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Dutchess Community College

Department of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer

Technologies (ENACT)

Mark Courtney, Department Head

ENACT Department Annual Report

2013-2014

June 2014

Table of Contents I. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 2

II. Department Overview .......................................................................................................... 2

A. Department Description ...................................................................................................... 2 B. College Objectives .............................................................................................................. 5 C. Department Objectives........................................................................................................ 5 D. Highlights of Faculty Activities and Accomplishments ..................................................... 6

III. Curriculum Reports............................................................................................................ 10

A. General .............................................................................................................................. 10 B. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Certificate (ACR) .................................................... 11 C. Architectural Technology AAS (ARC), Construction Technology AAS (CNS), and Computer Assisted Drafting Technology Certificate (CAD) ................................................... 15 D. Aviation Science (AS) ...................................................................................................... 22 E. Computer Information Systems AAS (CIS), Information Management (INM), and Associated Certificates (CJC, CNC, SSC, BPC, and WAC) .................................................... 27 F. Electrical Technology AAS (ELT) and Advanced Science and Mathematics Studies Certificate (ASM) ..................................................................................................................... 29 G. Engineering Science AS (ENR) ........................................................................................ 33 H. Telecommunications Technology AAS (TEN) ................................................................ 37

IV. Summary and Future Plans ............................................................................................... 41

V. Appendix – Status Report for 2013-14 Objectives ........................................................... 44

2013-2014 ENACT Annual Report page 1

I. Introduction This report summarizes important activities of the Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Technologies (ENACT) Department for the 2013-2014 academic year. The report begins with an overview of the department, including information about ENACT’s programs, faculty, and related activities. The department’s curricula, specifically, each of the programs and certificates under ENACT’s administration, are addressed next. Finally, a summary is provided along with a discussion of future plans.

II. Department Overview A. Department Description

The Department of Engineering, Computer, and Architectural Technologies (ENACT) is responsible for the following programs:

Transfer Programs: Aviation Science (A.S. – initiated in Fall 2005) Aviation Management (A.S. – initiated in Fall 2011)

Engineering Science (A.S.) Information Management (A.S. – initiated in Fall 2006)

Career Programs: Apprentice Training (A.A.S.) (deactivated in Fall 2011) Architectural Technology (A.A.S.)

Computer Information Systems (A.A.S.) Construction Technology (A.A.S.) Electrical Technology (A.A.S.) Telecommunications Technology – Verizon (A.A.S.) Technical Skills Programs (one-year certificate programs): Advanced Science and Mathematics Studies

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Computer Assisted Drafting Technology (deactivated in Spring 2010) C++/Java Programming (deactivated in Spring 2008) Computer Networking Software Support Web Administration

The departmental full-time teaching staff presently consists of nine (9) faculty members including the department head. The academic year began with seven tenured and two tenure-track faculty within the department. During the year Mr. Pilon applied for and was granted tenure. The department was led by Mr. Courtney in his second year as ENACT department head.


Leadership for department programs is in the hands of the program chairs. Mr. Trosie served as the program chair of the Aviation Science and Aviation Management programs. Mr. Trosie also oversees the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration certificate program. Mr. Barbuto served as the program chair of the ELT program and ASM certificate. Mr. Freeman continued as the program chair for the Architectural Technology and Construction Technology programs. Mr. Courtney served as the program chair of the Engineering Science program. Dr. Whittle continued as program chair for the Computer Information Systems and Information Management programs as well as associated certificate programs. Dr. Akins was the program coordinator and Ms. Carol Helion was the assistant program coordinator for the Telecommunications Technology – Verizon program. Both Dr. Whittle and Mr. Pilon served as departmental supervisors.

Ms. Helion, the Departmental Administrative Assistant, superbly supports the department. Her wealth of knowledge and experience, and her cheerful assistance to not only everyone in the department but, indeed, to others in the Taconic Building and even to others in the wider college community, are legendary. The many ways she ably supports the college’s activities are too numerable to mention. Ms. Helion continued this year to facilitate the scheduling of advising appointments for new ENR and ELT students as well as following up on students who register in our first semester courses but were not advised by an ENR/ELT faculty member. This task and Ms. Helion’s assistance has been critical to our continued success in providing excellent academic advising for these students, especially in the summer months when faculty members are not readily available.

The department is also supported by two technical NTE positions. The NTE positions are CIS lab assistants to support the students and faculty in the CIS computer labs. These positions are held by Mr. Sairitupa and Mr. Storey. Their support is very important to the CIS and INM programs as well as to the supervision of the computer labs.

Most of the programs in the department are supported in one way or another by student aides. The most common role for a student aide is as a computer lab monitor, which helps the department provide more student access to our computer labs.

A summary of all members of the department is provided in Table 1 below:


Table 1: ENACT Department Members 2013-2014

Name Rank Position Yr. Initial TT Appointment

(TFT Appointment)

Yr. Promoted to Current

Rank

Yr. Granted Tenure

Leah Akins

Professor Engineering Science & Electrical Technology; Program Coordinator Telecommunications

Technology – Verizon Program

September 1999 (January 1997)

2007 2002

Daniel Barbuto

Assistant Professor

Chairperson, Electrical Technology

September 2005 (September 2002)

2005 2009

Mark Courtney

Associate Professor

Department Head and Chairperson,

Engineering Science

September 2006 2012 2011

David Freeman

Assistant Professor

Chairperson, Architectural and

Construction Technologies and CAD


2003 2003

C. Lee McCullers

Instructor Computer Information Systems


-- --

Catherine McGuire

Assistant Professor

Architectural and Construction Technologies

September 2004 2011 2007

Paul Pilon

Instructor Architectural and Construction Technologies


2007 2014

John Trosie

Assistant Professor

Chairperson, Aviation Science and Aviation Management


2011 2010

Francis Whittle

Professor Chairperson, Computer Information Systems

September 1980 1995 1985

Carol Helion

Secretary Administrative Assistant

1977 -- --

Manuel Sairitupa

Lab Assistant

Computer Information Systems

2001 -- --

Thomas Storey

Lab Assistant

Computer Information Systems

2010 -- --


B. College Objectives The department planned and implemented activities related to the two college-wide objectives identified for this academic year. Details are provided in the appended Status Report. However, activities of particular interest are briefly described below.

1. Enhance existing programs and services and initiate new ones dedicated to student completion: Increasing the number of DCC students who complete an associate’s degree or certificate or who transfer to complete their credential at another college or university.

Several activities within the department this year supported this college objective:

• The Architecture Club invited speakers Erik Fred, Hilda Duque and Olivia Odhiambo who are all graduates of the architecture program and working in the field. Each spoke of their path from graduation through transfer and to employment.

• Tutoring was arranged for and made available in the fall semester for ENT131 and ARC104. For the spring the faculty extended their hours as needed for the students.

• The department worked diligently with UAA and Westfield Flight Academy to develop a new flight training partnership for our AVI program.

• Data was collected from ENR100 course sections to investigate retention activities targeted at ENR and ELT students at risk.

• An improvement of instruction grant was awarded to engineering and electrical technology faculty Dr. Leah Akins, Dan Barbuto, and Mark Courtney to complete an analysis of advisement for new incoming students in the Engineering Science and Electrical Engineering Technology programs.

2. Preparation and submission of a Middle States Self-Study Report: “To compose and submit to the Middle States Commission Higher Education (MSCHE) a Self-Study Report that documents the College’s adherence to the 14 accreditation standards described in the Characteristics of Excellence and prepare for the MSCHE evaluation team visit in the spring of 2015.”

• Dr. Akins served on Middle States Working Group E.

• Mr. McCullers served on Middle States Working Group C.

C. Department Objectives Departmental objectives and their status are provided in the attached Status Report.


D. Highlights of Faculty Activities and Accomplishments The faculty of the ENACT Department engage in many activities that support or complement their academic programs. This past year was in many respects an extremely busy one. Highlights of particularly significant events within the department this past academic year include:

Mr. Trosie was very active this year in continuing to work at securing a stable flight training partnership for our aviation students after our long time flight training partner, Richmor Aviation, left Dutchess County Airport as of January 1, 2013. A partnership with Westfield Flight Academy was developed in October 2013 so that there would be no interruption of flight training classes, and Mr. Trosie continues to lead efforts in flight training development.

