Chabot College Program Review Report 2016 - 2017 ENGINEERING Year 1 of the Program Review Cycle Authors: Bruce Mayer, PE Daniel Quigley Submitted on 25-Oct-15 © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 1 Table of Contents Foreword (IMPORTANT) ............................................................................................................................... 3 Engineering 14-15 High-Lights (NEW to the 16-17 Report) .......................................................................... 4 What Engineering PLANS/NEEDS to do (NEW to the 16-17 Report) ............................................................ 6 Executive Summary (15-16) .......................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction to the Engineering Program ..................................................................................................... 9 Section 1 • Year1 : Where We’ve Been..................................................................................................... 16 Section 2 • Year1: Where We Are Now ..................................................................................................... 21 Section 3 • Year1: The Difference We Hope to Make ............................................................................... 27 Appendix A: ENGINEERING Budget History and Impact ............................................................................. 31 Appendix B1: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Reporting Schedule ............................................ 33 Appendix B2: “Closing the Loop” Course-Level Assessment Reflections. ................................................. 34 Appendix C: Program Learning Outcomes ................................................................................................. 41 Appendix D: A Few Questions .................................................................................................................... 45 Appendix E: Proposal for New Initiatives (Complete for each new initiative) ........................................... 46 Appendix F3: FTEF Requests ...................................................................................................................... 56 Appendix F5: Supplies & Services Requests [Acct. Category 4000 and 5000] ........................................... 57 Appendix F6: Conference and Travel Requests [Acct. Category 5000]...................................................... 59 Appendix F7: Technology and Other Equipment Requests [Acct. Category 6000] .................................... 60 Appendix 1 • UCBerkeley ME40, ThermoDynamics, Course Description................................................... 62 Appendix 2 • Harris Poll on Occupational Prestige..................................................................................... 63 Appendix 3 • Perspective on GRIT by the Engineering Instructor .............................................................. 69 © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 2 Foreword (IMPORTANT) During the 14-15 academic year the sole engineering instructor (B. Mayer) took sabbatical leave for the Sp15 term. In mid-Feb15 Mr. Mayer began experiencing a series of physical and medical problems. Thus About 5-6 weeks into the Sabbatical, B. Mayer on about 12Feb15 developed a life threatening heart condition. On 18Mar15 Mr. Mayer’s Cardiologist, Dr. R. Singh, immediately ordered Mr. Mayer’s hospitalization for a heart angiogram diagnostic imaging procedure. On 19Mar15 during the angiogram Dr. Singh discovered an 85-90% blockage of Mayer’s Left Anterior Descending (LAD1) heart artery. The angiogram procedure immediately shifted to a treatment procedure known as balloon angioplasty and stent-placement, which was very successful - Mr. Mayer’s LAD is now largely open, providing critically needed blood to the outside of the main “pumping” chamber of the heart; the left ventricle. While the stent placement proved very successful, it came at the price of two significant complicating ailments: A Generally irregular heartbeat, and often full fledged Atrial Fibrillation or “AFib”. Afib leaves the recipient generally exhausted, dizzy, and enduring chest pains. Mr. Mayer had surgery for AFib at Stanford Hospital in 2011 after a previous stent-procedure. As of this writing the Afib complication has IMPROVED significantly, but still persists at a level that has left Mr. Mayer on Medical Leave for the entire Fall15 semester. Stent-induced PeripheralNeuropathy. This ailment produces numbness and tingling in the hands and feet. This is a very rare condition for which no treatment is known. The recipient can only wait for the condition to dissipate over time. The current Figure 1 - B. Mayer Hospital Discharge after Heart Stent surgery 1 Known informally in Cardio-Medicine as the “Widow Maker” due to the high mortality rate associated with LAD blockage © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 3 healing process has produced moderate improvement in these symptoms. This condition also occurred after the 2011 stent-placement, and it slowly dissipated over about a period of 2-3 years. These medical obstacles required that Mr. Mayer scale-back his sabbatical activities from the original plan. He completed about 70% of the planned activitiesi. The college and Engineering program were “lucky” regarding Mr. Mayer’s medical problems in that his normal courses were all covered by the Sp15 sabbatical instructors. Also “lucky” was that ENGR had been authorized to hire a second instructor. The hiring committee selected Chabot Adjunct instructor Daniel Quigley. Mr. Quigley covered the bulk of Mr. Mayer’s sabbatical courses, and he had taught a few ENGR courses for about two years previously. Mr. Quigley joined the Chabot Engineering Instruction team at the very end of the Sp15 semester. Also, Dr. Singh advised that Mr. Mayer not engage in professional activities for the Fall Semester. This left the newly hired Mr. Quigley covering six classes. He effectively had very little time to perform other tasks outside of his instructional commitments to Chabot Students. Bottom Line for ENGR Program Review Mr. Mayer’s medical condition, coupled with Mr. Quigley’s highly loaded Academic Year schedule left ENGR no time to address 15-16 Program Review issues. That is, 16-17 engineering had been “treading water” 17-18 for the 14-15 academic year, leaving 15-19 ENGR effectively “stuck” at year ONE of the program review cycle as shown in the table at right . Program Review Year Plan Actual 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 Thus this program review plan will consist of an iteration/update report of the of 15-16 plan Please note that the BUDGET REQUESTS have been updated, and thus represent the 16-17 needs Engineering 14-15 High-Lights (NEW to the 16-17 Report)2 2 Maintain a FREE FRIDAY WORKSHOP for ALL students to learn a valuable skill of 3D modeling & 3D Printing. This also creates an engineering community with intro students and students about to transfer. This is a valuable time for us to set up field trips, guest lecturers, counselling sessions, etc. Cost: $46.92 per hour. Usually 60 hours each semester Courtesy of Mr. Dan Quigley © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 4 Yearly Cost- 46.92*120=$5630.40 Utilized Learning Assistants and MESA tutors in ENGR 25 to attend labs to help students work in groups and hold supplemental instruction hours during the week to help increase the success rate in this very difficult course. Created an Engineering STUDY SPACE in 3902, especially after STEM center closes. Introduces Project based curriculum in ENGR 10 Engineering Notebooks- $500 Golf Ball Tower Challenge- $50 Skyscraper Project- $60 Puzzle Cube Project-$200 Crank Toy Project- $0 Bridge Building Project- $65 Final Design Project-$0 Secured Funding for ENGR 11 Prototype Projects Allowed each group $200 for use towards building prototype Utilized an inexpensive 3D printer and 3D software in ENGR 10, ENGR 11, ENGR 36, ENGR 45, and Friday Workshop Commenced Participation in Solar Powered Regatta Community College Competition, with over 30 students participating Hired a NEW FULL TIME ENGINEERING INSTRUCTOR with capability of teaching full range of community college mathematics Buy additional seats of MatLab for student access in STEM Center Created a 3-year COURSE PLAN for engineering transfer students Added a TECHNICAL DESIGN CERTIFICATE → Can lead to first "off ramp" in engineering curriculum Mr. Quigley Attended the Summer Engineering Teaching Institute hosted by Canada College Mr. Mayer attended this so-called “SETI Institute” in 2011 Recruited field trip hosts at nearby companies in the Chabot Area © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 5 What Engineering PLANS/NEEDS to do (NEW to the 16-17 Report)3 Hire a STEM Center Director to help orchestrate STEM Center and additional activities needed in STEM. Hire additional personnel to help set up additional MATLAB-software and 3D modeling computer labs Hire additional part time instructors who can teach engineering + additional subject to help with projected growth of the engineering program Repair or Replace equipment for ENGR 45, Materials Engineering Lab Tensile Tester- with capability of 3 pt bend tests (HIGH PRIORITY) Brinell Hardness Tester (MEDIUM Priority Charpy Impact Tester (low priority) Purchase Dial Calipers to use in projects in ENGINEERING COURSES Purchase Pasco Bridge Sets to study static analysis in ENGR 36 Create new and improved study spaces within the STEM Center for Engineering Students Find funding to continue previous projects/workshops noted in “High-Lights” above Find funding for community college engineering competitions Motivate engineering students to take pilot program: MTH 20 to MTH 1 This will reduce an engineering student’s “time to transfer” from 3 years to 2 years Work with counselling to determine course plans for specific engineering majors and intended transfer universities Determine if current Chabot courses are IN-DEMAND for more offerings (every semester?, multiple sections?) Create and Implement a SUMMER ENGINEERING BRIDGE PROGRAM for high school students to Chabot Work with local high schools and CPT for advertising and enrollment into program Increase course articulations with colleges and universities in the bay area (and state-wide where possible) 3 Courtesy of Mr. Dan Quigley © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 6 Work with industry leads to create on ramps and off ramps during the engineering curriculum at Chabot Example: Earn Technical Design Certificate → Obtain Internships at nearby engineering firms → Earn AS-ENGR degree from Chabot → Obtain Apprenticeships in nearby engineering operations → Utilize Chabot Education and work experience to apply to UC or CSU → Earn BS degree Create and Establish additional course offerings for transfer to UC and CSU Dynamics Thermodynamics Visualization for Design Three Dimensional Modeling for Design Introduction to Manufacturing and Tolerancing Introduction to Solid Mechanics Designing Information Devices and Systems Utilize 3D modeling and 3D printing in ENGR 22 Utilize learning assistants in ENGR 10 Attend Engineering Teaching Institutes, and the CA Engineering Liaison Council (CA-ELC) meetings Research possible benefits of co-teaching engineering, mathematics, and STEM 1 courses. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 7 Executive Summary (15-16) Need to repair or replace the 1960’s vintage TENSILE TESTER used in the Materials Laboratory. The expected cost $2k IF the current equipment is repairable $60k IF new equipment is purchased4 Engineering has STRONGLY emphasized the Transfer PATHWAY since 2003 Instituted a Continuous Pedagogy Improvement Process (CPIP) since 2003 Engineering enhances the Transfer PathWay thru optimum Articulation Engineering secures from university professors PreApproval of Articulation requests for new courses. Engineering has been Teaching GRIT since 2003 Engineering Enrollments are UP almost 100% over the last 3-4 years Engineering Student Success is near that of Chabot as a whole Engineering Student Success shows no discernable trends over the last several years Engineering transfers about 20 students per year to University Colleges of Engineering Developed a “culture of connection” between Chabot Engineering and broader Technical & Educational Community. Contacted almost 4200 High School students in OutReach visits Arranged for about 165 guest lecture lectures by practicing engineer or university engineering students 165 Total Guest Lectures 125 Unique Guests 65 Lectures Delivered by Role-Modeling Former Community College Students 55 Lectures Delivered by Role-Modeling Former CHABOT College Students Secured 55 Field Trips for students Made Personal Visits to Universities: UCBerkeley, SJSU, CSUEB, UCDavis, UCSantaCruz, SantaClaraUniversity, Fresno State Developed a “culture of continuity” between Current and Past Engineering Transfer students; Over 50 former students have guest lectured to current students Closed Loop on ENGR43 SLO’s Closed Loop on Engineering PLO’s Proposal for Engineering Program Progression & Improvement Add a SECOND, FULL TIME Engineering Instructor who could also teach SubCalculus Math Done in 14-15 year Improved MATLAB software Access → $3k OneTime, $500/year OnGoing Done in 14-15 year Articulation Enhancement for PathWay facilitation → 8.6 CAH + $2k OneTime Pathway Improvement by NEW Course, “ENGR40”, which would articulate to UCBerkeley ME40 → 3 CAH OneTime, 4.3 CAH/year OnGoing 4 Chabot would likely purchase the same make & model tensile tester as that recently purchased by LPC Engineering. