potentially involving a lotof dominos and maybe an exploding potato, students must meet specific design goals todemonstrate certain types of motion studied within the class. There are requirements about set-up time and success rate of the machine. (Anyone who has attempted such a machine willrecognize the challenge in having a five-minute reset time and an 80% successful completionrate.) Students must build the machines in a CAD program and

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Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Chitra N. Javdekar, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

, Center for Electromagnetics Research (CER), Northeastern University. Pub- lications/Papers: Reenergizing and Reengaging Students Interest through CAPSULE; A Novel and Evolu- tionary Method on Educating Teachers to Promote STEM Careers Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (IEEE ISEC 2011); and ”Implementing the Capstone Experience Concept for Teacher Professional Development” Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (ASEE 2011). Rel- evant Presentations: ”K-12 Partnerships” (Department of Homeland Security/Centers of Excellence An- nual Meeting 2009); ”Building and Sustaining K-12 Educational Partnerships” (NSF ERC 2007 - 2010 National Meetings); ”Research Experience for Teachers

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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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Two Year College Division

with term projects,capstone projects, career advising, and job searching. Each mentor was assigned up to 10mentees. Each mentor was supposed to spend approximately 100 hours per year. Each mentorcompletes two surveys during the academic year and submits a summary report at the end ofeach year. Based on student response rates to portfolio activity, we expected most of our ETstudents to take advantage of this service. We recruited 10 professional mentors in the first yearand increased the number to 20 by fifth year.Measuring Program EffectivenessOur project was expected to impact the following number of individuals (Table 3)Table 3: Benchmarking impact throughout the projectCC Recruitment 15,000 STEM majors at area CCs (CC)Regional

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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-year transfer institution, reduce the effects of transfer shock, and enhance their academicsuccess at the baccalaureate institution, the COMETS program provides opportunities toparticipate in the Intersegmental Enrollment Program. Every fall semester for each year of thegrant, four Cañada College sophomore students—one each from the areas of civil, mechanical,electrical, and computer engineering—are selected to participate in upper-division courses orsenior design capstone courses at SFSU.For the 2010-2011 academic year, the civil engineering student participated in the design andconstruction of a timber bridge. The mechanical engineering student participated in a project onMaterials and Manufacturing. Both the computer engineering and the

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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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Two Year College Division

required classroom course ininstructional technologies at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) will be adapted toinclude instruction PBL methodology and applications. The course is currently offered once peryear and is required of all Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) majors (pre-serviceteachers) at CCSU. Approximately 15 undergraduates enroll in the class each year. Theadaptations required to incorporate PBL theory into the current course framework will becompleted prior to the spring 2011 semester, when the new PBL-based version of the course willbe delivered for the first time.As a capstone project for the course, students will use the pedagogical strategies and technicalskills they acquire throughout the semester to develop an

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Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

retention and success has been the subject of many studies. Forexample, Kuh’s multi-phased study identified high-impact practices including first-year seminarsand experiences, common intellectual experiences, learning communities, writing-intensivecourses, collaborative assignments and projects, undergraduate research, diversity/global learning,service learning/community-based learning, internships, and capstone courses and projects.4Another study published by the California State University Chancellor's Office shows that"Participation in high-impact practices has been shown to improve both learning and persistencefor all students, but especially for the historically underserved."5 This study also indicates thatparticipation in more than one high

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Two Year College Division

drinking water. Each group evaluated a water sample usingdiffering amounts of a coagulation mixture followed by differing depths for the filtrationprocess. The students shared their data, subsequently creating plots that were then evaluatedto find the optimum values for the two processes. They were also asked to expand theirfindings to encompass a full scale water treatment plant and calculate the required amounts ofchemicals and resources.After the students completed the lab analysis using Excel, they were given instruction on howto generate a well-written engineering report. These were group lab reports, so time was alsospent discussing how to share efforts and work together. The senior capstone design classesat USA require group reports, so