Mr. Courtney authored an ENACT SUNY 2020 grant proposal in June 2013 for a new Materials & Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, to be housed on the first floor of the Taconic Building. The proposal was accepted by SUNY and funded for $600K. Specific details of the lab development and planning process will be developed during summer and fall 2014, with actual lab build envisioned for summer 2015.

Mr. Pilon applied for, and was granted, tenure this academic year.

Dr. Akins worked as a member of the DCC Presidential Search Committee.

Mr. Freeman, Ms. McGuire, and Mr. Pilon continued to implement the use of REVIT, a building information modeling software for architects, structural engineers, engineers, and contractors, into the architecture classroom.

Mr. Freeman, Ms. McGuire, Mr. Pilon, and Mr. Trosie earned many hours of continuing education credits throughout the year. These credits are required to maintain their respective professional licenses: architecture for Freeman, McGuire, and Pilon and pilot and flight instructor for Trosie.

A video that will be used to promote the ELT program was developed by students of the DCC Communications Program. The video is narrated by ELT Program Chair Dan Barbuto and contains interviews with ELT students and footage of ENACT Dept. laboratories. The video was an idea suggested by the ELT advisory board.

Mr. Barbuto and his wife Julie adopted a baby boy, Raymond John, in January. Mr. Barbuto will be taking paternity leave during the fall 2014 semester.

The department obtained, through the DCC Engineering Club, a 3D printer, and began exploration of this new and exciting technology.

Mr. Courtney, serving as president of the NY State Two-Year Engineering Science Association (TYESA), worked to obtain a state wide waiver to seamless transfer mandates for all NY State engineering programs within the SUNY system.


The department members as a whole continued their strong support of numerous community outreach activities, such as the Annual DCC Punkin’ Chunkin’ Competition, Mag-Lev, Architectural Day of Design, Math & Science Matter, Rhinebeck Discovery Festival, and more. Several department members continued to work in support of Hudson Valley FIRST LEGO League (HVFLL). There were seven FLL qualifying tournaments held around the region, from Ballston Spa to the north to Sleepy Hollow to the south, and a final championship tournament held here at DCC. These tournaments served over 80 senior teams and 30 junior teams, representing an outreach to nearly 1,000 children between the ages of 6-14. At every tournament, trophies were displayed on a DCC – ENACT tablecloth.

The complete list of faculty activities listed below can generally be classified into any of several general areas: grant-related activities, program-related activities, travel related professional development, club related programs, and innovative on-campus activities.

Table 2: ENACT Faculty Activities 2013-2014

Faculty

Member(s) Conference Dates

Courtney, Mark “The Next Big Thing” Hudson Valley 3D Printing Initiative at SUNY New Paltz

May 30, 2013

Akins, Leah Barbuto, Dan DeGuzman, Sandra Duale, Ali Freedman, Ian Helion, Carol Murphy, Laura Ruth, David Sairitupa, Manuel Zucker, Alan

Verizon Next Step – Faculty Institute; Springfield, MA

June 3-5, 2013

Freeman, David Energy Efficient Framing Conference; New Windsor, NY

June 4, 2013

Freeman, David NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code – HVAC Ductwork; New Windsor, NY

June 4, 2013

Freeman, David Questar III Consultant Committee Mtg.; Columbia-Greene Community College

June 5, 2013

Freeman, David Designing Buildings for Daylight Harvesting; Poughkeepsie, NY

June 11, 2013

Freeman, David Energy Efficient Windows, Doors & Curtain Walls; Millbrook, NY

June 24, 2013

Freeman, David Pilon, Paul

ARC Field Trip to Storm King Art Center October 3, 2013

Courtney, Mark Center for Global Advanced Manufacturing (CGAM) Manufacturing Conference 2013

October 4, 2013


Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh, NY Freeman, David ARC 205 Field Trip to Culinary Institute of America

construction site October 18, 2013

McGuire, Catherine

ARC 203 field trip to Art Centro/Barrett Clayworks; Poughkeepsie, NY

October 24, 2013

Pilon, Paul Wappingers Junior High School Career Day October 24, 2013 Akins, Leah Courtney, Mark

SUNY Two-Year Engineering Science Assoc. Fall Meeting; SUNY ESF Syracuse, NY

October 24-25, 2013

Courtney, Mark Dutchess BOCES Career and Technical Institute Main Advisory Committee

October 29, 2013


Architecture Club field trip to New York City November 13, 2013

Sairitupa, Manuel Storey, Thomas

Conference on Android mobile applications; New York, NY

November 13, 2013

Freeman, David Pilon, Paul Trosie, John

RC Ketcham Career Day Fair; Wappingers Falls, NY

November 14, 2013

Courtney, Mark Freeman, David

Discovery Festival: Design (Student Design Competition); Rhinebeck High School

November 16, 2013


ARC 205 field trip to 1111 Route 9; Fishkill, NY November 20, 2013

Freeman, David Union Vale Middle School Career Day; Union Vale, NY

November 22, 2013

Freeman, David ARC/CNS 240 field trip to 185 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY

January 15, 2014

Freeman, David Building Code Talk, AIA Annual Meeting, Peekskill, NY

January 16, 2014

Freeman, David Presentation to Arlington 8th graders, arranged by DCC Admissions Office

January 23, 2014

Freeman, David Questar III Consultant Committee Mtg.; Columbia-Greene Community College

January 27, 2014

Akins, Leah Courtney, Mark

ENR Club trip to Clarkson University; Potsdam, NY Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2014


Architecture Club trip to New York Institute of Technology; New York, NY

February 27, 2014

Freeman, David SUNY Seamless Transfer – Architecture; Binghamton University

March 4, 2014

Barbuto, Dan Gamer’s Guild field trip to Anime conference; Boston, MA

March 21-23, 2014

Courtney, Mark Center for Future Energy Systems Conference RPI Troy, NY

March 26, 2014

Walsh, Kevin ACR 102 field trip to Tin Fabrication Shop; Milton, NY

March 29, 2014

Akins, Leah Helion, Carol

Verizon Next Step – Program Coordinators’ Meeting; Saratoga, NY

March 31-Apr. 1, 2014


Akins, Leah 2014 Zone 1 ASEE Conference; Bridgeport, CT April 2-5, 2014 Freeman, David Pilon, Paul

Architecture Club field trip to Chicago April 3-7, 2014

Trosie, John Career Day at Millbrook High School April 10, 2014 Freeman, David Arlington High School Architecture Class Crit at

AHS April 23, 2014

McCullers, Lee Consortium for Computing Sciences; Providence, RI April 25-26, 2014


III. Curriculum Reports

A. General Because the ENACT department is responsible for a number of different programs at the college, the recently mandated SUNY Seamless Transfer Plan was particularly relevant to program curricula in our department this year. The SUNY Seamless Transfer Plan would mandate all two year A.S. programs to require no more than 64 credits, while including 30 credits of General Education that cover 7 of the 10 SUNY General Education Groups. A.A.S. programs would also be required to cover 20 credits of Liberal Arts & Sciences. It is worth noting here that many programs at the college, including several of those in ENACT, do not currently meet these requirements.

At the final department meeting of the academic year in May, program chairs reviewed with department members the status of their programs relative to the SUNY guidelines and relative to the recently enacted campus curriculum changes (removal of WFE101 and introductory seminar requirements). Specific program curriculum modifications were presented to the department for feedback and consideration. From this discussion, formal curriculum modification proposals will be developed early next fall to bring to Curriculum Committee so that all programs in the ENACT department are in compliance with the SUNY requirements.

1. Grant Funded Programs

The department administers one grant-funded program – Telecommunications Technology: Verizon, otherwise known as the Next Step program. This program exists due to the contract between the unions, CWA and IBEW, and the Verizon management. The previous contract expired on August 1, 2011. In September 2012, an agreement was reached on a new contract. Due to tremendous pressure by Verizon to cut many basic benefits and policies that affect the workplace, the parties agreed to “sunset” the Next Step program. The new contract states that (1) all current policies and budgets will be unaffected, (2) no new students will be enrolled in the program effective immediately, and (3) all current students must complete by June 2016.

