Jeff Jensen Notes on EDW 575

Jeffery J. Jensen, PE
Adjunct Professor

University of Nevada Las Vegas
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Box 454015
Las Vegas NV 89154-4015

Email: jefferyjjensen@gmail.com
Mobile: 702-327-9294

EDW 575 - Performance-Based Education

joint class with EDWF 475 - Career Development and Work-Based Learning Strategies

Program of Study

Necessary Skills to Earn a Living, Living in a Democratic Society and being Parents

Learning a Living: A Blueprint for High Performance A SCANS Report for America 2000 - The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). U.S. Department of Labor.

Foundation Skills - competent workers in the high-performance workplace need:

Basic Skills → reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens and speaks
- Reading → locates, understands, and interprets written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules
- Writing → communicates thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing; and creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts
- Arithmetic/Mathematics → performs basic computations and approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques
  Communication
- Listening → receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues
- Speaking → organizes ideas and communicates orally
Thinking Skills → thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn, and reasons
- Creative Thinking → generates new ideas
- Decision Making → specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternative
- Problem Solving → recognizes problems and devises and implements plan of action
- Seeing Things in the Mind's Eye → organizes, and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and other information
- Knowing How to Learn → uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills
- Reasoning → discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or more objects and applies it when solving a problem
Personal Qualities → displays responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity and honesty
- Responsibility → exerts a high level of effort and perseveres towards goal attainment
- Self-Esteem → believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self
- Sociability → demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings
- Self-Management → assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control
- Integrity/Honesty → chooses ethical courses of action

Workplace Competencies: effective workers can productively use

Resources → identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources
- Time → selects goal-relevant activities, ranks them, allocates time, and prepares and follows schedules
- Money → uses or prepares budgets, makes forecasts, keeps records, and makes adjustments to meet objectives
- Material and Facilities → acquires, stores, allocates, and uses materials or space efficiently
- Human Resources → assesses skills and distributes work accordingly, evaluates performance and provides feedback
Interpersonal works with others
- Participates as a Member of a Team → contributes to group effort
- Teaches Others New Skills
- Serves Clients/Customers → works to satisfy customers' expectations
- Exercises Leadership → communicates ideas to justify position, persuades and convinces others, responsibly challenges existing procedures and policies
- Negotiates → works toward agreements involving exchange of resources, resolves divergent interests
- Works with Diversity → works well with men and women from diverse backgrounds
Information acquires and uses information
- Acquires and Evaluates Information
- Organizes and Maintains Information
- Interprets and Communicates Information
- Uses Computers to Process Information
Systems understands complex inter-relationships
- Understands Systems → knows how social, organizational, and technological systems work and operates effectively with them
- Monitors and Corrects Performance → distinguishes trends, predicts impacts on system operations, diagnoses systems' performance and corrects malfunctions
- Improves or Designs Systems → suggests modifications to existing systems and develops new or alternative systems to improve performance
Technology works with a variety of technologies
- Selects Technology → chooses procedures, tools or equipment including computers and related technologies
- Applies Technology to Task → understands overall intent and proper procedures for setup and operation of equipment
- Maintains and Troubleshoots Equipment → prevents, identifies, or solves problems with equipment, including computers and other technologies

"Our message to teachers is this: Look beyond your discipline and your classroom to the other courses your students take, to your community, and to the lives of your students outside school. Help your students connect what they learn in class to the world outside." (Learning a Living: A Blueprint for High Performance, Principles and Recommendations, p. 10)

"The time when a high school diploma was a sure ticket to a job is within the memory of workers who have not yet retired; yet in many places today a high school diploma is little more than a certificate of attendance. As a result, employers discount the value of all diplomas, and many students do not work hard in high school." (Learning a Living: A Blueprint for High Performance, Principles and Recommendations, p. 11)

Communication - exchange of understanding

Listening
- When listening, look at the person's mouth
- Understand what they are saying, put yourself in their shoes
Speaking/Talking
- When talking, look someone in the eye
- Be concise and to the point

Research Topics

Learning to Think Spatially. Committee on Support for Thinking Spatially: The Incorporation of Geographic Information Science Across the K-12 Curriculum. The National Academies Press.

Road Map

Funding
- EPA Grant
  - 8th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
    - Deadline is 22 Dec 2010 at midnight EST
  - Jeanette Bernard-Snyder, Office of Sponsored Programs for the College of Engineering, Phone: 702-895-1357, email: jeanette.bernard-snyder@unlv.edu
- UNLV Engineering Lecturer
  - UNLV Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering (pdf copy of job announcement)
  - Phone interview with Ed Neumann, Barbara Luke, Alexander Paz-Cruz and Rick Barron
    - Qualifications
      - Have been an Adjunct Instructor since 2000
      - Genuinely care about the students
      - I am a product of UNLV, obtained my education here along with my wife, I work here, and who knows, maybe I will retire here like Herb Wells.
    - Teaching Experience
      - Have been an Adjunct Instructor at UNLV since 2000
      - Licensed teacher (Business and Industry) with the State of Nevada and Clark County School District
    - Practical Engineering Experience
      - Licensed Professional Civil Engineer in Nevada
      - Worked 11 years in the public sector with Clark County (Planning, Public Works, and Development Services)
      - Worked 2 years in the private sector in engineering (Structural Engineering with Jett Engineering and now with my own company, GIS Engineering)
    - Motivation
      - To Create, Achieve and have Success, these are my primary motivators
      - Enjoy solving problems
      - Helping students - academically
        