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 8 Introduction to the Engineering Program The Engineering PathWay Consider this statement5 taken from the Chabot College 2012-15 Strategic Planii The PRBC has committed to a single goal for our Strategic Plan. That goal is to: “Increase the number of students that achieve their educational goal within a reasonable time by clarifying pathways and providing more information and support.” Achieving this goal requires two fundamental shifts. First, as a college, we need to focus more on student progress along educational pathways. While student retention and success in individual courses and semester-to-semester persistence remain critically important, the ultimate achievement of educational goals is most important. Engineering has had a HIGH PRIORITY Focus on the Engineering “PathWay” for the entire tenure of the current Engineering Instructor. Consider the Mission Statement for Chabot Engineering: To prepare students for Success AFTER they Transfer to a University College of Engineering Note the emphasis on the word AFTER. Success at Chabot is but a step in the process of training to enter the Engineering Profession. The REAL measure of the effectiveness of the Chabot Engineering program is how well the program prepares students for the rigors of university-level engineering courses. ALL Chabot engineering classes emphasize that the “PRICE OF ADMISSION” to the PRACTICE of Engineering is the Academic “Golden Ticket” of a Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering Major from an accredited University Engineering Program. Chabot Engineering Instructors use the flowchart 5 Figure 2 • Except from the Chabot ASEngineering Description Emphasis added by writer © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 9 displayed in Figure 3 to stress this point, over-and-over-and-over again, to the students. In fact the Chabot ASEngineering, approved by the State Chancellor’s office in 2008, was itself DESIGNED primarily as a PATHWAY. All References to the Chabot ASE degree underscore the fact that the degree is but a STEP (albeit a significant one) on the path to earning the BSEngineering degree. Even Documentation on the Chabot ASE degree notes the importance of COMPLETING the PATHWAY. See Figure 2 . On the practical side, Chabot Engineering provides ALL interested students with Motivation to earn the Engineering Baccalaureate - see Figure 4 A typical-case term-by-term Course PLAN that leads to Transfer - see Figure 5 Figure 3 • FlowChart use to Emphasize the need to Reach the END of the Engineering PathWay In keeping with the pedagogical axiom of “repetitio est mater studiorum” (Repetition is the mother of studies)iii. Chabot Engineering instructors time-after-time-after-time stress to the students the absolute requirement that they do well at ALL levels of academia, and that they COMPLETE the PathWay. This emphasis on PREPATION and COMPLETION produced many grateful responses from former students. Consider these comments6 from a very recent Chabot student who transferred to the University of MASSACHUECETTS at Lowell: >>> "Doane, Michael R" 09/27/14 6:30 PM >>> Hi, Mr. Mayer, 6 Figure 4 • Excerpt of a page taken from the Chabot College Engineering promotional brochure Emphasis added by this report writer © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 10 I would have sent you an email update sooner after we talked but I wanted to get a feel for my classes and job first. So far I've received a 95% on my engineering differential equations midterm, a 90% on my circuits midterm (tied for second in two sections of 36 students), and I'm averaging a 91.3% on my material balances quizzes, with the class average being a 63.3% (my C++ and ethics class have not had midterms yet but I am doing well so far). I want to take the time to thank you personally, as well as your colleagues, especially Scott Hildreth, Tim Dave, Egl Batchelor, Wayne Pitcher, et al, for the immense support they had provided in my time at Chabot. When I elected not to continue in Biochemistry, I didn't feel I was "smart enough" when it came to quantitative analysis and pure math to continue in engineering, but the last few years have proven that assertion to be incorrect. I had underestimated not just my abilities but the instructional proficiency of the Chabot College Math and Science Department. 4 years later, I am happy to say that I am well on my way to completing my degree and moving forward. For all the times I felt like quitting while doing triple integrals or linspace() commands in MATLAB, I am SO SO SO SO SO SO happy that I did not. I can't emphasize that enough, because quitting most certainly would have resulted in a much lower level of satisfaction in a less lucrative area. (I'm even using those MATLAB skills now in my classes.) Furthermore, your study skills take-home assignments, which I used to see as an annoying way to get 10 extra credit points, have honestly changed the way that I prepare for classes. More than anything, the concept of studying with a pencil and paper in hand to take notes has helped me tremendously when it comes to recalling problem solving methods. This was also very useful in physics last year, and I had A's in Tim Dave's Physics 4C and 5 classes as a result of the enhanced preparation. All I can hope for is that you and your aforementioned colleagues continue for as long as possible at Chabot. The engineering program was the most difficult academic endeavor I had ever undertaken, and had I not been held to such a high standard of performance, I would not have been as well prepared for these challenges as I now am. Branden Andersen, Raymundo Flores, Tomasz Jagoda, Joshua Adam Merritt, and COUNTLESS OTHERS are just as grateful as I am. Thank you so much. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 11 Figure 5 • Course-by-Course model-plan used generally by Chabot Engineering students to prepare for University Transfer © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 12 Figure 6 displays the result of the effort to encourage students to complete the transfer pathway. Over 200 students have earned university engineering school transfer acceptance during the tenure of the present engineering instructor. The California Postsecondary Education Commission data shown in Figure 7 demonstrates that Engineering transfers to UC’s about 30% MORE students than ANY OTHER MAJOR on the Chabot College campus. Transfer University Chabot College Engineering Student Transfer Survey • 2004-2014 Other 2 UCSB 2 SacState 2 UoP 2 206 Transfers Total • OutOf State → Cornell, OhioState, OralRoberts, , Purdue, UMass-Lowell • Other → UCRiverside, CSUEB • Data Source → Student Surveys SFSU 4 UCIrvine 4 5 OutofState 9 UCLA 12 CalPoly SLO 13 UCSanDiego 27 UCDavis 60 UCBerkeley 64 SJSU 0 5 10 file = Transfer_Acceptance_Summary_1405.xlsx 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 Number of Students Figure 6 • Engineering PathWay Success as indicated in the form of transfer acceptances by University Schools of Engineering. Chabot Engineering transfers to universities an average of 18.7 Students per year. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 13 Chabot College UC-Transfer by Discipline • Total over 04-10 PHYS 1 CSCI HIS 8 MTH Discipline Data Source • http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/SelectFinalOptions.asp 7 10 ENGL 18 ARCH 20 CHEM 30 BIOL 39 BUS 57 PSY 66 ENGR 86 0 10 20 Program_Rev_ENGR_Enrollment_History_1211.xlsx 30 40 50 60 70 80 UC Transfers Figure 7 • Chabot-College to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UC) Transfer Volume-Totals by Academic-Major over the period of 2004-2010iv. Note that ENGINEERING produces about 30% MORE UC-Transfers THAN ANY OTHER discipline on the Chabot College Campus © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 14 90 Chabot College Engineering Student Tranfser Survey • 2004-2014 4 Other Transfer Engineering-Discipline Data Details • Source ≡ Student Surveys • Other ≡ Ag, EngrPhys, Environ, Nuclear • n = 206 3 Industrial 4 Aero 6 Materials 9 Bio 12 Computer 19 Chemical 41 Electrical 42 Civil 64 Mechanical 0 5 10 Transfer_Acceptance_Summary_1405.xlsx 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 Number of Students Figure 8 • Engineering PathWay Preferences of Chabot Engineering Transfer Students. Note that MECHANICAL engineering is about 50% MORE popular than the second-place disciplines of Civil & Electrical Engineering. Note also the WIDE RANGE of Engineering Majors. Chabot students have earned transfer acceptance in 13 DIFFERENT Engineering Disciplines. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 15 Section 1 • Year1 : Where We’ve Been 11 Visits to Off-Campus Engineering Operations 1. Where We’ve Been - Complete Appendix A (Budget History) prior to writing your narrative. Limit your narrative to no more than one page. As you enter a new Program Review cycle, reflect on your achievements over the last few years. What did you want to accomplish? Describe how changes in resources provided to your discipline or program have impacted your achievements. What are you most proud of, and what do you want to continue to improve? Engineering Off-Campus Field Trips • 04-14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sp04 Sp05 Sp06 Sp07 Sp08 Sp09 Sp10 College Term Sp11 Sp12 Sp13 Fa13 Fa14 Chabot_ENGR_Enrollment_History_1410.xlsx Figure 9 • ENGR45 Field Trips. Including about half-adozen visits made in other Engineering Courses produces a total of about 60 field trips. Chabot Engineering has focused, since DAY-1, on the need for students to transfer and earn the Baccalaureate degree. See Figure 3. Along these lines engineering has Instituted a Continuous Pedagogy Improvement Process (CPIP) within engineering instruction to improve student learning. o Work to Make classes more relevant Real World Case-Studies7 integrated into normal Instruction to give the students insight on just how cool it is to be a practicingengineer. This a designed attempt to INSPIRE the students. See Figure 13 o Recruit More Guest Speakers in Engineering Classes Many are Former Chabot Students who are now Studying Engineering at the University Level Engaged in the Profession and getting PAID for it o Had dozens of successful former students return to Guest Lecture to current students. I always ask the Former students for their BEST ADVICE on how to SUCCEED At the University School of Engineering On the Job while practicing engineering See Figure 11 and Figure 10 o The Engineering Instructor is a founding Member of SLOAC committee. Engineering has attempted to lead-by-example in the implementation of the SLOAC process. Consider this comment from MTH Faculty Dr. R. Yest, SLOAC committee systems (data) analyst in Feb13: 7 a.k.a “War Stories” © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 16 “If every discipline were like engineering, Chabot would be in great shape [for meeting its SLOAC goals]” o Demonstrate (even) More engineering principles by way of Detailed Figure 11 • Former Chabot Engineering student Mr. Examples Daniel Hu guest lectures to the current ENGR10 Organized a separate students in Nov14. Mr. Hu is on-track to earn the B.S. in BioEngineering from UCBerkeley in May2015. Above CRN he describes his work as a Research Technician at the problemUCBerkeley managed Joint BioEnergy Institutue (JBEI) solving workshop to support ENGR25 Post to Course WebPages8 detailed examples for which there is not sufficient class time to demonstrate Provide students with Exam Study-Guides in the form of the previous term’s solved Exam Students are always provided with detailed solutions to all MidTerm Exams to allow students to perform a “Post Mortem” analysis of the test Added detailed problemsolving Figure 10 • San Jose State Mechanical Engineering “Tutorials” to most student, and former Chabot College Engineering student, Mr. Dillon Goodfellow describes to the Chabot classes o Provide Students ENGR10 class his engineering design efforts during an with RealTime and engineering internship with the Oakland based firm of Monterey Mechanical. On the screen: the results of Mr. Substantial Goodfellow’s design of a large-scale stainless 304 FeedBack At the plumbing installed at a sewage treatment plant in Redwood City. suggestion 8 ALL BMayer’s course maintain open WebSites to afford students 24/7X365 access to course materials. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 17 of Prof. Emily Allen9 “MiniQuizzes” are administered in almost every class meeting. The quiz is then solved immediately after the students complete the test o Added OnLine homework, which provides RealTime & Incremental FeedBack, to the ENGR36 and ENGR43 classes Students now submit hand-written notes on the solution process to counter the tendency to view OnLine HW as a sort of Video Game o Integrated Study Skills into EVERY Class Developed a 76 Slide presentationv entitled “Study Skills For College Students” The Students then complete, for Extra Credit, a 20 page quiz on the presentation. The Presentation contains numerous testimonials from previous about the effectiveness of using the skills suggested; to whit: >>> Robert Curry 03/14/08 4:00 PM …I do have to tell you , my time at Chabot was VERY HELPFUL IN PREPARING ME to go on to Sac State. I think that ALL THE ADVICE you gave us, and the TYPE OF WORK YOU HAD US do put me in a GOOD POSITION TO DO WELL. During my first semester at Sac State, I saw a lot of OTHER STUDENTS STRUGGLING with things that I found to be familiar. Not necessarily the material, but the WORK that was required AND THE METHOD to go about learning the material. I've seen that everything that you are doing to help your students will PAY OFF for them if they choose to use it. Thank you very much Mr. Mayer. Without your help over the previous three years I don't think I would be in such a good position to succeed in my goals. Engineering has taught “GRIT” since the author’s first day at Chabot o GRIT = “Perseverance to accomplish longterm or higher-order goals in the face of challenges and setbacks, engaging the student’s psychological resources, such as their academic mindsets, effortful control, and Figure 12 • Excerpt from The Engineering Study Skills Presentation. Students should NOT be ClueLESS. 9 Professor of Materials Engineering at SJSU, Now the Dean of Engineering at CSU-LA © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 18 o strategies and 10 tactics.” I inform students that I expect them to STRUGGLE just AS MUCH as I did, and as much as did all previously successful former Chabot Engineering Students. See Figure 12 and Figure 13. Produced classes with a level of rigor and performanceexpectations consistent Figure 13 • A very nice commendation for Engineering with university from the Chabot MESA team. Note in particular the engineering classes. recognition of “GRIT” components the improve student o Students have even threatened learning the instructor with their moving to other nearby community colleges that give “easy A’s”. Consider this statement from a former student, Dianna Man, now a Mechanical Engineering Major at San Jose State University I want to say thank you for teaching and preparing us. I think you prepared really well with your midterms! >>> mandianna10@gmail.com 10/18/14 10:37 AM >>> 10 Created NEW courses that Articulate to universities: ENGR[11, 22, 25] o The engineering instructor traveled to UCBerkeley and San Jose State to confer with engineering professors on the course content needed to secure articulation Evolved from a majority PowerPoint presentation method to a more balanced “MultiMedia” approach of a combination of PowerPoint and White/Black Board work. Developed a “culture of continuity” between Current and Past Engineering Transfer students. 53 times Past students returned to Chabot guest lecture to current students. o These academically and professionally successful students act as POWERFUL ROLE MODELS for current students o On several occasions the past students acted as mentors to the newly transferred Chabot students on the university campus. http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/files/2013/02/OET-Draft-Grit-Report-2-17-13.pdf © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 19 Introduction to Engineering (ENGR10) Guest Speakers • Fa03→Fa14 Developed a “culture of 14 connection” between STATISTICS • 162 Speakers Total • 10. 1 SpeakerS/Term on Avg Chabot Engineering and 12 broader Technical 10 Community. EVERY ONE of the following 8 interactions improves 6 Chabot’s standing within the off-campus 4 community o Inviting 2 Engineering Guest 0 Speakers from Fa03 Fa04 Fa05 Fa06 Fa07 Fa08 Fa09 Fa10 Su11 Fa11 Sp12 Fa12 Sp13 Fa13 Sp14 Fa14 Chabot College Academic Term Universities, Private-Sector Figure 14 • Historical Summary of the Guest Speakers Firms, and Public- in the Chabot Introduction to Engineering (ENGR10) Sector Course. Every guest visit builds a CONNECTION Organizations. between the larger Engineering/Technical Community See Figure 14 and Chabot College. Guest speakers range from On almost University Professors, to Post-Doctoral Researchers, 200 Practicing Engineering, to former Chabot Students now occasions at University Colleges of Engineering guests have addressed ENGR10, ENGR11, ENGR22, ENGR25, and ENGR45 classes. o Off Campus Field Trips raise the Chabot-awareness of ENTIRE COMPANIES; not just a single guest speaker11 Over the years the Engineering Instructor has come to realize the values of fields trips HyperLearning from Practicing Engineers in Practical Circumstances The practicing engineers are inspirational and motivational Role Models Exposure to State-of-the-Art engineering practices12 and equipment Number of Guest Speakers ENGR_UnitPlan_1410.xls 11 12 Chabot really should purchase Gladiator-Gold shirts for student to wear during these visits. Such as “Lean” manufacturing which has been emphasized in recent visits © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 20 Cumulative Students Addressed (THOUSANDS) A NetWork of Chabot-Aware firms that can provide invaluable INTERNSHIPS to Chabot Engineering Students o Raising Awareness of Chabot-Area High School Students to Effectiveness and value of the transfer-preparation education they would receive at Chabot. Over the years the Engineering Instructor has addressed nearly 4200 local high school students. See Figure 15 o Joined the Bechtel Grant Team at CSUEB The Goal of this Grant → Facilitate the transfer of community college engineering students to the next level; i.e., improve the PATHWAY to admission to the profession o Delivered guest lectures at CalPoly-SLO on two separate occasions Developed a “culture of collaboration” with Chabot Colleagues, both inside and outside the Mathematics & Science SubDivison o Designed CoTeaching pedagogy for ENGR43 with Wayne Phillips of the Applied Technology & Business Division o Arranged for tours of sophisticated Machine Tool Technology Labs as conducted by Mr. Ashley Long and Mr. Mike Abscher o Shaved the College $-Cost by arranging to share with Mr. Adrian Huang in Architecture expensive Computer Aided Design Software o The Engineering Instructor have been given the privilege of teaching MTH classes. The Engineering Instructor is now a Contributing member of the MTH SubDiv. o Made approximately 32 On-Campus “INreach” visits in PHYS, CHEM, MTH classes to inform Chabot College High-School OUTreach • Feb-04-May14 4.2 these 717 3.9 students about 3.6 Engineering as a 3.3 3.0 “Science Put To 2.7 Work” type of 2.4 Career. Also twice 2.1 addressed the 1.8 1.5 Counseling 1.2 Subdivision to 0.9 describe the 0.6 0.3 Engineering 0.0 Program and answer questions. Chabot_ENGR_Enrollment_History_1410.xlsx Section 2 • Year1: Where We Are Now Figure 15 • Engineering-Instructor High-School OutReach. The reduced rate of High School contact starting in mid-2011 was the result of the OutReacher suffering a heart-attack that physically impaired his ability make visits. The instructor has now almost completely recovered from this illness, but enhanced efforts to improve student learning have reduced the amount of time available for this type of Awarenessraising. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 21 Feb-14 Aug-13 Feb-13 Aug-12 Feb-12 Aug-11 Feb-11 Aug-10 Feb-10 Aug-09 Feb-09 Aug-08 Feb-08 Aug-07 Feb-07 Aug-06 Feb-06 Aug-05 Feb-05 Aug-04 Feb-04 Calendar Date Engineering Enrollment is UP substantially of thee path 3 years. See comments in Figure 20. The enrollment expansion is at least partially due to the fact that Chabot offers a COMPLETE suite of Engineering Courses that ARTICULATE widely. Articulation of ENGR25, ENGR43, and ENGR45 in particular attract transfer-sophisticated students who would otherwise attend nearby community colleges. Engineering Withdrawal is FLAT to DOWN-SLIGHTLY over time. See comments in Figure 18 Engineering Success and NonSuccess show no discernable trend with time. See comments in Figure 17 and Figure 19. The Instructor continues to work to design instructional methods to improve student learning, and thus increase success. Figure 16 • San Jose State Mechanical Engineering student, and former Chabot College Engineering student, Mr. Dillon Goodfellow describes to the Chabot ENGR10 class his engineering design efforts during an engineering internship with the Oakland based firm of Monterey Mechanical. On the screen: the results of Mr. Goodfellow’s design of a large-scale stainless 304 plumbing installed at a sewage treatment plant in Redwood City. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 22 Engineering Success Rates • Fa09-Sp14 Sucess Fraction 80% 68% 70% 69% 69% 60% 60% 55% 54% 50% 50% 56.8% 55% 54% 54% Fa13 Sp14 49% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Fa09 Sp10 Fa10 Sp11 Fa11 Sp12 Fa12 College Term Sp13 Avg Chabot Chabot_ENGR_Enrollment_History_1410.xlsx Figure 17 • Engineering Success is volatile year-over-year, but roughly comparable to Chabot OverAll. NO discernable TRENDS in the data over time. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 23 Withdrawl Fraction 35% 35% Engineering Withdrawl Rates • Fa09-Sp14 34% 30% 28% 26% 26% 25% 25.4% 24% 23% 22% 20% 20% 16% 15% 14% 10% 5% 0% Fa09 Sp10 Fa10 Sp11 Fa11 Sp12 Fa12 College Term Sp13 Fa13 Sp14 Avg Chabot Chabot_ENGR_Enrollment_History_1410.xlsx Figure 18 • Engineering Withdrawal. Engineering endures significantly HIGHER withdrawal rates than Chabot as a whole. This Behavior is most likely due to the RIGOR of the calculus-based curriculum wherein students take the first engineering-course midterm exam and then find that they are either unprepared or unwilling to master the UNIVERSITY-required course content. The data exhibits a large amount of volatility, indicated that withdrawal (and also nonsuccess) are sensitive to the somewhat small sample size of engineering students. Most classes contain fewer than 30 students, and the very difficult second year courses (36, 43, 45) typical have about 15. Also Engineering has finally WON the Public’s Perception of occupational Prestige, causing more students to become aware of the desirability of Engineering as an Academic and Professional Career. See Appendix 2. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 24 Engineering NONsuccess Rates • Fa09-Sp14 30% NonSuccess Fraction 28% 25% 24% 20% 19% 19% 18.1% 18% 16% 15% 16% 16% 15% 13% 13% 10% 5% 0% Fa09 Sp10 Fa10 Sp11 Fa11 Sp12 Fa12 College Term Sp13 Fa13 Sp14 Avg Chabot Chabot_ENGR_Enrollment_History_1410.xlsx Figure 19 • Engineering NONsuccess. Engineering NonSuccess statistics are roughly comparable to that of Chabot. Why HIGHER Withdrawal, but comparable NonSucess rates? Engineering students are, in general, SMART. They almost always recognize when they are overmatched by the course-material, and withdraw rather than risk having a D or an F appear on the student’s transcript. The same analysis of volatility applies to this data-set as it did for the Withdrawal fraction shown in Figure 18; i.e., small sample size. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 25 Engineering Enrollment • Fa09-Sp14 201 Number of Students in ENGR Courses 200 184 181 188 180 160 137 140 127 119 120 119 106 100 80 93 90 78 83 78 62 65 60 40 20 0 Fa06 Sp07 Fa07 Sp08 Fa08 Sp09 Fa09 Sp10 Fa10 Sp11 Fa11 Sp12 Fa12 Sp13 Fa13 Sp14 College Term Chabot_ENGR_Enrollment_History_1410.xlsx Figure 20 • Engineering Enrollment. The jump in enrollment in Sp12 was VERY likely due to the College recognizing and meeting the demand for the high-enrolling Intro-To-Engineering Course; ENGR10. Before Sp12 the college offered one-section per year of ENGR10. The Fall-Only version of this course often attracted over sixty students for a 44 student class-limit. The Engineering Instructor never turned away even a single student, but perhaps many students were discouraged by the quick-filling nature of the enrollment. They then “disappeared”; never to return. The current scheduling pattern calls for TWO sections EVERY semester. This appears to have satiated demand; all four sections now enroll about 35-45 students. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 26 Section 3 • Year1: The Difference We Hope to Make From http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/StrategicPlan/SPforPR.pdf Learn more about our students: o See comments in Figure 21 Figure 21 • The “W&W” Assignment in Engineering 10. This is an exercise designed to: 1) help the student clarify for him/her self the SINGULAR goal for an engineering education at Chabot; i.e., transfer to earn the baccalaureate degree; 2) to help the Instructor understand the goals and aspirations of the students. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 27 From http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/StrategicPlan/SPforPR.pdf Help the undecided to define a goal. o See comments in Figure 22 Figure 22 • An excerpt from the ENGR10 Syllabus. The HIGHEST PRIORITY goal for this course consists of giving the student sufficient information about engineering such that the student can make a reasoned decision about whether or not to pursue engineering as a Major course of Study. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 28 From http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/StrategicPlan/SPforPR.pdf Get students onto their “critical path” quickly. o See comments in Figure 23 Figure 23 • An excerpt from the ENGR10 Baccalaureate Degree-Exploration exercise. This task demystifies the transfer and degree-earning processes, gives the students a concrete pathway to success, and exposes the students to all the way-cool engineering course-descriptions reviewed as part of the course-planning effort. RESPONSES to USEFUL QUERIES What initiatives are underway in your discipline or program, or could you begin, that would support the achievement of our Strategic Plan goal? The MOST IMPORTANT action that supports our students in completing the engineering PathWay is, without a single doubt, ARTICULATION. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 29 o Engineering has courses that could articulate (even) more widely except for lack of awareness of the courses by the university PROFESSORS who hold ultimate approval authority. o Possibilities exist for ChabotCTE→UniversityEngineering articulation. The author recently at the 23Oct14 meeting of California Engineering Liaison Councilvi (ELC). It was learned that opportunities exist for ChabotCTE → UniversityEngineering Course Articulation13 o The Action Plan is for the Engineering Instructor to travel to the universities to explain, person-to-person, how Chabot’s course content might match that of the course designed by that specific professor. Over the next three years, what improvements would you like to make to your program(s) to improve student learning? Continue with all the actions developed during the 11 years of Engineering Instruction Continuous Pedagogy Improvement Process (CPIP) described in the introduction to this report. Over the next 6 years, what are your longer term vision(s) and goals? (Ed Master Plan) The MOST IMPORTANT action that supports our students in completing the engineering PathWay is, without a single doubt, is ARTICULATION o Engineering has courses that could articulate (even) more widely except for lack of awareness of the courses by the university PROFESSOR who hold ultimate approval authority. The other item of major consequence is the development of NEW courses required to maintain currency with new lower division engineering courses created by the transfer universities. That is, if the universities make a new course, then Chabot needs to follow-suit. What are your specific, measurable goals? How will you achieve them? The measure of articulation would be an analysis of ASSIST.ORG Reports o Prior to the start of the Articulation Effort, current articulation would be BaseLined relative to Chabot’s current level, or perhaps BenchMarked against similar colleges14 o The success of the effort would then be judged against improvement relative to the BaseLine or BenchMark Would any of these require collaboration with other disciplines or areas of the college? How will that collaboration occur? There MAY be opportunities to articulate against a small number of university engineering courses SOME Chabot courses from the Applied Technology15 & Business division. 13 Many University Engineering Programs maintain “Manufacturing Processes” course to which other community colleges articulate CTE courses in Welding/Casting (additive) or Machining (subtractive). Chabot has excellent courses in these area which might well articulate if brought to the attention of the universities. 14 LPC, Oholone, and CSM come to mind as possible BenchMarks. 15 MTT and ESYS in particular might articulate to hands-on survey course within engineering © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 30 Appendix A: ENGINEERING Budget History and Impact Audience: Budget Committee, PRBC, and Administrators Purpose: This analysis describes your history of budget requests from the previous two years and the impacts of funds received and needs that were not met. This history of documented need can both support your narrative in Section A and provide additional information for Budget Committee recommendations. Instructions: Please provide the requested information, and fully explain the impact of the budget decisions. Category Classified Staffing (# of positions) Supplies & Services Technology/Equipment Other TOTAL 2013-14 Budget Requested 0 500 500 1000 2013-14 Budget Received 0 500 500 2014-15 Budget Requested 0 500 500 2014-15 Budget Received 0 500 500 1000 1000 1000 1. How has your investment of the budget monies you did receive improved student learning? When you requested the funding, you provided a rationale. In this section, assess if the anticipated positive impacts you projected have, in fact, been realized. The positive impacts have largely been realized; particularly in the learning of the sophisticated MATLAB® engineering software. The students have learned how to use MATLAB to solve engineering problems, at the University Level, in Engineering Internships16, and when engaging in the Engineering Profession. The Above Budget could be characterized as a “treading water” budget. When BMayer joined Chabot in Fall-2003 the Engineering Supplies Budget stood at $2000. The current Engineering Budget has basically remained unchanged since the initial purchase of the MATLAB software in the Fall of 2005. Note that Engineering has been resourceful in utilizing excess capacity in OTHER Divisions: ENGR22 (Engineering Graphics/BluePrints) uses the expensive AutoCAD software provided by the College to the heavy-using Architecture program ENGR43 (Electrical Engineering) uses sophisticated lab equipment and software provided by the College to the heavy-using ESYS program o Note that B. Mayer (Engineering) and Wayne Phillips (Electrical Systems) CoTeach ENGR43 to the great benefit of the students. B. Mayer initiated and organized this effort with great support from former Deans Tom Clark and Tram Vo-Kumamoto. Gaining access to Wayne’s expertise and the up-to-date ESYS lab equipment were critical factors in gaining Articulation to UCBerkeley’s EE40. Chabot is just one of three California community colleges to earn such distinction. Student Learning has NOT been negatively impacted by this small budget due to the assistance from ARCH and ESYS. 16 See in particular Mr. Robert Dueball to guest lectured in ENGR25 (the MATLAB course) in Sp13 on his use of MATLAB as part of his duties as an Engineering Intern at NASA-Ames © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 31 As do ALL engineers, Chabot Engineering endeavors to always DO MORE with LESS. 2. What has been the impact of not receiving some of your requested funding? How has student learning been impacted, or safety compromised, or enrollment or retention negatively impacted? © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 32 Appendix B1: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Reporting Schedule I. Course-Level Student Learning Outcomes & Assessment Reporting (CLO-Closing the Loop). A. Check One of the Following: No CLO-CTL forms were completed during this PR year. No Appendix B2 needs to be submitted with this Year’s Program Review. Note: All courses must be assessed once at least once every three years. Yes, CLO-CTL were completed for one or more courses during the current Year’s Program Review. Complete Appendix B2 (CLO-CTL Form) for each course assessed this year and include in this Program Review. B. Calendar Instructions: List all courses considered in this program review and indicate which year each course Closing The Loop form was submitted in Program Review by marking submitted in the correct column. Course *List one course per line. Add more rows as needed. This Year’s Program Review *CTL forms must be included with this PR. Last Year’s Program Review *Note: These courses must be assessed in the next PR year. ENGR10 Submittedvii ENGR11 Submittedviii ENGR22 Submittedix ENGR25 Submittedx ENGR36 Submittedxi ENGR43 ENGR45 2-Years Prior Submitted Submittedxii © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 33 Appendix B2: “Closing the Loop” Course-Level Assessment Reflections. Course Semester assessment data gathered Number of sections offered in the semester Number of sections assessed Percentage of sections assessed Semester held “Closing the Loop” discussion Faculty members involved in “Closing the Loop” discussion ENGR43 (Circuits & Devices) Sp13, Sp14 One (“Singleton” CapStone Course) One 100% Sp14 B. Mayer, W. Phillips Form Instructions: Complete a separate Appendix B2 form for each Course-Level assessment reported in this Program Review. These courses should be listed in Appendix B1: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Reporting Schedule. Part I: CLO Data Reporting. For each CLO, obtain Class Achievement data in aggregate for all sections assessed in eLumen. Part II: CLO Reflections. Based on student success reported in Part I, reflect on the individual CLO. Part III: Course Reflection. In reviewing all the CLOs and your findings, reflect on the course as a whole. PART I: COURSE-LEVEL OUTCOMES – DATA RESULTS CONSIDER THE COURSE-LEVEL OUTCOMESxiii INDIVIDUALLY (THE NUMBER OF CLOS WILL DIFFER BY COURSE) (CLO) 1: ANALYZE A STEADY-STATE DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT TO DETERMINE UNKNOWN ELECTRICAL QUANTITIES AND/OR RESPONSES. (CLO) 2: ANALYZE STEADY-STATE SWITCHED TRANSIENT CIRCUITS. (CLO) 3: ANALYZE STEADY-STATE ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUIT (CLO) 4: GIVEN A TRANSISTOR-LEVEL CMOS LOGIC GATE SCHEMATIC: * CONSTRUCT THE TRUTH TABLE * WRITE A BOOLEAN ALGEBRA EQUATION FOR OUTPUT Z IN TERMS OF THE INPUTS A, B, AND C * DRAW AN EQUIVALENT LOGIC CIRCUIT USING STANDARD LOGIC GATES: INVERTOR, AND/NAND, OR/NOR (CLO) 5: LABORATORY PRACTICUM TO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT AN AC SINUSOIDAL ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND THEN USE A DMM AND OSCILLOSCOPE TO MEASURE CIRCUIT VOLTAGES & CURRENTS, AND TO CALCULATE VOLTAGE Defined Target Scores* (CLO Goal) 70% of Students score 3 or Better Actual Scores** (eLumen data) 50% of students scored 3 or better 60% of Students score 3 or Better 70% of Students score 3 or Better 60% of Students score 3 or Better 46% scored 3 or more 70% of Students score 3 or Better 100% of students scored 3 or better 95% scored acceptably 45% scored in the proficient range © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 34 AMPLITUDES & PHASE-ANGLES. If more CLOs are listed for the course, add another row to the table. * Defined Target Scores: What scores in eLumen from your students would indicate success for this CLO? (Example: 75% of the class scored either 3 or 4) **Actual scores: What is the actual percent of students that meet defined target based on the eLumen data collected in this assessment cycle? Table 1 • Student Learning OutCome Scores from Chabot College ENGR43 in Spring 2014 © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 35 No. Students DC Ckt Switched Transient 10 10 5 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 4 0 No. Students AC SteadyState 10 5 5 0 1 2 3 0 4 No. Students Lab Practicum 10 5 5 0 1 2 3 CLO Score 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 PLACEHOLDER; NOT DATA 10 0 2 CMOS Logic 10 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 CLO Score 4 Figure 24 • Histogramsxiv for the data contained in Table 1 . Students did particularly well on the AC-SteadyState and Lab-Practicum Assessments. PART II: COURSE- LEVEL OUTCOME REFLECTIONS A. COURSE-LEVEL OUTCOME (CLO) 1: 1. How do your current scores match with your above target for student success in this course level outcome? Students performed below expectation. A well instructed, and well-motivated class of second year engineering students should produce 70% proficiency 2. Reflection: Based on the data gathered, and considering your teaching experiences and your discussions with