A report on this program is provided with the other departmental program reports below.


B. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Certificate (ACR) Mr. John Trosie respectfully submitted the following report:

The 2013-2014 academic year was the first that recent changes in the ACR program became official. The changes previously agreed to in Curriculum Committee provided the ACR student a new curriculum effective on August 26, 2013. The changes in the program include:

Previous Course work required for ACR Certificate

Semester one Semester two

MAT 131 ENG 101

ACR 101 ACR 102

ENT 131

New course work required for ACR Certificate

Semester one Semester two

MAT 131 ENG 101

ACR 101 ENT 131

PHS 115 ACR 102

The major change to the curriculum was the addition of PHS 115 Fundamentals of Electricity, three hours of lecture plus lab for a total of four credits, added to the curriculum to meet the demands of an industry that has seen tremendous change in the methods of controlling HVAC devices. The industry is moving towards more solid state and DC voltage control systems which require a more educated technician. PHS 115 will help technicians in the industry understand, trouble shoot and repair the new equipment currently being installed in the field.

The change in curriculum led to some initial confusion among students as to the required course work. Some students were unaware of the need to take PHS 115 since they may have referred to an earlier college catalog. However during the semester all of the student concerns were addressed.

At the start of the Fall 2013 semester the enrollment was 18, which included three students auditing the class. Of the 18 on the opening day roster three failed to show for any of the classes. We also had one student drop at the mid-term.


Concluding the first semester we had 14 students on the roster, three of which were auditing the class. I am slightly disappointed in the numbers. Contacting those students that failed to show for the class, I was able to reach only one and was told he had to drop because he had just gotten a job offer in a different state and was moving.

Students enrolling in the program do so to either upgrade skills as they are working in the industry or retraining to gain employment in a new field. The HVAC field historically has suffered the least effects in downturns in the economy as it is not only tied to new construction but also provides work to contractors in maintaining and servicing existing heating and air conditioning equipment. Also with the focus on newer high efficiency equipment, home owners will often replace older inefficient units in an effort to lower operating expenses. The newer high efficiency furnaces and heating equipment utilize new technology to gain the higher efficiency. Technicians must now work on modulating gas valves, ECM- Electronically Commutated Motors which utilize DC voltage at the motor, variable frequency drive motors and pumps. All the new technology requires technicians fully understand the fundamentals of electricity.

This year’s class was typical of recent classes. We had a mix of older students coming to Dutchess Community College to upgrade their skills while working in the field. We also had younger students taking the class to develop the skills necessary to find employment at the conclusion of the spring semester. The downturn in the economy may have benefited the program as several students are taking the ACR class seeking to be retrained after becoming unemployed. They are training to reenter the workforce and are taking all classes required by Dutchess Community College to earn the one-year certificate.

The adjunct situation was stabilized this year. The newest hired adjunct, Kevin Walsh, taught the Monday and Wednesday lab sections. Since the change in the curriculum in ACR 101, Saturday labs are no longer part of the course. ACR 101 had three credits removed as some of the material taught in ACR 101 regarding controls is now being covered in PHS 115. Second semester ACR 102 still required a Saturday lab section. Unsure of the availability of the previous adjunct, Scott Kostenbauder, and his availability to teach the Saturday lab which is required of ACR 102, Kevin Walsh agreed to work and teach the Saturday lab as well. Kevin Walsh has worked out very well. Kevin works full time at N&S Supply as a sales and technical service advisor for the brand that N&S sells. He has previous teaching experience having taught for BOCES and even the credit free Air Conditioning course offered here at Dutchess Community College in previous years. His previous experience of HVAC and the fact that he has shown a dedication to the students has helped him transition smoothly as an adjunct. While observing his class it is obvious the students are ready to learn and are learning because of Kevin’s ability to keep the lab interesting and informative. Another attribute for Kevin is he is the local technical representative for Mitsubishi HVAC products. He is one of the few qualified people in the area to start up and diagnose the new technically advanced Mitsubishi City Multi which is the world’s first and only fully integrated, two pipe simultaneous heating and cooling air conditioning system.

ACR 102

The start of the spring semester was unusual, the first week of January we had only 8 students enrolled in ACR 102. We did have two students who had started ACR 102 then took ACR 101 and so they had completed the two courses and would not need to register for ACR 102. So with


those two students not registering and the four that either dropped or never attended, we were looking at enrollment of about 10 for the spring semester. When I was informed that only 8 had registered and the course may not run, I called the remaining student who had not registered. I also reached out to a few people who had an interest in the ACR program and got them to enroll. The roster for ACR 102 for the spring semester reached 12 students.

ACR 102 incorporates more information on geo-thermal principles, design, and trouble shooting. With the addition of a geothermal trainer to the lab coming from a grant from Community Services we can offer training unique to the industry. The lab also includes a self-contained Climate Master geo-thermal unit operating on Refrigerant 410A and a split system geo thermal unit that operates on R-22. Those units provide the ACR student with hands on training, utilizing unique equipment without having to leave the lab.

It has been a privilege to be involved in the greener side of the industry. Geothermal technology has been utilized since the 1940’s and is a green technology that can make significant contributions to energy efficiency right now. It does require a more than basic understanding of the refrigerant vapor cycle as well as fluid dynamics. Our ACR course has been changed to incorporate more information regarding geothermal, however it does not lead to industry certification. Employment prospects will certainly be improved for those individuals that have certification on their resume. I continue to look forward to working closely with Community Services to help make Dutchess Community College the leader in Green Energy Technology education. Unfortunately, the geo thermal certification course, once run in conjunction with the Credit free side of the college, has failed to run the last two years making our course even more important for individuals interested in geo thermal applications and service.

The College did not offer the EPA certification test this year as it has in the past. It was offered in September 2012 through credit free. It is imperative that students in the field get certified in order to increase employment possibilities and to insure the legal right to work on ACR equipment. I strongly encourage Community Services to continue running the EPA test here at DCC but offer the course in the spring semester so more of the ACR students will be prepared for the test. Historically, the ACR students at DCC have done well on the certification exam with many receiving EPA Universal Certification. Anyone who puts refrigeration gauges on a system must be EPA certified or face a $27,500 fine. I continue to look forward to working closely with the credit free side of Dutchess Community College in training individuals in skills necessary to succeed in this industry.

Since Refrigerant R-410A is becoming more popular, getting our students certified for this refrigerant was a goal this year. Utilizing a website that offered free R-410A certification, the students used the computer lab on the third floor of Taconic Hall to sit for the exam. Students took advantage of the free exam and in addition to Refrigerant Certification also became R-410A certified.

Opportunities for employment for ACR students

During the Fall semester two local companies reached out to me looking to hire a Dutchess Community College student:


All Aspects HVAC (owned and operated by a former ACR student Eric McGregor)

Service Pro of Red Hook

No student in the class took the opportunity to call and apply for the jobs, which was disappointing. However students that did find employment this school semester included:

Nicholas Taccariello - hired by N&S Supply and began working the first week of January 2014.

Raymond Cirillo – was hired by New York State as an Assistant Facilities Technician. He was actually offered a job at two prisons and accepted the position with Fishkill Correctional Facility. Ray passed a state-wide exam with an 85 in part from information learned in ACR at Dutchess Community College.

Students taking the ACR classes this year to upgrade their skills while working full time in the field were employed by the following companies:

N&S Supply – Fishkill - Colin Brogan

Folkes Heating and Air Conditioning – Dustin Folkes Jr. ( Folkes Heating and Air Conditioning is one of the largest heating and AC companies in Dutchess County and was founded by a DCC, ACR student)

Self-employed HVAC- John Scott

Upgrades and additions to the ACR lab at DCC have continued and allow us to offer training on newer technology equipment. The equipment utilizes the newest technology including ECM motors and control boards. The addition, this equipment in the lab allows the students not only to read about the new technology, they can experience it hands on in our ACR lab.