        Roster of Surveying CEE121 Students (Spring 2010 to current)
        Roster of CAD CEE301 Students (Fall 2006 to current)
        Roster of GIS CEE468/668 Students (Spring 2000 to current)
      - Helping students - financially
        
        Here is a list of students I've paid out of my own pocket ($400 a semester) to help as a Teaching Assistant
    - Academic Interests
      - Create Employment Opportunities through projects, grants and research for the students and staff.
      - Enjoy learning and using various civil engineering related tools, for example CAD (AutoCAD Civil 3D), GIS (ESRI ArcGIS), and surveying (Trimble GPS, Total Stations)
      - offer CEE768 - Applied Geographic Information Systems
      - offer CEE423/623 - Engineering Surveys
      - Earning Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from UNLV
      - Similar to Calvin Black with GC Wallace, pursuit to earning a dual license at PE and PLS.
  - Letter of Interest
  - Detailed Resume listing qualifications and experience
  - 3 Professional References
  - Fully describe qualifications and experience
    - Surveying
      - Problems being solved/addressed in the curriculum
        
        Must ensure the civil design doesn't encroach on surround parcels
        Reduce expenses by developing accurate earthwork quantities
        Exposure to the surveying career, that is how to measure/gather data. Demonstrate the use of historic and modern surveying equipment. Proper field notes
        Working on a team environment, how to take proper field notes to ensure effective communication with other team members
    - CAD Tools for Civil Engineering Design
      - Problems addressed by the curriculum
        
        How do you communicate someone's vision to reality? Need to ensure effective communication via clear and concise plans
        How do you streamline the design and construction of a project. How do you build on the experience of previous projects? Just because its a new project doesn't mean it has to be a new procedure. Need to use design standards, how the civil engineer will work on a team to design the project.
    - Geographic Information Systems
    - Introduction to Civil Engineering Design
      - Developed curriculum on the introduction to AutoCAD
      - Developed curriculum on the application of Google Earth to Civil Design
      - Developed curriculum on using Google SketchUp to create structures and display in Google Earth
      - Problems being solved/addressed in the curriculum
        
        Students need exposure to the career of civil engineering
        How does a civil engineer take the civil design from his head and share it with others so it can be reviewed, funded and constructed? Address issues of visualization, ability of non-technical people to grasp/understand/visualize the design. Address using graphics as a form of communication. Design standards, how the civil engineer will work on a team to complete the design.
        How does the civil design impact/effect surround properties?
    - Civil Engineering Capstone Design
- Part-Time Instructor
  - CEE121, CEE301, CEE468/668
- Strategic Plan Graduate Research Assistant (SPGRA)
  - $12,000 yearly stipend
  - standard GA benefits (tuition, optional health insurance)
  - 3 year funding
  - appears to be 9 month contracts
- UNLV Grant In Aid Form
- Graduate Assistant Request for additional employment
  - UNLV-Jeff-GAReqAddEmp.pdf
  - Info for Graduate Assistantships
    - "Outside employment for GAs, both on and off campus, is discouraged; graduate assistants may request permission to seek outside employment through a request for additional employment form."
    - "GAs on 12-month contracts must be enrolled in at least three graduate-level credits during any one of the three summer sessions of the 12 months of the contract."
Civil Engineering (M.S.E, Ph.D.) for domestic students spring deadline is 15 Nov 2009
Graduate Catalog requirements
- Official transcripts
- 3 letters of recommendation (who do I email these to?)
  - Srinivas
  - Mohammed
  - Neumann
- one-page statement indicating the reasons why you wish to earn a Ph.D. degree
- GRE general test scores taken in the last 5 years (minimum score of 1000)
Jeff Jensen Ph.D. Program of Study

