Evaluation of a Dual First-year Student Advising Program

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has worked in four distinct areas: waste management operations research, contaminated site assessment and remediation, education innovation, and sustainable engineering. He has employed a wide variety of techniques, including computer modeling, laboratory experiments, field testing, and surveys. His current research focuses on energy conservation, alternative energy generation, engineering learning communities, and hybrid courses (courses with classroom and on-line aspects). Ms. Maria Perez-Colon, Rowan UniversityMaria Perez-Colon is a program advisor in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University, NJ. She received her M.A. degree in Higher Education Administration from Rowan University, and B.A. in English from Rutgers University. Her master thesis focused on the effects of Engineers Without Borders service projects on the global-mindedness of student participants.

Work in Progress: Development of an Innovative Undergraduate Engineering Academic Advising Model

“…These conversations are more directly tied to the core aspects of their primary faculty responsibilities. When undergraduate students have regular advising contact with faculty, they are the recipients of the shared wisdom and experience of the professional and scholar, and faculty time is freed to invest energy in other activities [10] rather than learning university requirements, advising policy, and administrative procedures.…”