ACR ENROLLMENT HISTORY

FALL 2013

Full-time 11/Part time 3 / Total 14

FALL 2012

Full-time 7 / Part time 12 / Total 19

FALL 2011

Fulltime 5 / Part time 10 / Total 15

FALL 2010

Fulltime 8 / Part time 6 / Total 14


C. Architectural Technology AAS (ARC), Construction Technology AAS (CNS), and Computer Assisted Drafting Technology Certificate (CAD)

Mr. David Freeman, Program Chair, respectfully submitted the following report:

Architectural Technology and Construction Management Technology

Annual Report 2013-2014 (previous year)

Architectural Technology

Full Time 43 (38)

Part Time 20 (16)

Construction Technology

Full Time 15 (15)

Part time 12 (11)

1. Graduates

Architectural Technology 12

Construction Technology 6

2. Number Transferring

Architectural Technology 6

Construction Technology 1

3. Program Information

Architectural Technology and Construction Technology

The Architectural Technology and Construction Technology Curricula enrollment continues to hold steady with three sections of ARC103, ARC113 and ARC105 in the fall and two sections of ARC216 in the spring. The second year courses had the largest enrollment in several years with


two sections of ARC205 and two sections of ARC203. This is the first time both courses had multiple sections at the same time.

As the architecture and construction industry continues its recovery, the early enrollment for incoming students for Fall 2014 indicates a strong enrollment in the programs. The high school outreach by the faculty, the Day of Design, the High School Architectural Design Competition, the relationship with the architecture and construction community, and the reputation of the College have all combined to effectively grow the Architecture and Construction Programs.

The continued enrollment numbers has led to a continued overload for full-time faculty and a continued high percentage of adjuncts hired in the architecture program.

Faculty

David Freeman continued as Chair of the Architecture and Construction Technology programs. David also continues to act as coordinator for the Graphics Labs. He completed his first year of service on the Student Academic Development Committee. He continued to serve as co-advisor to the Architecture Club with Paul Pilon.

Catherine McGuire entered her tenth year of teaching at Dutchess Community College. She is a member of the Professional Staff Development Committee and served as chair this year. She serves as the library liaison for ENACT. Catherine continues to display students’ design work in the cases in the Taconic Hall lobby.

Paul Pilon is in his final year as a tenure track instructor and has been granted tenure. Paul continues his role as Departmental Supervisor, where he serves as the coordinator for the adjunct faculty at night for the department. He is finishing his first year as a member of the College Environment Committee and Paul serves on the Campus Safety Committee. He continued to serve as co-advisor to the Architecture Club.

The three full-time faculty continue their professional development and met their licensing requirements through continuing education.

Adjuncts

Adolf Jonietz continued his teaching of the surveying course in the spring semester. Adolf is an excellent teacher bringing his knowledge, talent and style of teaching to what is a very diverse class.

Greg Brown continued to teach ARC122 and ARC123. Greg has a long background in architecture, art, rendering and teaching. Greg was very successful in teaching both classes. His ability to present the work as well as his ability to actually do the work made the two courses the most successful they have been in a number of years.

Patrick Roberts continued to teach the night section of ARC104 in the fall and the spring. Patrick’s strength is his work with CAD, and his easy manner makes his class a success.


Steve Whalen continued to teach ARC202 in the fall semester and ARC207 in the spring as he has for past semesters. Steve’s strength is his ability to teach structures as an architect and to explain structural forces and reactions in terms architecture students understand.

Course Highlights reflecting Curriculum Changes

Curriculum changes reflect the increase teaching and use of REVIT software within the programs. While the changes were not without their challenges the following highlights demonstrate the change to the courses and curriculum.

ARC104 – Introduction to Computer Graphics

Two sections of ARC104 were taught by David Freeman in the fall semester, a night section by Patrick Roberts in the Fall semester and one section by Paul Pilon in the spring semester. REVIT, a building information modeling software was greatly expanded to be one half of the course work. This reflects industry trends to using REVIT and BIM. David Freeman and Paul Pilon continue to review and refine how REVIT is being added.

ARC110 – Architectural Drawing Two sections of ARC110 were taught by Paul Pilon in the spring semester. This year, Paul has integrated REVIT modeling software into the course. Approximately one half of the assignments required the use of REVIT. The class worked on several designs based in Dutchess County. The first project was a small museum for a local sports organization. Paul’s second project was to design and prepare drawings for an in-fill corner lot requiring the students to use AutoCAD to detail a masonry building.

ARC203 – Architectural Design The two sections of ARC203 were taught by Catherine McGuire in the Fall semester. The use of REVIT software by the students allowed the expansion of three dimensional representation of the work. Ms. McGuire developed building design projects with emphasis on community-based design. The first project challenged students to design a small structure to be used for a bus shelter. The second project was an urban infill project for Main Street which featured retail, cafe and art gallery. For the third and final project the students proposed schematic designs for a hypothetical Community Recreation Center for King Street Park. Students’ work was juried by local design professionals--Don Petruncola, RA of LMV Architects and Ed Murphy of Hudson River Housing.

ARC205 – Working Drawings

Two sections of ARC205 ran in the fall semester being team taught for the first time by David Freeman and Paul Pilon. Projects for ARC 205 included a college dorm, a small-scale custom pool house, a medium-size commercial spec building, and an interior’s project. The ARC205 continues to be revised with coursework to include REVIT and has been greatly expanded to utilize the estimating feature built into REVIT.

ARC240 and CNS240 – Capstone Project


ARC240 and CNS240, the capstone courses for the Architectural Technology Program and the Construction Technology Program were taught by David Freeman. In ARC240 and CNS240 the students prepared a full project from feasibility studies, through design and construction drawings for a multi-story commercial building. The use of REVIT software has the students create a real “building” in a three dimensional computer model. The students were able to prepare designs with three dimensional representation, construction documents that were model based and construction takeoffs and estimates using the REVIT software. The project was set in the lower Main Street area in the City of Poughkeepsie. To introduce the project, the class toured the site and surrounding area. For the final design crit, David arranged for the students to present to each other, local architects and planners on an evening outside of class time. The presentation gave the students a professional setting for their presentations.

4. Architectural Community Interaction

American Institute of Architect Workshops

The architecture faculty hosted two workshops presented by manufacturers to the students in the program and to local architects. The workshops give the students knowledge of current trends and materials in construction in the industry. Architects who attend were able to obtain one to two credit hours towards maintaining their licenses because the workshops are eligible for continuing education credit (CEU’s). The workshops were arranged by Catherine McGuire.

The architecture faculty sees the presentations as very important to student learning and wishes to thank the companies for their time.

5. High School Interaction

Through the continuation of the DCC High School Architectural Competition the architectural faculty of Dutchess has made many visits to area high schools to meet with hundreds of students in order to describe the field of architecture, architectural education and the curriculum at DCC. The Competition has created an active link between DCC, the Architecture Program and faculty, and high school teachers and students. It has allowed the faculty to demonstrate the current technology used in the Architecture Program and to show the career paths available in architecture and construction. The database and contacts created have allowed the DCC faculty to stay in touch with and notify area high school teachers and students of such events as Open House and College Night.

High School Competition

On June 24, 2013, the winners of the Twentieth Annual Dutchess Community College High School Architectural Design Competition were presented to six area high school students. Monetary awards in the amounts of $150 for first place, $75 for second place, $25 for third place were presented. Three merit awards were also presented.


The jury consisted of Paul Pilon, a Registered Architect and an Instructor in the Architectural Technology program and Stephen Whalen, a Registered Architect and an adjunct in the Architectural Technology program.

Over 35 students from area high schools including Arlington and Webutuck entered the competition.

Day of Design

The architecture faculty, Dutchess Community College and Catskill Art sponsored a Day of Design held on April 26, 2014 at the college. The day brought together 19 area high school students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades who were interested in architecture. This workshop allowed participants to work for one day on the design of a small architectural project. The students worked in small groups paired with an architect to develop a concept board and architectural model for the project. The Day of Design was coordinated by David Freeman.

High School Outreach

This year the architectural faculty conducted presentations in high school classes in Arlington and Webutuck School Districts. The architecture faculty also presented at career days at Ketcham High School (D. Freeman and P. Pilon), Wappinger’s Junior High (P. Pilon) and Unionvale Middle School (D. Freeman).