Program of Study - Jeff Jensen Ph.D. (JeffJensenProgramOfStudy.docx)
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Requirements
Course Number and Name	Credits - 600 level (max 9 credits)	Credits - 700 level (min 18 credits)	Credits Dissertation (18 credits)	Credits - Non-Degree (rejected by Ph.D. Program of Study Committee)	Semester
CEE 666 Geometric Design - Teng Learning Objective:	3 credits				Spring 2010 (offered Spring even)
CIT 620 Integrating Technology in Teaching and Learning - Hartley Study of research-based practices and methods of integrating computer-based technology in teaching and learning. Students actively explore educational courseware, student and teacher productivity tools, telecommunications, educational multimedia, and problem-solving software. Spring 2010 Instructor - P.G. Schrader, Ph.D. - CIT 720 Integrating Computer Based Technology Into Teaching Learning Objective:	3 credits				Spring 2010 (offered every semester)
CS 792 - Research Seminar CS 341 and CS 341L - Internet Programming with Dr. Yfantis (alternative CS 690 - Independent Study) Learning Objective: gain knowledge on how to apply this technology to solve STEM issues. Also used to create a distance education course based on a breath of knowledge in engineering.		2 credit			Fall 2010
CEE 650 and 650L - Unit Operations/Processes in Environmental Engineering	4 credits				Fall 2010
CS 792 - Research Seminar CS 441 and CS 441L - Internet Programming with Dr. Yfantis (alternative CS 690 - Independent Study) Learning Objective: gain knowledge on how to apply this technology to solve STEM issues. Also used to create a distance education course based on a breath of knowledge in engineering.		3 credit			Spring 2011
EDW 733 - Workforce Education Curriculum and Program Development B&I Teacher license requirement 4 of 4		3 credits			Spring 2011
CEE 791 (1 of 2)- Independent Study - revise curriculum for CEE 423 - Engineering Surveys - Kaseko Learning Objective: literature review, extensive research on the state of art in surveying. GEOG 861 - Penn State Online GIS - 1 credit class - Map Projections for Geospatial Professionals by Fritz Kessler (fck2@psu.edu) Penn State World Campus Registration Form Completed application - PennStateApplication.pdf Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus - Registrar (WBregistrar@psu.edu) Penn State Surveying Courses on the Web GEOG 862 - 3 credit class - Penn State Online GIS - GPS and GNSS for Geospatial Professionals class overview by Jan Van Sickle (jxv20@psu.edu)		3 credits			Summer 2011
CIT 778 Instructional Design - Hartley Trends, issues, and research findings on effective instructional, presentation, and evaluation.		3 credits			Fall 2011 (offered Fall odd)
CEE 791 (2 of 2)- Independent Study - create CEE 768 GIS curriculum - Kaseko get Incomplete grade Spring 2011 and complete course work Summer 2011		3 credits			Fall 2011
CEE 799 Dissertation			3 credits		Summer 2012
EDA 700 - NV School Law & Constitution by Dr. George Flanders B&I Teacher license requirement 1 of 4				1 credit	Summer 2012
EDW 539 - Methods of Teaching Workforce Education - Clifford McClain B&I Teacher license requirement 2 of 4				3 credits	Summer 2012
CEE 799 Dissertation			6 credits		Spring 2012
CEE 799 Dissertation			6 credits		Fall 2012
CEE 799 Dissertation			3 credits		Spring 2013
CEE 750 Urban Runoff Quality and Control		3 credits			Spring 2013
EDW 575 - Performance-Based Education B&I Teacher license requirement 3 of 4				3 credits	Fall 2010

Total Credits	10 credits	18 credits	18 credits
Computer Science Credits: 6 (CS 792 for CS 341, 441) Education Credits: 6 (CIT 620, 778) Engineerning Credits: 16 (CEE 650, 650L, 666, 750, 791, 791) Optional Classes: CEE762 Advanced Traffic Engineering by Kaseko CEE795 Transportation Networks by Paz-Cruz [Q] Can I take independent study courses from both CEE and CS department and have them count towards my Ph.D.? Yes as long as I have taken the core courses and have department approval (Liz Gil, Admissions & Records Assistant with UNLV Graduate College, Liz.Gil@unlv.edu, voice: 702-895-4543, email on 7 July 2010). Desire is to take the following: 6 credits CEE791 independent study 3 credits CS 690 independent study 3 credits CS 792 research seminar
To Do Items: ~~Take GRE Dec 2009 get score above 1000~~ ~~Admitted to Graduate College Spring 2010~~ Select Committee (Kaseko, Neumann, Jaci, Hartley-Grad College Rep, Yfantis) Fall 2010 Program of Study Approval by Committee Fall 2010 Qualifying Exam Spring 2011 Preliminary Exam (Proposal of Dissertation) Spring 2012 Dissertation Defense Spring 2013
Goals: Become Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at UNLV by earning Ph.D. UNLV Instructor of the following courses CEE121 - Elementary Surveying CEE301 - CAD Tools in Civil Engineering CEE423 - Engineering Surveys - Solar observations, public land system, public land surveys, mineral surveys, vertical and horizontal curves, electronic distance measurements. Utilization of computers in survey calculations. Three hours laboratory. Prerequisites: CEE 121, CEE 301. 3 credits. CEE468/668 - GIS Applications in Civil Engineering CEE768 - Applied Geographic Information Systems Ph.D. Topics Research the Journal of Engineering Education from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Develop Curriculum for CAD, GIS and Surveying classes at middle and high school and University/College level Professional Licenses courses apply to PE renewal remove classes need by State of Nevada Business & Industry teachers license (problem can only teach classes at Career Technical Academies) (alternative, is to pass the Praxis Math exam and become a Math Teacher) Cover living expenses by earning Grants, Fellowships, Student Loans, TEACH grant ($4000)