other faculty, what reflections and insights do you have? The students generally have not grasped fundamental concepts, or more likely, how to APPLY the concepts of 𝚺(Voltage Drops Around a ClosedLoop) = 0 𝚺(Currents Into a CircuitNode) = 0 © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 36 The Voltage across a CURRENT-SOURCE is Unknown, and is defined by the REST OF THE CIRCUIT It was hoped that the OnLine HomeWork System, with RealTime Error-FeedBack would improve student’s development on this point. The results have been disappointing, but In my professional opinion the OnLine HomeWork is a small improvement over the traditional handed-in then later-scored alternative. To help students use the examination-encounter with DC circuit analysis as a learning experience, detailed SOLUTIONS are provided, and the students are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to ReWork the problem until UNDERSTANDING. Also, everyday experiences offer little guidance in support of analysis of electrical engineering devices, circuits, and systems. Unlike mechanical systems, operation of electrical systems can NOT be: Touched, Tasted, Felt, Seen, or Heard. Development of a “feel” for this topic takes some time, and DC circuits are assessed on the first of three exams; giving students one chance to demonstrate mastery. Perhaps a later-in-course assessment would be in order. The instructor already spends extra time on the Current-Source topic. The instructor will continue to search-for and/or develop innovative methods of instruction to improve student performance on this issue. B. COURSE-LEVEL OUTCOME (CLO) 2: 1. How do your current scores match with your above target for student success in this course level outcome? The 46% score is within striking distance of the 60% goal against the difficult and complicated topic of the switching in-to or out-of a power source in a passive electrical circuit 2. Reflection: Based on the data gathered, and considering your teaching experiences and your discussions with other faculty, what reflections and insights do you have? This is a very difficult topic in that it combines circuit analysis with the sophisticated mathematical topic of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE’s). In particular, students have difficultly discerning a PHYSICALLY based INTIAL CONDITION based on a RATE of CHANGE. In most MATH treatments of ODE’s the Initial Conditions (ICs) are GIVEN. The engineering instructor’s current methods POWERFULLY STRESS the need to THINK PHYSICALLY, and not in a Pure-Math sense when encountering this type of situation during engineering design. Solution to ODE’s are also covered in the PreRequiste Computational Methods Class, ENGR25 The plan for improvement continues along the lines of stressing the need to consider circuit operation, and to not view this type of situation as merely a non-contextual mathematics problem. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 37 C. COURSE-LEVEL OUTCOME (CLO) 3: 1. How do your current scores match with your above target for student success in this course level outcome? The students performed extremely well on the AC Steady-State Circuit Learning OutCome. 95% of the students demonstrated proficiency in this area. 2. Reflection: Based on the data gathered, and considering your teaching experiences and your discussions with other faculty, what reflections and insights do you have? In past years student performance was degraded by the calculational complication of the using COMPLEX Numbers. The addition of the math of the complex unit( 𝒊 = 𝒋 = √−𝟏 ) to the computation increases the complexity of the AC-SS topic exponenitally17. The instructor tried to address the complex-algebra side of this issue by emphasizing this topic in the prerequisite Computational Methods course (ENGR25). Apparently this proved effective as most students appear to have mastered not only the circuit analysis, but also the Complex-Number calculations. D. COURSE-LEVEL OUTCOME (CLO) 4: 1. How do your current scores match with your above target for student success in this course level outcome? Complementary Metal↔Oxide Silicon Field-Effect Transistor Logic gate design and analysis. This outcome showed a very uniform mastery-level distribution as indicated by the “CMOS Logic” histogram in Figure 24 2. Reflection: Based on the data gathered, and considering your teaching experiences and your discussions with other faculty, what reflections and insights do you have? Master of this topic requires skills in TWO-value math known as Boolean Algebra. The Boolean formulation is quite different from the analog, infinite-values analysis used in the balance of the course. Students must understand the relationship between complementary-transistor circuits and completely theoretical logic-constructs such as AND/OR. In a binary environment, thinking physically is less important, and tracing HI or LO signal flow becomes of utmost importance. Often times students understand a some, but not all, of the subtopics related to this type of analysis. This leads to the relatively uniform mastery distribution shown in in Figure 24 17 c.f. the Euler Relation © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 38 The plan for improvement includes increasing the number of OnLine HomeWork problems related to Logic Gates, and to devote more Lecture-Time to the Topic if possible. E. COURSE-LEVEL OUTCOME (CLO) 5: ADD IF NEEDED. PART III: COURSE REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE PLANS 1. What changes were made to your course based on the previous assessment cycle, the prior Closing the Loop reflections and other faculty discussions? CoTeaching with the Electrical Systems instructor; Mr. Wayne Phillips. Mr. Phillips teaches the labs to the great benefit of the students by way of Mr. Phillips 20+ years of practice in the Electrical Systems field during his private sector career Mr. Phillips 20+ years of Electrical Engineering Lab instruction Access to the otherwise unavailable sophisticated lab equipment that Mr. Phillips maintains for the ESYS program Added Electrical DEVICES to the course content as Required for articulation by Prof. Paul Boser of UCBerkeley Added the use of an OnLIne HomeWork System. 2. Based on the current assessment and reflections, what course-level and programmatic strengths have the assessment reflections revealed? What actions has your discipline determined might be taken as a result of your reflections, discussions, and insights? The greatest issue for student learning is the tension between how to prioritize in-Class time. The students could benefit from MUCH MORE in-class Problem-Solving TutorialTime, but UCBerkeley requires for articulation coverage of a very wide range of topics at the conceptual level. The instructor continues to struggle with this balancing-issue as the greatest barrier to improved success rates. Mr. Phillips has been a tremendous asset in terms of student learning. On the Lab Practicum Exam approximately 90% of the students score 90% or better. Current Plan to improve Use the CLO data in Figure 24 as guide to spend more InClass time on Transient-Circuits and CMOS-Logic With great trepidation: Reduce the number of Hands-On labs by 1-2, and instead conduct problem-solving tutorials Iterate on the use of the OnLine HomeWork System © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 39 3. What is the nature of the planned actions (please check all that apply)? Curricular Pedagogical Resource based Change to CLO or rubric Change to assessment methods Other:_________________________________________________________________ © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 40 Appendix C: Program Learning Outcomes Considering your feedback, findings, and/or information that has arisen from the course level discussions, please reflect on each of your Program Level Outcomes. Program: Engineering (AA [should be AS]) • from http://www.chabotcollege.edu/sloac/plo_results.cfm?program=Engineering (AA) _ PLO #1: ENGRINEERING STUDENTS SHALL DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING. Ref: Outcome (a) from E001 10-11 EAC Criteria 1-27-10.pdf, DownLoaded from http://www.abet.org/forms.shtml#For_Engineering_Programs_Only 27Feb2010 PLO #2: ENGINEERING STUDENTS SHALL DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO DESIGN A SYSTEM, COMPONENT, OR PROCESS TO MEET DESIRED NEEDS WITHIN REALISTIC CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ETHICAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY, MANUFACTURABILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY. Ref: Outcome (c) from E001 10-11 EAC Criteria 1-27-10.pdf, DownLoaded from http://www.abet.org/forms.shtml#For_Engineering_Programs_Only 27Feb2010 What questions or investigations arose as a result of these reflections or discussions? Questions: Q1. How do I encourage students to dedicate more time and effort to mastering the course material? That is, how do I help the students to develop “GRIT18” Q2. How do I make complicated material easier for students to understand? Q3. What can I do to improve the Engineering-Problem-Solving19 skills of students? Q4. How can I give to students more immediate (daily) feedback on their learning? Q5. How do I encourage students to stay-current with the course-material; i.e., what I do to ensure that the students stay on the course schedule? Q6. How can I assist students who missed occasional classes due to “life circumstances” such as illness, or unexpected changes in gainful-employment work schedules, etc.? Q7. Is there anything I can do to INSPIRE students to greater learning and academic achievement? What program-level strengths have the assessment reflections revealed? Strengths revealed: SR1. Students REALLY DO appreciate having the Instructors Lecture Notes, and access to course materials on the WebPage. Many times a student will printout the lecture-slides and write on them his/her personal notes. SR2. Engineering students appreciate the FULL suite of TRANSFER COURSES offered by GRIT = “Perseverance to accomplish long-term or higher-order goals in the face of challenges and setbacks, engaging the student’s psychological resources, such as their academic mindsets, effortful control, and strategies and tactics.” 19 An extremely important “Critical Thinking” skill within the Engineering Discipline 18 © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 41 Chabot. This full program often attracts students from nearby community colleges that do NOT offer all of the ELC20 recommended courses. SR3. Students, as evidenced by unstructured data in the from commendations from former students, really do benefit from the inclusion of Study Skills suggestions and the emphasis on the professional importance of developing “GRIT” SR4. Transfer students who have returned to Chabot from the TRANSFER UNIVERSITY generally express gratitude for the RIGOR of the courses offered by Chabot Engineering as these courses well-prepared them for the Upper Division course material at the university college/school of Engineering. SOME of the students who ultimately earned university Engineering Degrees have returned to Chabot to give advice to current students: Thein Win - Civil Engineer UCBerkeley Jose Servanda – Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Garrick Bornkamp – Mechanical Engineer, UCDavis Ishmael Ayesh – Civil Engineer, UCBerkeley Koo Hyun Nam – Mechanical Engineer (Ph.D.), UCBerkeley Krishnil Mani – Mechanical Engineer, CalPoly-SLO Lucas Huezo – Civil Engineer, UCBerkeley Nicholas Vickers – Materials Engineer (M.S.) – CalPoly-SLO Phil Cutino – Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Melissa Quemada – Chemical Engineer, UCBerkeley Robert Irwin – Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Robert Curry – Civil Engineer, CSU-Sacramento Emiliano Esparza – Civil Engineer, UCDavis Jim Havercamp – Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Berhard Stonas – Mechanical Engineer (M.S.), San Jose State Yong Yin Chuah – Engineering Management (M.S.)21, CSU-EastBay Joshua Merritt – Mechanical Engineer, the Ohio State University Tomasz Jagoda – Mechanical Engineer, UC Santa Barbara Robert Moore – Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Elijah Rosas – Mechanical Engineer, UCDavis Baoying (Stephenie) Zhang – Chemical Engineer, UCBerkeley Nic Celeste – Mechanical Engineer, San Francisco State University Hoang Si Nguyen – Civil Engineer, UCBerkeley Sangam Rawat – Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Zhiwei Huang – Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Huy Nguyen – Civil Engineer, UCDavis George Greer – Civil Engineer, UCBerkeley Artos Cen – Chemical Engineer, UCBerkeley Cesar Urbano – Chemical Engineering Student, UCBerkeley Joel Christensen – Chemical Engineering Student, UCBerkeley Phillip Swanson – Mechanical Engineering Student, San Jose State University Stephanie J. Sibert – Bio Engineering Student, UCBerkeley Branden Andersen – Mechanical Engineering Student, San Jose State University 20 21 http://www.caelc.org/ Mr. Chuah also earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCDavis after transferring from Chabot © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 42 Mr. Rizalino de Guzman – Electrical Enginering Student, San Jose State University Mr. Andrew Koth - UCBerkeley Double-Major in Electrical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering Mr. Elijah Rosas - UCDavis Mechanical & AeroSpace Masters Degree Student Mr. Tony Delas, Esq. - BS-EECS UC Berkeley • Attorney at Law Mr. Evan Manrique - Electrical Engineering Student at Cal Poly (SLO) • Former Chabot College Transfer Student Mr. Joshua Benz - Mechanical Engineer, UCBerkeley Graduate What actions has your discipline determined might be taken to enhance the learning of students completing your program? Actions planned: AP1. Continue to Offer, for ExtraCredit, in all classes a Take Home Quizxv based on a presentationxvi describing the STUDY SKILLS of effective College/University students. Reflecting on incoming student preparation indicated that many students just did not recognize the substantial difference between HIGH-SCHOOL studying and College/University Studying. Periodically UpDate and improve the Study-Skills Presentation/Quiz. Continue to improve the effectiveness of the quiz. AP2. 