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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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Two Year College Division

combine engineering with otherfields, namely business, mathematics, and the natural sciences 3,9,10. New emphasis on learnercentered strategies for improved Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)instruction10,11 is reflected in recent articles documenting the use of multi- and inter-disciplinaryinstructor teams to enhance introductory and capstone undergraduate engineering courseoutcomes 12,13,14. The largest instructor team (15 instructors) noted was used to teach anmultidisciplinary course in advanced building design to senior engineering students 15.Evidence of use of team teaching pedagogy in synchronous and asynchronous distance educationis documented. In the case of synchronous delivery, video conferencing was used across

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

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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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Two Year College Division

required of all TEE undergraduates at CCSU and studentsmust have taken at least one practicum course in the program and achieved junior status prior toenrolling.Similar to the online course, students will work to solve three STEM PBL Challenges, first as astructured problem, then as guided and open-ended. As a capstone project for the course,students will use the pedagogical strategies and technical skills they acquire throughout the Page 22.397.17semester to develop an original multimedia PBL Challenge on a STEM topic of their choosing.As a result, a collection of STEM-related PBL learning tools will evolve and will bedisseminated through the

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California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick P Rentsch, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Two Year College Division

upper-division courses orsenior design capstone courses at San Francisco State University.For the 2010-2011 academic year, the civil engineering student participated in the design andconstruction of a timber bridge. The mechanical engineering student participated in a project onMaterials and Manufacturing. Both the computer engineering and the electrical engineeringparticipated in projects on Microelectronics. For the 2011-2012 academic year, the civilengineering student participated in the design and construction of a concrete canoe. For fall 2011,the mechanical engineering student participated in a Linear Systems Analysis Lab while thecomputer engineering and the electrical engineering students participated in projects onMicroelectronics. For

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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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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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Two Year College Division

AC 2011-2251: ”TUNING” ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE CON-TEXT OF ABET ACCREDITATIONMary Eileen Smith, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Mary E. Smith has been employed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s

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Two-Year to Four-Year Transfer Programs: Best Practices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric James Davishahl, Everett Community College; Xiaopeng Bi, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

of 63 universities from 12 countries) to advance to the international University Rover Challenge being held June 2- 4, 2016 in Utah.  As of 2016, all of the WSU BSME programs senior capstone design projects are 100% sponsored by industry partners such as Boeing.  A WSU Everett chapter of Society of Women Engineers was founded in 2015 to promote, provide, and enhance the educational and professional opportunities for female students.Enrollment TrendsInitial student recruitment for the BSME program’s fall 2012 cohort started in January 2012 witha significant headwind. By this time, most students who were on track to complete theirprerequisite coursework for a fall 2012 transfer already had their minds

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Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Hull P.E., OP-TEC; Chrysanthos Andreas Panayiotou, Indian River State College

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Two Year College Division

2. Electro Optical Devices 3. Fiber Optics 4. Lasers Systems Robotics Specialty 5. Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers 6. Intro to Robotic Systems 7. Manufacturing Processes 8. Capstone Project Telecommunications Specialty 9. Computer Repair 10. Wireless Networks 11. Wireless Security 12. Telecommunication Systems TOTAL 60 Page 24.1151.6Replicating the Photonics Systems Technician Curriculum ModelIn 2014, 28 colleges across the U.S. have adopted the Photonics Systems Technician

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Two Year College Tech Session I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri

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Two Year College Division

fully incorporate the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills comprised in RPTwork. This belief is supported by Dauer and StGermain’s (2006) assertion that traditionalapproaches to radiological training may not be enough to facilitate deep learning. Theywarn that adherence to traditional educational approaches may result in workers withknowledge and skills deficits. They encourage the exploration and evaluation ofalternative learning philosophies that use such learning strategies as: inductivediscussion, self assessments, case studies, demonstrations, projects, prompting andcoaching, interactive lectures, and guided reflection. We have attempted to incorporatemany of these strategies into our theoretical and instructional design framework