Math and Science Matter for Young Women

The architecture faculty participated in Math and Science matter by hosting 16 young women for a project called “Channel your inner Zaha”. The program was based on the geometry used in architecture. The program was coordinated by Paul Pilon.

6. Transfer and Internship

Architecture and Construction

Even though the two programs are not designed to be transfer programs, a majority of the students do transfer to four- and five-year architectural programs and four-year construction management programs. Of the graduating students in both ARC and CNS, all of the students are planning to transfer except two in the construction technology program who are already employed in the field. Transfer schools include Pratt Institute, New York Institute of Technology and SUNY Alfred.

Even with the slowdown in the economy, the reputation of Dutchess Community College’s Architecture Program has led to a large number of local architecture firms and construction management firms seeking our graduates and even first-semester students. Because the requests for students are mostly done via email it is difficult to determine the actual number of graduates employed.


Coalition of Community College Architecture Programs (cCCAP)

The Coalition of Community College Architecture Programs continued to grow with Dutchess Community College as a member. The cCCAP is now incorporated and presented at this year’s ASCA Conference and will be hosting a workshop at this year’s AIA Conference in Chicago.

7. Architecture Club

The Architecture Club had a very successful year. In the fall the Club opened their year with a design competition for the Architecture Club Pavilion at the Club Fair. Six designs were submitted with the winner, Joseph Columbo, having his design constructed for the fair. The design is on display in Taconic Hall, Room 304.

The club hosted a pizza lunch for all new and returning students in the Architecture and Construction Technology Programs in September. Students introduced themselves to each other and discussed the curriculum and life at Dutchess.

In October the club hosted a presentation by Erik Fred about internship and the path to becoming a licensed architect. Erik is a DCC graduate. He discussed his path into the field of architecture particularly with a family.

Also in October the club toured Storm King Art Center. The tour was arranged and lead by David Freeman and Paul Pilon.

In November the club visited New York City with over 20 club members, two architecture faculty members, David Freeman and Paul Pilon, attending the trip. Transportation was provided by charter bus through the ENACT Department. The students were given a presentation by Mike Lew at Perkins Eastman, a large architecture firm in New York City. The presentation was arranged by Paul Pilon. The architecture students were given an afternoon tour of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral construction site given by the firm doing the work. The tour was arranged through the efforts of Dominick Giarraputo. The students were led by the construction site manager and architect for the project. The students toured the Museum of Modern Art.

In the fall the students attended a presentation about transfer from New York Institute of Technology.

In the spring the student visited New York Institute of Technology’s Architecture Program in Old Westbury, Long Island. Fourteen students and two architecture faculty, David Freeman and Paul Pilon, attended. The students met with the Dean of the School of Architecture and two professors.

As part of the club activities, the DCC Women in Architecture invited 2007 DCC graduates Ms. Hilda Duque and Ms. Olivia Odhiambo to present on their experiences with transfer and graduating from Pratt and City College’s Spitzer School of Architecture. Each also presented samples of their portfolio and discussed their careers in the field after graduation. The presentation was arranged by Catherine McGuire.


As a very successful event the Architecture Club, in conjunction with the Engineering Club and Business Club, held a presentation by Sue Mead of the Financial Aid Office about paying for transfer college costs. The presentation was arranged by David Freeman.

The spring also saw the annual club trip, this year to Chicago. David Freeman and Paul Pilon led the trip. The students toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home and Studio and design for Unity Temple. The students were given a tour of downtown Chicago and Millennium Park by the group leaders. A group dinner was held Saturday night.

In addition to all of these college activities, the students from the Club helped with high school visits on campus from Arlington High School and with the high school Day of Design program.

Paul Pilon and David Freeman acted as advisors for the Club this year.

8. Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee held its annual meeting in April. They reviewed the current efforts of faculty and suggested ideas and changes to the program that they see in the industry.

The SUNY initiative for seamless transfer was discussed. David Freeman attended a meeting of all of the architectural programs in the SUNY system in March and reviewed the discussion with the Advisory Committee. As of this writing there was no outcome from the meeting.

The SUNY requirement for all programs to have a maximum of 64 credits was discussed and the proposed changes to the Architecture and Construction Management curriculum were presented. The Architecture curriculum proposal is to remove the requirement for WFE and the Construction Management Curriculum proposal is to remove WFE and add an additional course in Building Information Modeling and Construction scheduling and estimating. The proposed changes were approved by the committee.

The Architecture Committee was pleased with the incorporation of REVIT into the curriculum and its continued expansion across the curriculum. The Construction Management Committee suggested the expansion of the use of computers within the program and the expanded use of estimating, scheduling and tracking software. Both committees suggested several names for expansion of the membership for next year.


D. Aviation Science (AS) Mr. John Trosie, Program Chair, respectfully submitted the following report:

Overview

The Fall 2013 semester continued the trend of the last few years with good numbers of students registering for Aviation lecture classes. Like most previous years we have many more students register for the lecture classes than for the flight lab. The interest in aviation has continued to grow with most aviation classes enrolling between 15 to 23 students on the rosters provided on the first day of class. The size of aviation lecture classes for freshmen entering Dutchess Community College have, for the last few years, remained consistently at 20 or higher.

In May 2013, a list provided by the Admissions Office indicated 84 students interested in the Aviation Programs at Dutchess Community College. These potential new freshmen were contacted by me via U.S. mail or email. It was noted that many of the names on the list were from areas other than Dutchess County. Clearly the dorm at Dutchess Community College has attracted students from all over New York interested in either Aviation Science or Aviation Management. This year we had students from upstate New York, the Buffalo area as well as New York City and Westchester County enroll and attend here.

In response to the large number of interested students we held the very first Aviation Information Day on the evening of May 21st 2013. It was well attended with members of the Aviation Club giving of their time to answer questions regarding the program as well as many questions regarding dorm life at DCC.

The Aviation Management Program has certainly attracted new students to Dutchess Community College. It is still a somewhat new program and I expect it to continue to grow bringing even more students to Dutchess interested in a career in aviation.

Since Aviation Science majors frequently require additional time to complete the flight training here in Dutchess County, several of them have opted to remain at DCC and take the required additional courses to graduate with an additional degree in Aviation Management. Terrance Sheehan and Brian Pitera were the first to move in that direction and several other students will be remaining here at Dutchess for an additional year to take advantage of the two majors. One other factor in students deciding to major in both Aviation Science and Aviation Management is should they lose their medical certificate and not be allowed to fly, they would have employable education to work for the companies they had been flying for in a management capacity.

Flight Training

Issues came to head this year when in January 2013 Richmor Aviation vacated the facility at the Dutchess County Airport. Richmor had been the Flight Training Provider since the inception of the program. There had been much speculation regarding the lease status between Richmor and


the County for over a year and Richmor remained at the airport on a month-to-month lease. When Richmor left the airport I was contacted by Robert Balkind, then Acting Director of Public Works and William O’Neill, Assistant to the County Executive regarding where Dutchess Community College would be doing our flight training. It became very apparent that the County wanted the College to remain at the Dutchess County Airport. I understood their concerns. As a County-funded institution, it would be wrong for DCC to relocate flight training to Ulster County. The program is supported by the Dutchess County taxpayers, and all revenue generating activity associated with flight training should remain in Dutchess County and benefit the Dutchess County taxpayers. Another reservation I had regarding moving the flight training to Ulster County Airport was that DCC students, many residing either in the dorms or central to southern Dutchess County, would be faced with long, time consuming rides to Kingston, New York. The single runway at Ulster Airport is only 3300 feet long, and students face the challenge of rising terrain while departing northwest and circumventing the bridge while landing also make safety a concern at the Kingston Airport. There is no question that the Dutchess County airport with its control tower and longer and wider runways makes a much better facility for DCC student training.

After Richmor left the airport at the start of January 2013, based on recommendations from those in Dutchess County governance, we began negotiations with United Aviation Academy to provide flight training for Dutchess Community College students. UAA had one major benefit for the DCC student: a new Redbird Flight Simulator. During the Aviation Program Review, it was noted in the external evaluators’ report that simulator-based training offered many advantages and should, if possible, be utilized by DCC students.

A contract was negotiated and signed on January 10, 2013 to run through August 31st 2013.

