Developing a Sustainable Collaboration Between a Four-Year and a Two-Year College to Enhance Student Access into Mechanical Engineering

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son University fall 2014, after completing a 22 year career at the U.S. Naval Academy. His research focuses on the development of approximate closed form solutions for linear self-adjoint systems, those that govern the responses of composite structures, and the analysis of dynamic systems. More recently, He has mentored numerous midshipmen through independent research projects and has directed two Trident Scholars, the Naval Academy's flagship research program. He has published over 50 journal and conference articles on these topics.Dr. Barton is actively involved in curriculum development and program assessment. He chairs ASME Committee on Engineering Accreditation. He serves a Commissioner for Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. and was a program evaluator for 6 six years prior to joining the commission. Dr. Barton holds a professional engineering license in the State Maryland. He is a member of the Board of Education, ASME.Dr. Kenneth S. Ball P.E., George Mason University Ken Ball is Dean of the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He received his BSME degree from Lehigh University, his MSME and PhD in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and completed post-doctoral studies in applied mathematics at Brown University. He previously served as the L. Ken has been an active member of ASEE since 1992. He is currently the Campus Representative Coordinator for the Southeast Section of ASEE, and also serves on the ASEE Constitution and Bylaws Committee. Ken has been involved in the ASEE Public Policy Colloquium the past four years, and is a member of the ASEE Deans Public Policy Committee. Ken is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and a member of NSPE. He is also active in the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, and is involved in legislative initiatives and public policy issues at both the state and local levels.Ken is an Associate Fellow of AIAA and a Fellow of ASME. He served on the Executive Committee of the ASME Department Heads Committee from 2006-2012, and was Secretary and Vice-Chair Elect. He is an ABET Program Evaluator and a Commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He also serves on the ASME Board on Education's Committee on Engineering Accreditation. In 2012, he was awarded the Edwin F. Church Medal by ASME for "eminent service in increasing the value, importance, and attractiveness of mechanical engineering education." He has published over 100 technical articles and has obtained funding in excess of $20M for research projects and educational program development in engineering. (1996 -1998). He has worked as a Research Scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center while teaching at Hampton University as a full professor (1989 -1996). Principal Engineer at Reuters Information Service in Long Island (1987 -1988). Bio-mathematician at the Cornell University Medical College (1985 -1987). Postdoc./Physics Lecturer at UTA (1982 -1985). Manager of the training department at Bell Operation Corpora...