Courses - minimum 27 credit hours + 18 credits in Dissertation

Education - Ph.D. in Learning and Technology
- Advanced Web Design and Development for Educators (CIT 669) - Schrader
- Integrating Technology in Teaching and Learning (CIT 620) - Hartley
- Development of Educational Software (CIT 653) - Boone
- Issues and Methods for Online Learning (CIT 768) Spring 2011
CEE 700 - Research Methods in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3 credits, offered Fall, not required since I did a Master's Thesis)
CEE 750 - Urban Runoff Quality and Control (3 credits)
CEE 762 - Operations Research Applications in Civil Engineering (3 credits)
CEE 763 - Advanced Traffic Engineering (3 credits)
CEE 768 - Applied Geographic Information Systems (4 credits)
CEE 785 - Construction Engineering Management (3 credits)
CEE 791 - Independent Study in Civil Engineering (max 6 credits)
CEE 795 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering (1-6 credits)
GEOL 760 - Advanced Spatial Modeling with GIS (4 credits) (appears Scott A. Nowicki teaches the GIS classes at the Dept of Geoscience, sent an email but no response, thinking this course is not offered)
CEE 799 - Dissertation Research (18 credit)
CS 733 - Geographic Data Base Systems - Yfantis
CIT 668 Issues and Methods for Online Learning
Addresses the theory and practice for online teaching and learning. Participants explore a range of resources and extend skills in creating web-based curriculum materials. Emphasis is on issues and trends in virtual schooling and emerging best practice for effective. (offered every 3 years)

Spring 2010 courses

Advanced Web Design (CIT 669) - Schrader
Integrating Technology in Teaching and Learning (CIT 620) - Hartley online course
- Kendall Hartley, Ph.D.
- class website
Computer Science I (CS 135) by Lee Misch ( syllabus)

Graduate Program Forms

College of Education - Educational Leadership - Workforce Education and Development

Business and Industry Licensure Requirements
- need to complete 4 classes to satify provisions on license
- EDW 747 - Workforce Education Teaching to satisfy "9998-7580 three semester hours of college/univ credit in a course involving career and technical education teaching methodology" (Must be removed by 1/6/2011)
  - UNLV EDW 747 is now EDW 539 and will be offered Fall 2010 according to Dr. Cecilia Maldonado, Associate Professor of Workforce Education and Development 702-895-3410, email: cecilia.maldonado@unlv.edu
- to satisfy "9998-7584 to renew the b & i license, you must complete an additional 9 semester hours of college/univ credit to include 3 in professional career technical education; 3 in applied and/or work based learning; and 3 in career and technical education student organization management." (Must be removed by 1/6/2013)
  - EDW 733 - Workforce Education Curriculum and Program Development to satisfy "7581 Professional Career and Technical Education"
    - EDW 733 is being offered Spring 2011
  - EDW 475 by Clifford McClain email: mcclainc@unlv.nevada.edu meets on Saturday from 8-4pm to satisfy "7582 Applied and/or Work-Based Learning Strategies"
    - EDW 475/575 is being offered Fall 2010
  - to satisfy "7583 Career and Technical Student Organization Management"
- Nevada School Law (Must be removed by 1/6/2013)
  - Nevada Teachers - Testing Requirements
  - UNR - NV School Law Teacher Licensure Examinations study guide Nevada School Law for Teachers by Richard Daugherty
  Grants and Tuition
  - Student L-Number: L000061163 (rebelmail.unlv.edu email: jensenf@unlv.nevada.edu password normal website, forward to jeffery.jensen@unlv.edu)
  - Employee L-Number: L000577789
  - only admitted students can obtain financial aid. Example, one can take up to 6 credits of graduate level class per semester as a non-admitted student. Problem is you cannot obtain financial aid.
  - Tuition
    - Graduate Courses - $217.75 per credit (see Spring 2010 Tuition and Fees)
    - Grant-In-Aid & Continuing Education Discount
      - When is the due date for this form? Submit one month before each semester.
      - Spring 2009 covered $906 with a balance of $1044
      - Needs to be signed by Department Chair - Ed Neumann and College Dean - William Culbreth
      - Liliana "Lily" Magana in Human Resources Dept, email: liliana.magana@unlv.edu, voice: 895-1374
      - Education Assistance: Grant-In-Aid for Temporary Part-Time Professional Faculty Part Time Instructor (PTI)
      - will qualify for grant-in-aid which covers between 61%-65% of tuition.
      - Doesn't apply to lab fees or books or summer session
      - One to one match, so if I teach 6 credits as a PTI, then I get 6 credits worth of grant-in-aid.
  - Financial Aid
    - 2010 UNLV Summer Financial Aid Application
    - UNLV Federal Grants
    - UNLV Financial Aid and Scholarships, voice: 702-895-3424, login: jefferyjjensen, password: normal
    - TEACH Grant
      - My TEACH Grant, login: jjensen2010, password: Normal
    - Teach Grant Program
      - Sean K. Jones, Associate Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships, voice: 702-895-0622, email: sean.jones@unlv.edu makes decisions on the TEACH Grant
        
        Kendall Hartley is my Ph.D. advisor in Curriculum & Instruction, work: 702-895-2466
      - http://finaid.unlv.edu/resources/forms/1011_TEACH_Major_Verification.pdf
      - "High-need fields are Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Reading Specialist, Science, Special Education, and other identified teacher shortage areas as of the time you begin teaching in that field." Fact Sheet - www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov/pubs
      - Nevada is a No TSA proposal submitted which indicated the State chose not to submit a Teacher Shortage Area (TSA) proposal for consideration. See Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing (tsa.doc)
    - UNLV Forms
      - 2009-2010 TEACH Grant Application
        
        Financial Aid and Scholoarships - Faxed 702-895-1353 on 17 Dec 2009
      - 2009-10 Federal Teacher Education Assistance for College Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program Verification
        