The startup venture between UAA and DCC offered many challenges, but through hard work from all parties flight training finally began in February 2013. It appeared that the relationship was going to be beneficial to UAA, DCC, and Dutchess County. However during Spring Break, 2013 I was notified that in order to comply with Federal student aid laws a flight school with a Part 141 Certificate was required. Upon hearing this news both UAA and I began working on applying for the Part 141 Certificate with the FAA. In fact my name and credentials were utilized as the Chief Flight Instructor on the application to help speed up the process, if possible. Several follow-up calls to the Flight Standards District Office after the application was submitted did not bring good news. I was told that UAA was number 6 on the list and that the company listed number one had been waiting three years. All avenues were explored to keep the flight training at UAA and meet federal requirements. These included discussions for satellite training facilities at Dutchess County Airport with SUNY Farmingdale and with Westfield Flight Academy.

No progress was made with SUNY Farmingdale, so we then concentrated on a Westfield/ UAA arrangement. Meetings in August looked very encouraging and promising, however once UAA learned the owner would have to give operational control of the aircraft and flight instructors to legally operate under a 141 arrangement with Westfield the owner began to balk. Negotiations continued all through August and September 2013. However, each time it appeared that an agreement was imminent, UAA expressed additional concerns or objections. I met with the owner of UAA at his place of business many times. We talked and discussed his concerns for


several hours. He refused to negotiate directly with Westfield and used me as his negotiating vehicle.

Finally, during the first week of October, I could no longer continue in that role and told UAA to talk to Westfield directly. I then received threatening emails from UAA, so I again met with the owner to discuss the situation. He made a final offer. I passed the offer on to Westfield. Westfield declined and instead offered to go it alone at the Dutchess County Airport. DCC eventually signed a contract with Westfield Flight Academy to provide flight training.

Things got even worse after negotiations broke down. Lawsuits were threatened by UAA, UAA made calls to county officials and College Administrators. UAA signed a police report making allegations of wrong doings of the flight instructors and had two flight instructors arrested - the two instructors that resigned from UAA to work with Westfield. Charges against Travis Yeager were dismissed in November; the more serious charges against Alex Heule are still pending and expected not to be adjudicated until after May.

Of particular importance to DCC was UAA’s handling of DCC students that had put money on account. UAA decided that the money put on account by Terrance Sheehan and former DCC student Avery Pellnat would not be refunded. On March 17th Terrance Sheehan sued and won a court case against UAA. As of this writing he has yet to receive the money.

Final 141 site approval for Westfield Academy at the Dutchess County airport has proceeded very slowly through the FAA bureaucracy. However, recent events have looked promising and it is hoped that final FAA inspections and approvals will be in place prior to the fall 2014 semester.

Courses and Curriculum

AVI 101 - Introduction to Flight

The Introduction to Flight lecture class experienced numbers similar to last year. The Fall 2013 class of Introduction to Aviation had 22 students on the roster. Three students on the roster never attended leaving us at 19 students. This year assessment of this particular course was completed and submitted. As with all college aviation programs, student attrition for flight classes is higher than most other programs due to the high cost of flight labs, the amount of effort and time required to flight train, and the academic challenges placed upon them here at Dutchess Community College.

AVI 102 – Aviation History

The Aviation History course continues to be a fun course to teach. The enrollment was nearly full to start the semester and unlike the other flight courses, this course experiences fewer student drops during the course of the semester. This course should be considered as a General Education elective for any student enrolled at Dutchess Community College. This is one of the few aviation courses that does not require passing of a Federal Aviation Administration test. More freedom in putting the syllabus together allows this course to develop critical thinking and reading and writing skills, for those students enrolled. First day roster of enrolled students was


26 students. AVI 102 was also assessed as scheduled, the documentation completed and submitted.

AVI 111 – Introduction to Flight Laboratory - Update on flight training

This was a very frustrating semester for flight training, due to the time consuming negotiation between UAA and Westfield. Flight training did not start until well into October, nearly a month and a half late. The college received calls from concerned parents regarding the status of the flight training. We had students complaining about the lack of training. Much time and effort was spent trying to get the students flight training. This included meetings during the summer of 2013, returning parent phone calls, and sitting down with students keeping them apprised of the situation. Everyone on campus from Administration, the ENACT Department, and the County all expended energy to rectify the situation.

AVI 104 – Instrument Flight

The number of students on the roster for AVI 104 this year was disappointing. 14 students registered for the Instrument lecture. The very late start in flight training caused several students to delay taking the instrument course.

AVI 208 – Commercial Flight

The commercial lecture has remained unchanged since the inception of the program. It continues to attract those students that are dedicated to completing all flight training requirements of the program. Also attending AVI 208 in the Fall 2013 semester were several students intent on graduating with an Aviation Management degree. The Aviation Management Program will help to attract additional students to classes once only attended by students looking to fly. Though not specifically required as part of the Aviation Management Program, Commercial Flight AVI 208 would prove beneficial to students enrolled in the Aviation Management Program. AVM students gain a better understanding of commercial rules and regulation and a better understanding of more complex aircraft that will be utilized by commercial carriers.

AVI 201 – Aviation Management

The Aviation Management program has done well even though it is relatively new. AVI 201 is the only course that was required to be added to the new curriculum. It is a challenging course to teach. It incorporates business theory as well as management principles and theory specific to aviation. The enrollment in the program as well as this course has been growing each year.

Final Thoughts

The Aviation Flight Program, though a small program at Dutchess Community College, has been met with a great deal of interest by students who have the desire to fly. We have attracted students from all of New York State and students from out of state. Dutchess Community College has much to offer aviation minded students: lower costs than four year schools, opportunity to learn while having the support of family members for those local students, and the opportunity for an Associate’s degree from a school with an excellent academic reputation.


As for flight training, a change seems to be the standard in aviation. Flight Schools close down, relocate, consolidate, and merge often due to the difficulty in turning a profit. In New York, the weather is an issue in the amount of flight training that can occur. Snow, wind, rain, and clouds all conspire to limit flight training. We must continue to develop options regarding a Flight Training Provider. It seems to me that the perfect fit for Dutchess Community College is Farmingdale State. We were very close to an agreement to work together and it would benefit DCC, Farmingdale, and the students. It would provide true meaning to seamless transfer. Utilizing the same training protocol beginning at DCC then completing at Farmingdale State would increase the successful outcomes for both schools.

Aviation Science Students

Part time students: 9

Full time students: 28

Total Aviation Science Students: 37

Aviation Management

Full time students: 11

Part time students: 3

Total Aviation Management Students: 14

Total students majoring in Aviation: 51


E. Computer Information Systems AAS (CIS), Information Management (INM), and Associated Certificates (CJC, CNC, SSC, BPC, and WAC)

Dr. Frank Whittle, Program Chair, respectfully submitted the following report:

The faculty and staff in the Computer Information Systems program included Dr. Frank Whittle, Professor and Chairman and Mr. Carson Lee McCullers as a full-time tenure-track instructor. In addition, Mr. Thomas Storey and Mr. Manuel Sairitupa continued as lab assistants in the program.

In general, the enrollment remained relatively stable in both the Computer Information Systems and the Information Management programs and the related certificate programs.

The five year INM program review was completed and submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs. As of this writing, the external evaluators have been identified but no evaluation time has yet been scheduled.

During the academic year, the CIS faculty collected data for the Computer Information Systems program review. The necessary data was identified and collected. It is anticipated that additional data may be collected in the upcoming fall semester and the resultant review of data will occur during the next academic year.

Assessment continued to occupy a substantial amount of faculty time. Approximately thirteen course assessment reports were completed during the academic year. Based upon the assessments, adjustments, where needed, were made to existing course syllabi and/or course delivery.

During the academic year, planning was initiated to incorporate new versions of software into existing courses. The new software expected to be implemented beginning in the Fall 2014 semester include: Windows Server 2012, Office 2013, Java SE 8 and Adobe Creative Suite 6. These new versions of software will have a substantial effect on the delivery of a number of CIS courses. In addition, updated software products will be used in many courses. These changes are expected to have less of an impact on the course content and delivery. All of the changes require faculty to become familiar with the new software platforms.