97+% of the instructor’s preparation course-notes are in PowerPoint form. These notes are then made available on a “24/7” basis for students who missed class for any reason (c.f. Q6, above). The instructor’s PowerPoint notes are used for in-Class lecture presentations. In effect, the instructor’s notes were made available to students as suggested in the “Share the Wealth” section of the fine video presentation “Reading Between Lives” by Chabot Instructor Sean McFarlandxvii. Consider this comment from a Chabot English Instructorxviii regarding the contents of Mr. McFarland’s production: “This video makes me ask the question, “What is the purpose of higher education? Why not give students the handout of a lecture?” Engineering ALWAYS gives students the “handout of the lecture” by posting it to the Engineering-Course WebPage. However, one instructional-faculty colleague pointed out that, in his experience, students respond better to “MultiMedia” presentations such as a combination of Screen (PowerPoint) and Board (Chalk or Marker) work than they do to “single media” forms such a pure-board or pure-PowerPoint formats. As a result, a concerted effort has been made by the Engineering Instructor to move from majority-PowerPoint to a more balanced approach. AP3. To help students stay current with the course material, give them immediate feedback, and encourage them to attend every class meetings the Engineering Instructor wrote DAILY “MiniQuizzes”. The “MQ’s” are 5 minutes in duration, are “pop” in that they may be administered at any time during the course period, and solved on the board immediately after collection. Piloted in the Engineering Mechanics course (ENGR36), the use of an OnLine Homework system that gives students immediate feedback and solution “hints”. The plan is to use Pearson Publishing’s Proven Mastering22 Engineering OnLine HomeWork System. Since the Pilot proved fairly successful, the OnLine HomeWork system has been expanded to the 22 Chabot’s own Scott Hildreth is a PIONEER user of the “Mastering” system. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 43 Electrical Circuits and Devices course (ENGR43). AP4. Do more detailed “Problem Solving” tutorials in the calculus-based courses ENGR 25/36/43/45 to “model” how an Engineer might approach technical problems that are described by a combination of words and math. Make the tutorial notes available on the course webpage for student access. AP5. Try to act as a CommunityCollege→UCBerkeley→Stanford role-model for Chabot Engineering students. Continue to encourage students with the “If I can do it, then YOU can do it too…” mantra. I also bring back former students who have moved-to, and through, the University Engineering college/school to provide more recent models of the success of, in this case, Chabot transfer students. See also “Strengths revealed” Above. Program: Engineering (Transfer Prep) from http://www.chabotcollege.edu/sloac/plo_results.cfm?program=Engineering (Transfer Prep) PLO #1: ENGRINEERING STUDENTS SHALL DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING. Ref: Outcome (a) from E001 10-11 EAC Criteria 1-27-10.pdf, DownLoaded from http://www.abet.org/forms.shtml#For_Engineering_Programs_Only 27Feb2010 PLO #2: : ENGINEERING STUDENTS SHALL DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO DESIGN A SYSTEM, COMPONENT, OR PROCESS TO MEET DESIRED NEEDS WITHIN REALISTIC CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ETHICAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY, MANUFACTURABILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY. Ref: Outcome (c) from E001 10-11 EAC Criteria 1-27-10.pdf, DownLoaded from http://www.abet.org/forms.shtml#For_Engineering_Programs_Only 27Feb2010 What questions or investigations arose as a result of these reflections or discussions? Explain: : See Above discussion under Engineering AS program What program-level strengths have the assessment reflections revealed? Strengths revealed: See Above discussion under Engineering AS program What actions has your discipline determined might be taken to enhance the learning of students completing your program? Actions planned: See Above discussion under Engineering AS program © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 44 Appendix D: A Few Questions Please answer the following questions with "yes" or "no". For any questions answered "no", please provide an explanation. No explanation is required for "yes" answers :-) 1. Have all of your course outlines been updated within the past five years? Yes 2. Have you deactivated all inactive courses? (courses that haven’t been taught in five years or won’t be taught in three years should be deactivated) Yes 3. Have all of your courses been offered within the past five years? If no, why should those courses remain in our college catalog? Yes 4. Do all of your courses have the required number of CLOs completed, with corresponding rubrics? If no, identify the CLO work you still need to complete, and your timeline for completing that work this semester Yes 5. Have you assessed all of your courses and completed "closing the loop" forms for all of your courses within the past three years? If no, identify which courses still require this work, and your timeline for completing that work this semester. Yes 6. Have you developed and assessed PLOs for all of your programs? If no, identify programs which still require this work, and your timeline to complete that work this semester. Yes 7. If you have course sequences, is success in the first course a good predictor of success in the subsequent course(s)? No Sequences 8. Does successful completion of College-level Math and/or English correlate positively with success in your courses? If not, explain why you think this may be. Yes © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 45 Appendix E: Proposal for New Initiatives (Complete for each new initiative) Audience: Deans/Unit Administrators, PRBC, Foundation, Grants Committee, College Budget Committee Purpose: A “New Initiative” is a new project or expansion of a current project that supports our Strategic Plan. The project will require the support of additional and/or outside funding. The information you provide will facilitate and focus the research and development process for finding both internal and external funding. How does your initiative address the college's Strategic Plan goal, or significantly improve student learning? What is your specific goal and measurable outcome? The Goals Motivate and Inspire students toward the Engineering Profession using the instructor’s actual engineering-practice as a model. This will result in improved o Completion of the Engineering Transfer PathWay o Improved Student Learning o Improved Success in Engineering Course Allow for more High School OutReach which has waned for lack of time within the current instructor’s schedule Develop (even) more technical community relationships thru the contacts developed during the new instructor’s 10+ year engineering practice career. What is your action plan to achieve your goal? How will you manage the personnel needs? © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 46 Chabot College Engineering FTES • Sp02→Fa14 Full Time Equivalent Students (FTES) 25 20 15 10 5 0 Fa14 Sp14 Fa13 Sp13 Fa12 Sp12 Fa11 Sp11 Fa10 Sp10 Fa09 Sp09 Fa08 Sp08 Fa07 Sp07 Fa06 Sp06 Fa05 Sp05 Fa04 Sp04 Fa03 Sp03 Fa02 Sp02 Chabot College Academic Term ENGR_UnitPlan_1410.xlsx Figure 25 • Engineering course-demand over about the past dozen years. Note that the FTES in engineering has MORE THAN DOUBLED since the early 2000’s. This additional demand has been accommodated with adjunct instruction, and by OverLoading the current instructor. The overload and assisting the adjunct instructors has IMPEDED the effort by current instructor to continue to Build and Maintain the extensive NetWork of OUTSIDE Engineering and Technical Contacts developed over by current instructor. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 47 Table 2 • Fall 2002 Instructor Assignmentsxix Subject ENGR ENGR ENGR ENGR ENGR ENGR Course 20 44 10 21 20 35 Instr Name SEVERUD ORDEAN G YOUNG D. ADAM SEVERUD ORDEAN G SEVERUD ORDEAN G SEVERUD ORDEAN G SEVERUD ORDEAN G Table 3 • Spring 2002 Instructor Assignmentsxx Subject ENGR ENGR ENGR ENGR Course 20 21 44 45 Instr Name SEVERUD ORDEAN G YOUNG D. ADAM YOUNG D. ADAM SEVERUD ORDEAN G © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 48 Figure 27 • Fa03 Materials of Engineering (ENGR45) Syllabus written by Engineering Instructor emeritus, Mr. Adam Young Figure 26 • Sp03 Materials of Engineering (ENGR45) Syllabus written by Engineering Instructor emeritus, Mr. Dean Severud © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 49 Figure 28 • Memorandum of Understanding between Bruce Mayer and Chabot College OutLining the requirement that current Engineering instructor teach math courses (below calculus) should the college need such services to support the needs of Chabot College students. The Author has, in fact, provided instruction for MTH: 65, 55, 55A, 25, 16, 15. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 50 Audience: Deans/Unit Administrators, PRBC, Foundation, Grants Committee, College Budget Committee Purpose: A “New Initiative” is a new project or expansion of a current project that supports our Strategic Plan. The project will require the support of additional and/or outside funding. The information you provide will facilitate and focus the research and development process for finding both internal and external funding. How does your initiative address the college's Strategic Plan goal, or significantly improve student learning? To be maximally valuable to Chabot Engineering PathWay students, whose SINGLE academic goal is transfer, our Engineering course offerings MUST articulate widely. Engineering is a dynamic and changing subject. As such the university Colleges of Engineering constantly change the courses and course-content of Lower Division transfer course. The California Engineering Liaison council analyzed this evolution of the university courses and termed it “Erosion of the Core” transfer courses. In recent years articulation in engineering has become much more of a “moving target” than it was in past decades. Engineering has made significant efforts to maintain articulation Engineering visited UCBerkeley professors, TWICE, to secure PreApprovals of articulation proposals for ENGR10 & ENGR43 Engineering visited SJSU professors to secure PreApprovals of the articulation proposal for ENGR10 o Prof. Ping Hsu noted that NO OTHER Community College instructors had ever before MET with him to discuss articulation Engineering visited SJSU professors to endure REJECTION of an articulation proposal for ENGR36 In the last several years the rate of change of lower division engineering course-content has accelerated. Articulation has suffered as a result. As noted in Figure 6, about 85% of Chabot Engineering Transfer students complete their engineering education at just 5 institutions: SJSU, UCBerkeley, UCDavis, UCSanDiego, and CalPoly-SLO My proposal Carefully analyze the lower division articulation deficiencies at these 5 universities Develop an action plan to improve articulation Write articulation proposals where feasible TRAVEL to the universities to MEET with the Professors who have final authority to accept or reject Community College articulation proposals. Discuss the proposals to obtain PreApproval or Rejection Write Curriculum proposal based on the discussions at the universities What is your specific