        Must be signed by Marilyn Ford with UNLV Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  - Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Program Director Harriet G. Taylor, 703-292-8950, email: htaylor@nsf.gov
  Scholarships, Grants and Fellowships
  - UNLV
    - Strategic Plan Graduate Research Assistants
    - UNLV Mission Statement highlights
      - graduates well prepared to enter the work force
      - "Our faculty, students, and staff enthusiastically confront the challenges of economic and cultural diversification, urban growth, social justice, and sustainability."
      - research and educational programs improve our local communities
      - produce knowledge to improve the region and world
      - discovery through research, creative activities and scholarships
      - entrepreneurial, innovative and unconventional spirit
    - UNLV Planning Priorities highlights
      - Education - Curriculum Improvement: assess overall curricular effectiveness
      - Educational Collaboration and Partnerships - work with regional and state PK-12 institutions to help improve the success of entering students. Teacher training programs which reflect the needs of our community.
      - create clear articulation pathways to becoming a professional civil engineer.
      - Research - develop metrics for assessing our progress in research and scholarship
      - identify private funding sources to support research and scholarship
      - Emphasize and reward public/private partnerships
      - create opportunities for research collaborations
      - Think creatively about how we teach, including desired learning outcomes and the impact of different methods of learning
      - opportunities for curricular improvement and provide undergraduate involvement
      - conversion to a paperless operation
      - expand and improve the amount and type of space available for research, scholarship, and creative activity (I think using West CTA campus would satisfy this)
      - improve student retention and graduation rates
  - ASCE
    - 2010 Arthur S. Tuttle Memorial Scholarships need to apply due 9 Feb 2010
    - 2010 Jack E. Leisch Memorial National Graduate Fellowship need to apply due 9 May 2010
  - Los Alamos National Laboratory
    - GISLab - GPS Guide
    - Student Application
    - Graduate Assistant Student Internship - application Job Number 218459 (applied 28 Dec 2009)
    - Project Engineer 3 need to apply
    - Engineer 3 need to apply
  - NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education
    - dead end
    - appears no grants for Nevada, see institutions with GK-12 projects
    - GK-12 staff, gk-12@nsf.gov
  - NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program
    - low priority
    - only offer 5 scholarships
    - applications due January 11, 2010
    - Field of Study focus on aeronautics-related research such as air traffic management research
    - Supported Fields of Study - includes Civil Engineering
  - NASA Research Opportunities - Langley Research Center at Hampton VA
    - contact March 2010 to see new GIS projects
    - William "Brad" Ball, email: william.b.ball@nasa.gov
    - GIS research opportunites
  - DEED - Colorado River Commission of Nevada
    - low priority, mainly for mechanical engineers (phone issues)
    - emailed Craig Pyper (cpyper@crc.nv.gov, voice: 702-486-2670) on 23 Dec 2009 to see if they have any student research grants available for hydropower
    - Student Research Grants
    - DEED Student Research - Grant Application
    - Executive Director - George M. Caan, PE in Mechanical Engineering
  - US Dept of Energy - Office of Science Graduate Fellowship
    - applied, under review
    - Appears my references where not submitted in time, application is under review and will be notified by 20 March 2010
    - user login
    - email: jefferyjjensen@gmail.com, password: Normal1
    - Fellowship starts 1 Sept 2010 and is renewable for 3 years
  - PITSCO Education Grant Search
  Grant Funding Resources from CIT 620
  - Grants.gov - Agencies that Provide Grants
  - Tips on Writing Proposals
  - Writing Grant Proposals - Preparing the Proposal
  FaST Project Proposals
  - Oak Ridge National Lab - Intermodal Network Mapping and GIS Integration
    - emailed Steven Peterson these questions (23 Dec 2009) Steven Peterson, PhD. Oak Ridge National Laboratory National Transportation Research Center 2360 Cherahala Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37932 P: 865.574.4676 F: 865.574.3431 petersonsk@ornl.gov
      1. Do the students have to be underrepresented? Answer Not necessarily. The team should meet the DOE guidelines for participation as listed in the “eligibility” section on their FaST Website (part of it is in italics and bolded below). In order for a team to be eligible for NSF and DOE funding they should meet one of these requirements. Some of the NSF programs listed below may only be for minority students but some of them may not be. The 2007 “R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges” report indicates that UNLV is in the upper percentile of federal funding so you probably don’t meet that requirement. Your best bet is for UNLV to have an active grant for one of the NSF programs listed below. Faculty applicants who are full time faculty members at U.S. community colleges or colleges and universities in the 50th percentile or lower of total federal funding will receive preference. Preference will also be given to those faculty applicants at colleges or universities associated with one of the following NSF programs, or are a minority serving institution: v Advanced Technological Education (ATE) v Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLT) v Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) v Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS) v Gender Diversity in STEM Education (GDSE) v Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) v Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) v Math and Science Partnership (MSP): Comprehensive and Targeted Projects v NSF Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP) v Program for Persons With Disabilities (PPD) v Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Preparation (STEMTP) v Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
      2. Is there a team size limit? Answer Must be two but no more than three undergraduate students. Recent grads (within 1 year of graduation and haven’t taken and graduate classes) may be considered.
      3. Do you recommend I have several students apply and you select them or should I do this on my end? You would identify the students and lists their names within your FaST application and the students in turn submit a profile that becomes part of your application. If you want input on selecting the students, I suggest asking the students to send me their resume or something similar. Normally the ORNL FaST host will leave it up to the faculty member to make the decision on which students he/she think fit the project and team the best, which is perfectly acceptable by me.
      4. Does all the work have to be done at your site? Yes. Participation requires a full time commitment for the duration of the appointment period (10 weeks) by all team members. All team members should plan to be at the facility full time and avoid obligations that will interrupt the FaST appointment.
      5. Must the project be completed during the summer months? Yes. The FaST program is a “summer only” program. The 2010 FaST appointment dates are June 7-August 13. There has been some discussion about starting a “Fall or Spring semester” FaST program but DOE hasn’t approved it yet.
      6. I'm currently working with NAVTEQ on developing some curriculum for them and I think they might be interested in your project. Would you be interested in a collaboration with them?
        