The CIS faculty, along with the CIS Advisory Committee, began to explore program modifications in both the CIS and INM programs in reaction to the SUNY Seamless Transfer Mandate and the associated integrated general education directives. Both programs will need to be brought into compliance by the conclusion of the next academic year. It is anticipated that program modifications will be submitted to the Department and the Curriculum Committee in the fall semester. The modification proposals may also include some substantive changes to course outlines.


In response to an idea presented by a member of the CIS Advisory Committee, the CIS faculty have commenced a very preliminary feasibility study regarding the development of a formal connection enabling foreign students to enroll in the CIS and INM programs. Much more data will need to be collected and analyzed over the next year.

The students in CIS and INM programs continued to be active in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Club (Advisor Manuel Sairitupa).


F. Electrical Technology AAS (ELT) and Advanced Science and Mathematics Studies Certificate (ASM)

Mr. Dan Barbuto, Program Chair, respectfully submitted the following report:

ENROLLMENT

ELT Full-Time: 30 in Spring 2014 / 32 in Spring 2013

ELT Part-Time: 31 in Spring 2014/ 38 in Spring 2013

ASM Full-Time: 1 in Spring 2014 / 1 in Spring 2013

ASM Part-Time: 0 in Spring 2014 / 0 in Spring 2013

Enrollment in ELT105: DC Circuits began high, with 28 after 4 weeks. Due to the higher enrollment in Fall 2012, the course was offered with two separate lab sections and one combined lecture. However, the group has decreased to 13 by the end of ELT106: AC Circuits this spring. The reasons for the students leaving the ELT program are widely varied. Several changed majors, and others were working too many hours while taking more classes than they could realistically handle. The remaining students will be strong second-year students, and the Fall 2014 semester may be the third in a row to fill the freshman class at 26 students. There are already 14 students enrolled as of early May 2014.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION EFFORTS

Visits by ELT students to the site of companies that employ technicians provided additional motivation for students to continue in the program. The visits include impressive technology and a close-up experience with the technology and equipment that these technicians work with on a daily basis.

First year ELT students visited CIA Security, in Fishkill, where CEO and ELT Advisory Board member John Lombardi hosted and spoke, along with two of his top technicians. The visit included demonstrations of the latest technology in security and surveillance. The students that attend always have very positive feedback.

Some of the second year ELT students visited Hunter Panels in Montgomery, a company that manufactures roofing insulation panels using a highly automated production line. This was the first visit by ELT students to the facility, and the visit was very well received by both the company and the students. The visit gave the students a chance to see actual components from their Automated Systems and Power systems courses up close and in action.

One of the DCC facilities staff, Anthony Corrado, hosted a tour of some of the electrical service rooms on the DCC campus with the ELT students in the Electric Power Systems


course. The visit was an excellent opportunity for students to see electrical power distribution equipment they had been studying up close.

A group of second year students visited James L. Taylor Manufacturing in Poughkeepsie. They employed a recent graduate of the program, and so the students met with him and saw some of the automated woodworking tools the company makes.

An improvement of instruction grant was awarded to engineering and electrical technology faculty Dr. Leah Akins, Dan Barbuto, and Mark Courtney, to complete an analysis of the advisement given to each new incoming student that wants to enroll in either the Engineering Science program or the Electrical Engineering Technology program. The analysis will provide insight to the success of students that receive this advisement before enrolling into these programs.

Technology teachers from FDR High School met with engineering and ELT faculty to discuss the nature of our programs. There will be follow up about how to bridge the ELT program with the technology students at FDR High School.

GRADUATING and TRANSFERRING STUDENTS

Between May and August 2014, the ELT program will have 16 graduates. 4 of these are transferring, including 1 to the EET BS program at SUNY Farmingdale, and 1 to the EET program at RIT. One student is already employed as a technician, and another will be relocating to seek employment as a technician. At least seven of the graduates are seeking employment as a technician upon graduation. Some of these have been attending interviews and have a positive employment outlook.

EVENTS & COMMUNITY OUTREACH

The magnetic levitation racing competition (maglev) was coordinated by ELT chair Dan Barbuto. The fall competition included six area schools with approximately 60 participants. The spring maglev event included four schools and about 40 participants.

ELT faculty were again involved with local school administrators and local industry members in a group that led the planning and execution of the Hudson Valley FIRST™ LEGO™ League (HVFLL) robotics regional competition. HVFLL serves both the senior and junior teams of the Hudson Valley from north of Albany to lower Westchester County. Senior teams consist of up to ten children aged 9 – 14 and junior teams consist of up to six children aged 6 – 9. Approximately 86 senior teams and 31 junior teams competed at seven qualifying tournaments. This represents an outreach to nearly 1,000 children between the ages of 6 – 14. The top twelve senior teams from the qualifying events competed in the Hudson Valley regional championship at Dutchess Community College in February. The qualifying events were once again very well attended, and the regional championship event brought a great deal of positive feedback to the college.

The annual alumni dinner was held the night before Thanksgiving at Aloy’s Restaurant to connect and socialize with recent graduates of the ELT and engineering programs. The event provides an opportunity for current students to learn about the experience of the graduates of the


program at work or in their transfer institution. This event continues to expand the list of employees that have hired our ELT program graduates.

A circuit building with soldering session was included in the Math & Science Matter, Especially for Girls event during the spring semester. The session was offered by ELT faculty to a total of 36 participants, and girl each built a light sensor circuit. The annual event is very successful, and the sessions were once again filled to capacity, with very positive feedback from attendees and parents.

The spring semester will close with the annual final project poster session exhibiting projects completed by the second-year ELT students in the capstone course ELT250. The event will be attended by members of the advisory board and other industry representatives. An invitation is extended to first-year ELT students. It was noted in the previous years of the session that the first-year students that attended the project session were better prepared for the capstone course the following year.

A video was developed by students of the DCC Communications Program as their final project. The video will be used to promote the ELT program. This video was an idea presented by the ELT advisory board. The video will be used next year in the promotion of the ELT program.

CURRICULUM

The ELT program review was completed this academic year. The self study was written during the Fall 2013 semester by ELT full-time faculty Dan Barbuto and Dr. Leah Akins. The program review team and external evaluators reviewed the self study, and the external evaluator visit took place in April. The external evaluators were David Leary of Ebara – a semiconductor manufacturing support company in Poughkeepsie, and Dan Benincasa – program chair for technical programs at SUNY-IT in Utica.

Several changes to the ELT curriculum are included in the completed self study, and will be presented to the ENACT Department and Curriculum Committee during the Fall 2014 semester. These changes include a change in the math requirements for the degree depending on the students’ plans for work or transfer and a possible new course on tools and safety as recommended by the advisory board. Additionally, the program modification proposal will address changes in the modified DCC general education requirements and will assure the ELT program meets the SUNY mandated 64-credit cap.

Two new adjunct faculty members were brought into teaching ELT program courses – Alan Zucker and Jason Novak, to replace long time adjunct faculty David Ruth and Les Leland, who have both retired from teaching. In addition, Herman Lo was brought on as a new adjunct during the summer 2013 session to teach ENR106 Statistical Process Control.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

ELT Program Chair Dan Barbuto met with Gerry Wagner of Wagner Technical in Newburgh in September. Wagner Technical is a consulting firm for the electric power industry, and hired an ELT graduate some years back. The company had another opening, and the discussion involved employing additional graduates from the Dutchess ELT program in the future.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Agenda of the meetings of the ELT Advisory Committee included: • ELT Program review – self study and curriculum modifications • Discussion of Recruitment Efforts& Community Outreach • ELT Program Enrollment & Retention • Student Team Assessment Review and Capstone Course Final Project Presentations • Assessment • Employment Opportunities & Transfer Options

The agenda for the two meetings are included as attachments to this report.

In attendance were members Dr. Leah Akins, Mr. Dan Barbuto, Mr. Bill Cox (The Solar Energy Consortium), Dr. Baback Izadi (SUNY New Paltz), Mr. David Leary (Ebara Technologies), Mr. John Lombardi (CIA Security), Mr. Bill Wolfson, and Mr. Bill Ecker (adjunct).

Three highlights of the advisory committee meetings were:

- Content of the ELT program review self study, especially changes to the degree requirements.