goal and measurable outcome? The Goal is improved articulation as measured by the Chabot vs University presentation on ASSIST.ORG. © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 51 First Cut Goal is to secure at least 6 new course-articulation agreements What is your action plan to achieve your goal? Activity (brief description) Target Required Budget (Split out personnel, supplies, other categories) Completion Date Dec15 4.3 CAH Analysis of Current State of Articulation. Write Course OutLines which serve as the bases for articulation proposals Travel to Universities to Discuss. Write after-action reports and May16 plans Write and submit to curriculum committee the Curriculum Dec16 Proposals as PreApproved by the University Professors 4.3CAH, $2k in Travel Expenses 0 How will you manage the personnel needs? New Hires: Faculty # of positions Classified staff # of positions Reassigning existing employee(s) to the project; employee(s) current workload will be: Covered by overload or part-time employee(s) Covered by hiring temporary replacement(s) Other, explain At the end of the project period, the proposed project will: Be completed (onetime only effort) Require additional funding to continue and/or institutionalize the project (obtained by/from): Will the proposed project require facility modifications, additional space, or program relocation? No Yes, explain: Will the proposed project involve subcontractors, collaborative partners, or cooperative agreements? No Yes, explain: Do you know of any grant funding sources that would meet the needs of the proposed project? No Yes, list potential funding sources: © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 52 Audience: Deans/Unit Administrators, PRBC, Foundation, Grants Committee, College Budget Committee Purpose: A “New Initiative” is a new project or expansion of a current project that supports our Strategic Plan. The project will require the support of additional and/or outside funding. The information you provide will facilitate and focus the research and development process for finding both internal and external funding. How does your initiative address the college's Strategic Plan goal, or significantly improve student learning? To be maximally valuable to Chabot Engineering PathWay students, whose SINGLE academic goal is transfer, our Engineering course offerings MUST articulate widely. Engineering is a dynamic and changing subject. As such the university Colleges of Engineering constantly change the courses and course-content of Lower Division transfer course. The California Engineering Liaison council analyzed this evolution of the university courses and termed it “Erosion of the Core” transfer course. In recent years UCBerkeley Mechanical Engineering moved the Pure-Substance ThermoDynamics course from the Upper Division (ME105) to the Lower Division as ME40. To the author’s knowledge NO Community College course, anywhere, articulates to the UCB ME40 course. See also Appendix 1 • UCBerkeley ME40, ThermoDynamics, Course Description Chabot could be the FIRST to articulate to ME40, and thus ATTRACT students from surrounding Community Colleges. This course could easily be offered in ON-LINE format, perhaps attracting students for Out-Of-Area colleges as well. The addition of the ENGR40 course would greatly enhance the Engineering Transfer Pathway for students interested in transferring to UCB ME. Consider this statement from Chabot→UCBerkeley ASSIST.ORG reportxxi Strongly recommended courses: (if your college offers the courses listed below and they are articulated, taking them will strengthen your application) - UCB UCB UCB UCB UCB Engin 7 Engin 10 Engin 28 Mec Eng 40 Mec Eng C85 Please Note CURRENT Articulation: o UCB Engin 7 = Chabot ENGR25+CSCI14 o UCB Engin 10 = Chabot ENGR10+ENGR11 o UCB Engin 28 = Chabot ENGR22 © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 53 The Addition of ME40 articulation would make (even) STRONGER Chabot Student’s applications to UCB for transfer admission in Mechanical Engineering. Figure 6 and Figure 8 indicated that UCB is the second most popular transfer destination, while Mechanical Engineering is (by far) the most popular transfer program of Major-Study. The proposal and Action Plan Engineering would design a new, “ENGR40” course, modeled on UCBerkeley ME40 Engineering would personally visit the UCBerkeley professor who supervises the ME40 course to secure PreApproval of ENGR40 articulation Write Curriculum proposal based on the discussions with the UCBerkeley ME40 professor Design the course instruction for maximum Student Learning Deliver the course for the first time (perhaps in OnLine fashion) for the first time in Spring 2018 Project TimeLine for a SPRING offering Sp15: BMayer on Sabbatical Fa15: Design ENGR40 Course OutLine around ME40 Sp16: Consult with UCB ME40 Professor o Iterate as needed to secure PreApproval Fa16: SubmitENGR40 Curriculum Proposal Sp17 & Fa17: Create Course Materials Sp18: Deliver for the first time ENGR40 at Chabot NOTE: With some release time the above schedule could be accelerated for First-Delivery in Sp17 What is your specific goal and measurable outcome? The Goal is improved articulation and an transfer-acceptance competitive-advantage for Chabot Students applying for admission to UCBerkeley Mechanical Engineering © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 54 What is your action plan to achieve your goal? Activity (brief description) Target Completion Required Budget (Split out personnel, Date supplies, other categories) Design ENGR40 Course OutLine using ME40 as the model23 Dec15 0 Consult with UCB ME40 Professor o Iterate as needed to secure PreApproval May16 0 Submit ENGR40 Curriculum Proposal Dec16 0 Create ENGR40 Course Materials Dec17 3 CAH release Deliver for the first time ENGR40 at Chabot Jan18 4.3 CAH (OnGoing at rate of 1—section, once a year) How will you manage the personnel needs? New Hires: Faculty # of positions Classified staff # of positions Reassigning existing employee(s) to the project; employee(s) current workload will be: Covered by overload or part-time employee(s) Covered by hiring temporary replacement(s) Other, explain At the end of the project period, the proposed project will: Be completed (onetime only effort) Require additional funding to continue and/or institutionalize the project (obtained by/from):CEMC Allocation Will the proposed project require facility modifications, additional space, or program relocation? No Yes, explain: Will the proposed project involve subcontractors, collaborative partners, or cooperative agreements? No Yes, explain: Do you know of any grant funding sources that would meet the needs of the proposed project? No Yes, list potential funding sources: 23 C.F. Appendix 1 © Bruce Mayer, PE • Chabot College • 2016-17 Engineering Program Review Engineering • Page 55 Appendix F3: FTEF Requests Audience: Administrators, CEMC, PRBC Purpose: To recommend changes in FTEF allocations for subsequent academic year and guide Deans and CEMC in the allocation of FTEF to disciplines. For more information, see Article 29 (CEMC) of the Faculty Contract. Instructions: In the area below, please list your requested changes in course offerings (and corresponding request in FTEF) and provide your rationale for these changes. Be sure to analyze enrollment trends and other relevant data athttp://www.chabotcollege.edu/ProgramReview/Data2013.cfm. COURSE ENGR40 CURRENT FTEF (2014-15) ADDITIONAL FTEF NEEDED CURRENT SECTIONS ADDITIONAL SECTIONS NEEDED CURRENT STUDENT # SERVED ADDITIONAL STUDENT # SERVED 0 4.3 0 1 0 15 ENGR40 is a Proposed NEW course modeled after Mechanical Engineering 40 (ME40) at UCBerkeley24. 24 The Engineering Instructor took this course at UCBerkeley in 1976 when it was numbered ME105. The instructor had the opportunity to USE the pure-substance thermodynamics in his professional engineering practice. 56 Appendix F5: Supplies & Services Requests [Acct. Category 4000 and 5000] Audience: Administrators, Budget Committee, PRBC Purpose: To request funding for supplies and service, and to guide the Budget Committee in allocation of funds. Instructions: In the area below, please list both your current and requested budgets for categories 4000 and 5000 in priority order. Do NOT include conferences and travel, which are submitted on Appendix M6. Justify your request and explain in detail any requested funds beyond those you received this year. Please also look for opportunities to reduce spending, as funds are very limited. Supplies Requests [Acct. Category 4000] Instructions: 1. There should be a separate line item for supplies needed and an amount. For items purchased in bulk, list the unit cost and provide the total in the "Amount" column. 2. Make sure you include the cost of tax and shipping for items purchased. Priority 1: Are critical requests required to sustain a program (if not acquired, program may be in peril) or to meet mandated requirements of local, state or federal regulations or those regulations of a accrediting body for a program. Priority 2: Are needed requests that will enhance a program but are not so critical as to jeopardize the life of a program if not received in the requested academic year. Priority 3: Are requests that are enhancements, non-critical resource requests that would be nice to have and would bring additional benefit to the program. 2014-15 2015-16 Request needed totals in all areas Request Requested Received Description Amount Consumable Lab Supplies $500 $500 $600 Vendor Division/Unit Math & Sci Priority #1 Priority #2 XXXX Priority #3 See Below for detailed Supplies Request A successful Tesile Tester Service Call could save about $60k in capital costs needed to REPLACE the currently broken tester. HARDWARExxii Supplies Quantity Item 30 30 5lb 5lb 16 1 unit price Dial Calipers Dial Caliper Battery - LR44 Iron Oxide Fe2O3 aluminum powder ENGR 11 Prototype budget Tesile Tester Service Call $39.95 $3.84 $19.99 $21 $200.00 $2,000.00 Total subtotal vendor Class $1,198.50 $115.20 $20 $21 http://www.globalindustrial.com www.grainger.com www.amazon.com www.amazon.com Students purchase supplies for $3,200 prototype $2,000 Tinius-Olsen ENGR ENGR ENGR ENGR 1 1 1 1 ENGR 11 3 ENGR45 1 $6,555 SOFTWARExxiii Maintenance Supplies Quantity Item 61 unit price MATLAB/MuPAD/SimuLink $18 Total subtotal vendor Class $1,098 MathWorks ENGR 25 $1,098 58 Priority Priority 1 Appendix F6: Conference and Travel Requests [Acct. Category 5000] Audience: Staff Development Committee, Administrators, Budget Committee, PRBC Purpose: To request funding for conference attendance, and to guide the Budget and Staff Development Committees in allocation of funds. Instructions:Please list specific conferences/training programs, including specific information on the name of the conference and location. Note that the Staff Development Committee currently has no budget, so this data is primarily intended to identify areas of need that could perhaps be fulfilled on campus, and to establish a historical record of need. Your rationale should discuss student learning goals and/or connection to the Strategic Plan goal. Description Amount Vendor Division/Dept California Engineering Liaison Council meeting- Nothern CA. Engineering Educators from the CA Community Colleges, CSU, and UC come together to discuss issues of Mutual Concern including Curriculum alignment, articulation, preparation for engineering transfer, accreditation, and student learning & success. ≈$350 Hotel & Travel Math & Sci California Engineering Liaison Council meeting- Southern CA. ≈$500 Hotel & Travel Math & Sci 59 Priority Priority Priority #1 #2 #3 Notes NORHTERN CA meeting in FALL. See also http://www.caelc.org/ XXXX XXXX SOUTHERN CA meeting in FALL. See also http://www.caelc.org/ Appendix F7: Technology and Other Equipment Requests [Acct. Category 6000] Audience: Budget Committee, Technology Committee, Administrators Purpose: To be read and responded to by Budget Committee and to inform priorities of the Technology Committee. Instructions: Please fill in the following as needed to justify your requests .If you're requesting classroom technology, see http://www.chabotcollege.edu/audiovisual/Chabot%20College%20Standard.pdf for the brands/model numbers that are our current standards. If requesting multiple pieces of equipment, please rank order those requests. Include shipping cost and taxes in your request. Instructions: 1. For each piece of equipment, there should be a separate line item for each piece and an amount. Please note: Equipment requests are for equipment whose unit cost exceeds $200. Items which are less expensive should be requested as supplies. Software licenses should also be requested as supplies. 