        To Do: 3. update NN4D membership 4. give benefits on each student 5. what is the maximum team members
        Faculty and Student Teams (FaST) Program - Faculty Application
        User ID: jjensen, Password: Normal1
        Student Application: Sean Robinson (email: seanericrobinson@gmail.com) and Lin Sun (email: sunlin1119@yahoo.com)
  Colleges
  - Great Basin College
    - Course Catalog
    - Class Schedule
    - Bill Verbeck, Campus Director for Great Basin College - Pahrump, email: billv@gwmail.gbcnv.edu, voice: 775-727-1002
    - Bret Murphy, Dean of Applied Sciences - Elko, email: bretm@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
    - Career and Technical Education Department
      - Chair: Dick Borino, 775-753-2175,
      - Support Staff: Chris Marshall
    - Brett Bingham, GIS Adjunct Faculty, email: brettb@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
    - George E. Fenton, Engineering, email: georgef@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
    - Keneth L. Hladek, Engineering, email: kenhladek@sbcglobal.net
    - CADD 121 - CAD for Land Surveyors (Delores Whittaker at 775-753-2363 will pass on my email address Jeffery.Jensen@unlv.edu to them on 16 Sept 2009)
      - Tom Hannum, Instructor
      - Nitin Bhakta, Instructor
    - Drafting - DFT 100 - Basic Drafting Principles
    - GIS 109 - Fundamentals of GIS, taught by Ed Nickel, email: edn@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
  - University of Nevada Reno (UNR) College of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    - Horng-Jyh Yang, CEE 101 - Engineering Graphics, email: yang@unr.nevada.edu, voice: 775-784-1163
    - Rich Pettinari, CEE 101 - Engineering Graphics, email: rich@summitnv.com voice: 775-784-6937
    - Byron Johnson, CEE 121 - Elementary Surveying, email: jps4gps@charter.net, voice: 775-861-6549
  - Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC)
    - Associate of Science, Option Engineering with the School of Sciences - Engineering (SCI-EG) page 65 in course catalog
    - Certificate of Achievement - Drafting Technology (Intro CADD 100, Intermediate CADD 105)
      - CADD 100 - Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting. Syllabus, Instructor: Brian Ruf, email: bruf@tmcc.edu, voice: 775-673-7690. Instructor: Jon Stamps, email: jstamps@tmcc.edu
      - CADD 140 - Technical Drafting I. Syllabus, Instructor: Brian Ruf, email: bruf@tmcc.edu, voice: 775-673-7690
      - CADD 141B - Technical Drafting II. Syllabus, Instructor: Brian Ruf, email: bruf@tmcc.edu, voice: 775-673-7690
      - AAD 223 - Architectual Design. syllabus Instructor: Jon Stamps, email: jstamps@tmcc.edu software - Google SketchUp
    - AAD 265 - Computer Applications in Architecture
  - College of Southern Nevada (CSN)
    - Tech Prep Program
    - 2 + 2 Tech Prep CSN and CCSD Courses
  - Nevada State College
    - Appears they don't offer any engineering or CAD courses
  - UNLV
    - High School AP courses and equivalent at UNLV
    - Degree Worksheets and the Advising Center Degree Sheets
    - College of Engineering Advising Center - Staff
    - UNLV Distance Education Courses
    - Graduate School - UNLV College of Civil Engineering
      - GRE General Test score of at least 1000 and GRE analytical writing score of at least 3.
    - ME 120 - Introduction to AUTOCAD
    - UNLV School of Architecture
      - AAL 262 - CAD for Landscape Architecture
      - AAD 265 - Computer Applications in Architecture I
        