2. For bulk items, list the unit cost and provide the total in the "Amount" column. Make sure you include the cost of tax and shipping for items purchased. Priority 1: Are critical requests required to sustain a program (if not acquired, program may be in peril) or to meet mandated requirements of local, state or federal regulations or those regulations of a accrediting body for a program. Priority 2: Are needed requests that will enhance a program but are not so critical as to jeopardize the life of a program if not received in the requested academic year. Priority 3: Are requests that are enhancements, non-critical resource requests that would be nice to have and would bring additional benefit to the program. Description Amount Vendor Division/Unit 60 Priority #1 Priority #2 Priority #3 CAPITALxxiv Hardware/Equipment Quantity vendor 1 1 1 3D Printer liquid nitrogen tank BRINELL Hardness Tester $3,794 $1,091.00 $13,000.00 1 Tensile Test System 33-69 $60,000.00 1 3D Scanner $799.00 Total $3,794 www.makerbot.com $1,091 www.airgas.com $13,000.00 Tinius Olson, FH-9-0 Tinius Olson or $60,000.00 Instron $799 www.makerbot.com $78,684 61 Class ENGR 10, 11, 22 ENGR 43, 45 ENGR 45 ENGR 10, 11, 36, 45 ENGR 10, 11, 22 Priority 3 3 3 1 3 Appendix 1 • UCBerkeley ME40, ThermoDynamics, Course Descriptionxxv ME 40 - Thermodynamics (or Thermophysics and Thermodynamics) (3 units) ONLINE RESOURCES: Course web page CATALOG DESCRIPTION This course introduces the fundamentals of energy storage, thermophysical properties of liquids and gases, and the basic principles of thermodynamics which are then applied to various areas of engineering related to energy conversion and air conditioning. Students will receive no credit for 105B after taking ME 40. COURSE PREREQUISITES Chemistry 1A, Mathematics 1B, Physics 7B, and Engin 7 TEXTBOOK(S) AND/OR OTHER REQUIRED MATERIAL A supplement covering fundamentals of quantum molecular energy storage, plus: Thermodynamics, an Engineering Approach, Y.A. Cengel and M.A. Boles, McGraw Hill, Fifth Edition, New York, 2006. or: Introduction to Thermodynamics, Classical and Statistical, R.E. Sonntag and G.J. Van Wylen, John Wiley & Sons, Third Edition 25, New York, 1991. COURSE OBJECTIVES The objectives of this course are: 1) to provide fundamental background of thermodynamics principles, and 2) to develop analytic ability in real-world engineering applications using thermodynamics principles. DESIRED COURSE OUTCOMES After completion of the course, students are expected capable of performing basic analysis of performances for energy systems using thermodynamics principles. 25 The Engineering Instructor used the 2nd edition of this same TextBook when he took ME105 at UCBerkely in Fa76 62 TOPICS COVERED Conservation of energy; definitions of heat and work for a macroscopic system; system states; implications of molecular energy storage and force interactions for systems containing large numbers of molecules, statistical nature of properties; internal energy. Properties of solids, liquids and gases; phase equilibrium; First Law analysis for closed systems; enthalpy. First Law control volume analysis; applications. Introduction to the Second Law; the Carnot Cycle. Definition and interpretation of entropy; entropy change for substances; second law analysis of engineering systems; First and second law analysis of engineering systems. The Rankine cycle; Analysis of gas power cycles. refrigeration cycles; Thermodynamic relations. Air/water vapor mixtures; psychrometrics. Introduction to HVAC component analysis. Thermodynamics of reactive mixtures. Chemical equilibrium. Special topics, review. CLASS/LABORATORY SCHEDULE Three hours of lecture per week and one hour of discussion per week. Appendix 2 • Harris Pollxxvi on Occupational Prestige A presentation given by the writer at the Fall 2014 meeting of the California Engineering Liaison Council. 63 64 65 NOTE: “Amelito” Refers to the Dr. Amelito Enriquezxxvii, the Engineering Instructor at Canada in Redwood City. Dr. Enriquez has earned a very favorable reputation within the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Enriquez is a very active members of the California Engineering Liaison Council. Data Tables taken from the Harris Interactive public opinion poll on occupational prestige and desirability. 66 67 68 Appendix 3 • Perspective on GRITxxviii by the Engineering Instructor Bruce Mayer, PE • 11Sep13 What is the main purpose of the Math and Science division? What is our primary objective? Faculty Responses Prepare for degree/transfer: STEAMS majors (science, tech, engineering, architecture and math) Related areas (Allied Health and Business) GE & competency Student Responses Transfer Recruit students to STEM Support (tutoring, etc.) Prepare for next level Prepare for career in STEM Build self-esteem/confidence Problem-solving critical thinking Develop: Think critically and logically Discipline and high standards in their work Your Observations: Our main purpose, in my humble opinion, is to prepare student for success at the Transfer university Our second mission is to provide math and science education to other disciplines on campus I would also like to help student develop an achievement oriented attitude: Personal Responsibility Work Ethic Self-Reliance and Independence Self-Control and delayed-gratification Helping others Helping humanity The students have it backwards → Self-Esteem is the RESULT of accomplishment; accomplishment is NOT the result of self-esteem 69 How do we achieve our primary objective? Faculty Responses Offering quality instruction Course preparation into a course Problem-solving ---- relevant to course content Student services Student expectation of work load for math/sci Student Responses Interaction – student/teacher, student/student, workshops, study groups, etc. Group work in general Building a community Help students w/weaker backgrounds STEM/MESA program by “working harder" Your Observations: I would add that the faculty should have high expectations from our students, and give students honest feedback, i.e., GRADES, that reflect their mastery of the subject matter. Also faculty should MODEL successful behavior, and we should expose students to successful former Chabot students as additional role models How do we know that we are successful in meeting our primary objective? Faculty Responses Objective quantitative measures: GPA, graduation & transfer rates, CPEC website data, common exam results Qualitative information: o Students have high confidence & morale o Student communication & engagement Student Responses Transfer rates/scholarships Formal feedback from students (surveys, evaluations) Not grades, but demonstrate knowledge and skills 70 o Student anecdotes about navigating college and career Intellectual versatility o Adaptability in problemsolving Your Observations: Students need to realize that they will be “graded” during ALL of their Professional Lives by employment Supervisors, by colleagues, and by Customers/Clients. If a Chabot Grade does NOT reflect knowledge and skills, then the Grading system must change IMMEDIATELY. Law schools are ALWAYS judged by their BAR-EXAM passage rates. Their reputation depends on ONE SINGLE TEST. What are our strengths? Faculty Responses Small classes to allow greater personal interaction Diversity of instructors in education, experience, culture, will help students identify with that instructor Majors lead to possible employment Well established rigorous curriculum Observance of prerequisites as foundations to advancement A culture of high expectations in a supportive learning environment Respect of academic independence Student Responses Faculty Facilities Tutors Teams, clubs, community, groups, MESA, workshops Curriculum Scheduling and time for study Attributes: Knowledge Openness Helpfulness Community Availability Relevance 71 Communication Your Observations: Our greatest strength is, without a doubt, discipline-accomplished instructors who are friendly, welcoming and approachable. We have NO imperious UCBerkeley/Stanford professor types here. Our students are never (I hope) intimidated by Chabot Instructors. But being NICE does not mean being EASY. We also need to call our students to account by giving them the grades they EARN, not the grades they WANT. Also impose serious sanctions for academic dishonesty. Chabot has created a WONDERFUL learning environment, we to keep up this excellent work. What are our weaknesses? Faculty Responses Collegial communication/working together Innovation/creativity Communication w/students Student Responses Lack of orientation to the STEM program and general threshold concepts in learning. Barriers to tutoring/faculty mentoring Availability of courses Lack of technology for STEM courses Miscommunication/lack of clear expectations Your Observations: Lack of Problem-Solving WORKSHOPS. I personally would like to add 2-3 hour workshops in ENGR25 (DONE → in the Pilot Stage), ENGR43, and ENGR45 I also agree that more collegial communication would help. I CoTeach ENGR43 with Wayne Phillips. I do the Theory and he does the Practical. I always attend his physical labs, listen to his lab-lectures, and then perform the labs he designed. Mr. Phillips has taught me a great deal, and I am thankful to have had him as a teacher. Do a better job of integrating GRIT instructions into our courses: GRIT = “Perseverance to accomplish long-term or higher-order goals in the face of challenges and setbacks, engaging the student’s psychological resources, such as their academic mindsets, effortful control, and strategies and tactics.”26 26 http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/files/2013/02/OET-Draft-Grit-Report-2-17-13.pdf 72 Possible solutions: Paradigm shift At the level of individual faculty At the institutional level Place focus on entering students (Math and English prep) Print Date/Time = 17-Dec-15/15:50 i B_Mayer_Sp15_Sabbatical_Report_150906.docx http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/StrategicPlan/SPforPR.pdf • InterNet Accessed 05Oct14 iii iii http://latin-phrases.co.uk/quotes/learning-teaching/ • InterNet accessed 05Oct14 iv http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/SelectFinalOptions.asp v http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/bmayer/ChabotEngineeringCourses/All_Courses_ENGR/Study_Skills_for_Chabot_College_Students_140708.pptx vi http://www.caelc.org/ The Fall2014 meeting held at Merced College vii Pg-229 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/201415%20Program%20Reviews/Academic%20Services/Science%20&%20Mathematics/Engineering%20Program%20Review%202014-2015.docx viii Pg-33 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/201415%20Program%20Reviews/Academic%20Services/Science%20&%20Mathematics/Engineering%20Program%20Review%202014-2015.docx ix Pg-37 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/201415%20Program%20Reviews/Academic%20Services/Science%20&%20Mathematics/Engineering%20Program%20Review%202014-2015.docx x Pg-40 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/201415%20Program%20Reviews/Academic%20Services/Science%20&%20Mathematics/Engineering%20Program%20Review%202014-2015.docx xi Pg-45 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/201415%20Program%20Reviews/Academic%20Services/Science%20&%20Mathematics/Engineering%20Program%20Review%202014-2015.docx xii Pg-50 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/prbc/201415%20Program%20Reviews/Academic%20Services/Science%20&%20Mathematics/Engineering%20Program%20Review%202014-2015.docx xiii SLO_20rubric_WrkSht_ENGR43_Ckt-Anal_110720.doc xiv Plot produced by BMayer MATLAB file SubPlot_3x2_SLO_HistoGrams_1410.m Oct14 xv http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/bmayer/ChabotEngineeringCourses/All_Courses_ENGR/College_Student_Study_Skills_Quiz_1010.doc xvi http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/bmayer/ChabotEngineeringCourses/All_Courses_ENGR/Study_Skills_for_Chabot_College_Students_1010.ppt xvii http://facultyinquiry.net/2009/01/15/capturing-student-voices-reading-between-lives/ ii 73 xviii http://www.chabotcollege.edu/accreditation/exhibits/Standard%20I%20B/B%201.8%20Discussion%20notes%20from%20Reading%20between%20the%20Line s%20discussions.%20Nov%202006%C3%AF%E2%82%AC%C2%A9/ReadingvideodiscDCnotes.pdf xix Institutional Research file Chabot_fall_2002_izrxen1.csv xx xx Institutional Research file Chabot_spring_2002_izrxen1.csv xxi http://web1.assist.org/webassist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=1&sia=CHABOT&ria=UCB&ia=CHABOT&oia=UCB&aay=1415&ay=14-15&dora=ENGMECH xxii From BMayer File: Tentative_Engineering_Budget_2015-2016_Consumables_BMayer_151024.xlsx xxiii From BMayer File Tentative_Engineering_Budget_2015-2016_Software_Maintenance_BMayer_151024.xlsx xxiv From BMayer File: Tentative_Engineering_Budget_2015-2016_Capital_BMayer_151024.xlsx xxv http://www.me.berkeley.edu/ABET/2005/courses/ME40web.shtml xxvi http://www.harrisinteractive.com/vault/Harris%20Poll%2085%20-%20Prestigious%20Occupations_9.10.2014.pdf xxvii http://www.smccd.net/accounts/enriquez/ xxviii Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8 74