        Kristen Neuman, kristen@aptusarchitecture.com
        Kevin Quan, kevinquan@yahoo.com
        Richard Hannigan, rlhvegas@gmail.com
    - CEM 110 - Computer Applications in Construction
    - CEE 301 - CAD Tools for Civil Engineering Design
    - EE 427 - Intro VLSI System Design by Yingtao Jiang (emailed)
    - asked Daniel Cook and Joe Aldridge in the Entertainment Engineering daniel p cook@unlv.edu
  Associations
  - Nevada Association for Career and Technical Education
  - Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Division of Engineering and Technology Education (eTED)
  High Schools
  - Advanced Technologies Academy (A-Tech)
    - CADD Department Website
    - CADD I, II, Advanced CADD
    - Computer Science (Java)
    - Website Maintenance (HTML), Website Design and Construction (AJAX, MySQL, XML, PHP, Ruby)
    - Pre-Engineering - Engineering Technology I, II, III
    - Database Design
    - Richard M. Knoeppel, Department Chair Computer Technology, CADD Instructor and A-TECH webmaster, email: rknoeppel@interact.ccsd.net voice: 702-799-7870 x4036
    - Mr. Johannessohn, CADD Instructor, Pre-Engineering Instructor
  - Bishop Gorman
    - Course Guide
    - appears there is no CAD or engineering related courses offered
    - Sean Feely, Computer Science - sfeely@bishopgorman.org, send email on 17 Sept 2009
  - Bonanza High School
    - Career & Technical Education
    - Course Catalog
    - Teachers - Fernando Sanchez - FAS452@interact.ccsd.net emailed on 10 Sept 2009
    - Architectural CADD, CADD, CADD for Industry
    - Animation and Graphics I, II
    - Bart Mangino, Principal, 799-4100, email: BTM530@interact.ccsd.net
  - Canyon Springs
    - Course Catalog
    - Computer Tech - Website Science, Computer Science
    - Dan Smith, AOIT Department Chair, dsmith1@interact.ccsd.net (emailed on 18 Sept 2009 for name of teachers)
    - Website Science I (1797000) - learn HTML, JavaScript, Java Applets, site design and layout theory
    - Computer Science I and II
    - Industrial Arts (Trade and Industry)
      - Architectural CAD (5950)
      - CADD for Industry (6100)
      - Intro to Computer-Aided Drafting (8650)
  - Cashman Middle School - Academy of Mathematics, Science and Engineering (AMSE)
    - School Brochure
    - Shawna Stafford, Magnet Coordinator, 799-5880 x5325, email: sstafford@interact.ccsd.net
    - Autodesk Inventor - 4 teachers have been trained on the software
    - Chairman - Guy Wadas, gewadas@interact.ccsd.net
    - Shawna is looking to create an advisory board for Cashman's Magnet program
    - Curriculum - Project Lead the Way
  - Chaparral
    - Career and Technical Education
    - spoke with Roberto Alvarez, autoshop teacher on 9/14/2009 and he said Robert LaPlante is the CAD instructor
    - Industrial and Vocational Arts - CADD for architecture and Manufacturing
    - Robert LaPlante, CAD instructor, email: rlaplante@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 799-7580 x4100, mobile: 510-7277
      - Autodesk Inventor (80% of the time using this)
      - Autodesk Revit
      - Google SketchUp
  - Cheyenne
    - Course Catalog
    - Trade and Industry (CADD for Architecture), Computers (3D Animation, Web Site Design, Computer Programming)
    - Michael R. Leganik - CAD Instructor, email: mrl4544@interact.ccsd.net, main# 799-4830
    - Computer Teachers: Bass, Cooper, Fair, Leganik, Reichenbach
  - Clark High School
    - Clark - Academy for Mathematics, Science and Applied Technology (AMSAT)
    - AMSAT Advisory Board - meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:45am in the Principal's Conference Room at Clark High School. Shirley McLees is the Magnet Coordinator, email: srmclees@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 799-5800 x4089
    - Clark doesn't offer any CAD courses but would like to. Currently they offer a dual-credit class where Dr. George Mauer (mauer@me.unlv.edu) and Mohamed Trabia (mbt@me.unlv.edu) from UNLV provides a distance education lecture, a teaching assistant comes to the class once a week and lastly Clark has a teacher who also provides assistance. Shirley would like to see this expanded to include CADD courses as well. CCSD class is called Introduction to Engineering/Engineering Mechanics: Statics and the UNLV class is ME100 - Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
    - Course Catalog
    - Fine Arts Department Chair - Chuck Cushinery - CWCushin@interact.ccsd.net said to work with Principal Ms. Jillyn Pendelton.
    - Database Design I, II - Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL
    - Introduction to Engineering/Engineering Mechanics: Statics
  - College of Southern Nevada High School
    - Dual Credit Classes
    - Tom Wellman, Counselor, West Charleston Campus, voice: 651-5030, email: tfwellma@interact.ccsd.net
    - Nora Rodriguez, email: nora.rodriguez@csn.edu, send email requests CAD courses be part of CSN High School
  - Desert Pines
    - Academy of Informational Technology (AOIT), Marty is the Dept Chair
    - Programming - Java
    - Web Development
  - East Career and Technical Academy
    - Course Catalog
    - Tim Litz, CAD Instructor, email: llitz@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 702-799-8888 x70404844
    - Transportation
  - Faith Lutheran
    - Curriculum Handbook
    - No CAD courses offered according to Tom Chalfant, email: ChalfantT@faithlutheranlv.org
    - Dennis Holmes, Chair of Computer Science Department, email: holmesd@faithlutheranlv.org
      - Web 2.0 and Desktop Publishing
      - Computer Science using Visual Basic
  - Hyde Park Middle School
    - Academy of Science and Mathematics
    - Karen Waggoner, Magnet Coordinator, email: kfwaggoner@interact.ccsd.net
    - Mrs. Gorbett, Robotics Teacher
  - Jim Bridger Middle School - Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology
    - No CADD courses
    - Jan Sherry, Magnet Coordinator, email: jansherry@interact.ccsd.net
  - Las Vegas Academy of International Studies
    - Course Catalog
    - No CADD or Computer courses
  - Northwest Career and Technical Academy
    - School Brochure
    - Course Catalog
    - Construction Management
    - Engineering and Design
      - Steve Oranchak, Department Chair, SJOranch@interact.ccsd.net emailed 10 Sept 2009.
      - Gavin Romzek gnromzek@interact.ccsd.net
      - David Philippi, Community Partnership Coordinator, Director - Academy of Engineering
        CCSD - Northwest Career and Technical Academy
        8200 W Tropical Pkwy
        Las Vegas NV 89149
        voice: 702-799-4640 x4305
        FAX: 702-799-4644
        16 Sept 2009 - emailed 7 questions on CAD program
    - Transportation Technology
    - CADD
    - Web Design - instructor is Patricia Respess, think she works for Great Basin College
    - Geoscience
    - Curriculum - Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and Autodesk Partnership with PLTW. Need to check if any curriculum from ASCE Excellence in Engineering Education (ExCEEd)
  - Pahrump Valley High School - Career and Technology Education
    - AutoCAD
    - Web Design
    - Dual Credit option with Great Basin College
  - Rancho High School - Aviation and Medical Academy
    - Bob Hale, bhale@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 799-7000 x4090, mobile: 219-1345 is one of the Aviation Instructors. He said Rancho doesn't have a CAD course but were suppose to, it just never got started. The Robotics program is in dire need of some help and could use a CAD program.
    - Chris Schutz, ECS, email: cschutze@interact.ccsd.net
    - Aerospace Engineering II discusses CAD
  - Southeast Career and Technical Academy (formerly VoTech HS)
    - Course Catalog
    - Gerald "Jerry" R. O'Brien - CAD Instructor, email: grobrienjr@interact.ccsd.net voice: 799-7500 x4390
    - Computer Network Technology
    - CADD/Drafting or Architectural Engineering
    - Website Design
  - Southwest Career and Technical Academy
    - Course Catalog
    - Design Academy (Entertainment Engineering Design and Web Design) -
    - Introduction to Engineering Design
    - Principles of Engineering
    - CADD
    - Website Science
    - A Pappano - CADD/Engineering, apappano@interact.ccsd.net emailed 10 Sept 2009
  - Valley High School - appears to not have any CADD or Computer classes
  - Veterans Tribute Career & Technical Academy for Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security - no CADD or Computer classes
  - Virtual High School Volts
    - Course Catalog
    - Raymond ~~Steve Bzinak~~, Instructional Design Facilitator
    - Career & Technical Education and Electives
  - West Career and Technical Academy
    - Planned Programs: Civil Engineering, Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering
    - James "Jim" Caviola with CA Group, Inc, email: james.caviola@c-agroup.com
  CCSD Employees
  - Jean King, CCSD Licensure Services - Coordinator. Voice: 702-799-0052, email: jlking@interact.ccsd.net, she recommended getting a Business and Industry Teaching License and a Special Qualifications License (SQL).
  - Application Process
    - Initial Application Checklist
    - 1. Verification of Work Experience Verification of Work Experience Form (old form)
    - 2. Business and Industry Application
    - 3. Child Support Form
    - 4. Fingerprint Cards which can be done by CCSD Fingerprinting
  - Non Traditional Licensing
    - Business & Industry
      - Pros
      - Cons
        
        Can only teach courses related to your Business and Industry
    - Special Qualifications
      - Is the CCSD Business and Industry Teaching License the same as the State of NV Special Qualifications license?
      - Requirements
        
        Master's degree in field of study the applicant will provide classroom instruction
        Two full-time equivalent years of teaching experience at a regionally accredited postsecondary institution
        5 years of experience working in the field of study
        Hold a valid license issued by a professional licensing board of any state that is directly related to the subject area of the Master's degree or higher and the specific subject or subjects in which the applicant will provide instruction
        
        Praxis Exam test inquires 800-772-9476
        
        Math Content Test - 10061
        Science Content Test - 10431
        
        Career and Technical Education teaching positions
        How do we match professions to subjects?
        Engineering with CADD
        CADD / Drafting
        GIS for Science
      - Application
        
        Application Form
        Child Support Form
        Fingerprinting Authorization Form
        Two fingerprint cards
        Official transcripts
        Verification of Teaching Experience Form
      - Pros
      - Cons
  Software
  - Autodesk Design Academy 2010
    - UNLV subscribes to the Master Suite
  Grants
  - National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  - SMART Scholarship
  - American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
  - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    - Job Openings
    - Education Programs
      - National Science Bowl
      - National Science Bowl Brochure
      - Middle School Students: 6-8 grade
      - Fuel Cell Cars
  - Science Competitions
  - eCYBERMISSION
  - Pre-Engineering Competitions
  - Chevron Grant Application Guidelines
  Careers
  - Career Voyages
  Exams
  - GRE - Graduate Record Examinations
    - 2009 Fee Reduction Program
  CCSD Positions for Business and Industry
  - Teacher - Web Design Secondary
  - Teacher - Mathematics Secondary
  - CCSD Salaries and Benefits

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