- Ideas for a new ELT course involving electromechanical and manufacturing tools.

- The Certified Production Technician credit free program was presented by Community Services department member Glen Tanzman.

FUTURE PLANS

ELT program chair Dan Barbuto will be on paternity leave for the Fall 2014 semester. Courses will be covered by Dr. Leah Akins and two adjuncts: Alan Zucker and Jason Novak.

The regional LEGO League Competition will be held at DCC again in 2015.

Mr. Dan Barbuto will lead the planning and execution of the Magnetic Levitation Event at Dutchess Community College, in both the Fall of 2014 and the Spring of 2015.

Company site visits by ELT students and also visits from graduates and industry representatives to ELT students will continue to take place.

The video developed to promote the ELT program will be used to spread the word about the program to high school students, technology teachers, guidance councilors, and as many others as possible.

A program modification proposal will be presented to the ENACT Department and to the Curriculum Committee in Fall 2014 with the changes presented in the ELT program review. The modified curriculum will include a proposed new course in safety and tools.


G. Engineering Science AS (ENR) Mr. Mark Courtney, Program Chair, respectfully submitted the following report: Enrollment Number of students enrolled (Fall 2013 enrollment report): Engineering Science A.S. (ENR) Full Time: 108 Part Time: 46 Total: 154 Fall 2012 Total: 138 Graduates Spring 2014: 22 Program Information The Engineering Science Program continued to be chaired by Mr. Mark Courtney, who is now completing his eighth year at DCC in this position. Mr. Courtney is also completing his fifth year as President of the New York State Two Year Engineering Science Association (TYESA). Faculty and staff for the ENR program also include full time faculty Dr. Leah Akins and Asst Professor Dan Barbuto. Adjunct instructor this year included Adolf Jonietz teaching ENR 215 Surveying for our students interested in the Civil Engineering discipline. Administrative assistance is ably provided by Carol Helion. New Program Developments An ENACT SUNY 2020 grant proposal was authored by Mr. Courtney in June 2013 for a new Materials & Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, to be housed on the first floor of the Taconic Building. The proposal was accepted and funded by SUNY for $600K. Mr. Courtney attended a SUNY2020 Grant working meeting w/ President Conklin, Dean Adames and Dean Stoeffel in Albany on Dec 16. Various other planning and strategy meetings were also held during the year. Specific details of the lab equipment and space renovation process will be developed during summer and fall 2014, with actual lab build envisioned for summer 2015. ENACT has also partnered with SUNY New Paltz in a SUNY2020 grant proposal to replicate the existing “Makerbot” 3D Printing Innovation Center at New Paltz. As of this writing there is no word as yet from SUNY as to funding status of this grant.


Enrollment and Transfer Enrollment in the ENR program has been on a strong upward climb over the past several years, and this academic year was no exception, with program enrollment from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 increasing by about 12%. ENR enrollment has increased by over 70% during the time Mr. Courtney has chaired the program. The ENR program remains the single largest program by total enrollment within the ENACT Dept., and total enrollment in the ENR program is once again at a new all-time high over the entirety of the program’s history at DCC. In 2013-2014, all sections of the freshman ENR101 course in the fall were completely filled, as was the spring ENR101 offering. Due to the strong enrollment, an additional ENR201 section was added to the spring 2013 semester schedule, and new sections of ENR102 and ENR208 have been added to the coming fall 2014 course schedule. Students in this year’s outgoing sophomore class have been very successful in gaining transfer acceptance (and in many cases, substantial scholarships) at several four year engineering institutions, including: Binghamton University, Clarkson University, NYIT, RPI, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY New Paltz, and SUNY Stonybrook. Curriculum and Instruction The most important development this past year in regard to engineering curriculum was the newly mandated SUNY Seamless Transfer Plan, which would require all two year A.S. programs to require no more than 64 credits while including 30 credits of Gen. Ed. covering 7 of the 10 SUNY Gen. Ed. groups. When first announced, this mandate was of particular concern to not only the DCC ENR program but to most all engineering programs in NY State. Given the high concentration of courses in Math, Science, and Engineering in these programs, it is normally not possible to cover 7 of 10 SUNY Gen. Ed. areas in the first two years of an engineering curriculum and remain under 64 credits. At the annual meeting of the New York State Two Year Engineering Science Association (TYESA) in Fall 2013, chaired by Mr. Courtney, a state-wide waiver of the SUNY mandates for all NY State engineering programs was developed. The waiver proposal called for all SUNY engineering programs to be allowed up to 68 credits and to require coverage of only 5 Gen. Ed. areas during the 1st two years of study. The waiver proposal was submitted by Mr. Courtney to SUNY on behalf of all NY State engineering programs and was subsequently approved by the SUNY Provost’s Office. During the spring semester, SUNY also initiated Transfer Paths Faculty Reviews for various disciplines, including engineering. Mr. Courtney acted as one of the two moderators within the state for the engineering transfer paths discussion. From this faculty review, an engineering transfer path proposal was developed and submitted to the Provost’s office in March. The proposal was extremely well received. The Provost even went so far as to describe the proposal as possibly “the most comprehensive STEM transfer program in the country”.


Within the DCC Engineering Program, Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering continue to be the primary disciplines sought by our students. An increase in interest in Biomedical Engineering has been seen among incoming freshman over the past few years, which mirrors the national trend in this direction. Biomedical Engineering is expected to be one of the fastest growing segments of engineering employment in the coming years. Authors of engineering textbooks have noted this trend and are now often including textbook problems and examples that are directly related to Biomedical Engineering. This year the DCC ENR Program once again continued its support of the SUNY BSEE online degree, as it has since 2008, through offering of an online version of ENR 201, Introduction to Electrical Circuits & Networks, in the spring 2014 semester. Student Advisement and Activities

Many opportunities for information on transfer, employment, or internship in the engineering field were provided to students throughout the year. Representatives from NYIT visited with students on campus on Nov. 7. Employment and internship opportunities from several employers such as NYSDOT and Central Hudson were presented to students during engineering classes and were posted on the T300 classroom Bulletin Board. In the past year various job opportunities were also posted to Dr. Akins Facebook group, which now has 73 members. Another informal avenue for students to pursue interest in engineering is through the DCC Engineering Club, which was extremely successful his year. Activities included two entries in the Fall “Punkin’ Chunkin’ Competition, building competition tables and acting as referees for Regional Lego League Competitions, and hosting here at DCC, and participating in, the annual NY State TYESA Spring Robotics Design Competition in April. Also of particular note: a rudimentary 3D printer was purchased through the ENR Club budget. Students learned how to use the machine completely on their own, and have produced many interesting 3D objects. Mr. Courtney & ENR Club students presented a 3D Printing demonstration at Webutuck High School on April 10 and a very well attended PSD Workshop on 3D Printing to the DCC campus community on April 25. The DCC Engineering Alumni Dinner held on the Wednesday evening prior to Thanksgiving also continues to grow, with almost 60 in attendance this year. Many DCC Engineering Alumni (from the past five decades!), several current and former DCC engineering faculty, and current DCC engineering students were in attendance. Lastly, a field trip to Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY was arranged. Mr. Courtney, Dr. Akins and several engineering students toured the campus in January, met with engineering faculty and with former DCC ENR students who are now completing their BS engineering degrees at Clarkson.


Community Outreach There were several outreach activities over the past year to provide high school students with greater awareness and knowledge of opportunities for study of engineering at DCC. These included:

• Annual DCC “Punkin’ Chunkin’ Competition • Mag-Lev Competition, Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 • Hudson Valley Lego League Regional Competitions December 2013 - February 2014 • ENACT faculty met with faculty from the Hyde Park School District on March 24 to

provide information on various ENACT dept. technology programs.

• M. Courtney attended Dutchess County BOCES Career and Technical Institute - Advisory Committee Meeting on Oct. 29.

Future Plans Key activities for the ENR program in the coming year will be:

1- Modification of the ENR program curriculum to adjust to both recent campus curriculum changes (removal of WFE101 and Introductory Seminar requirements) and to the SUNY Seamless Transfer Mandates (even with the 68 credit waiver, some specific engineering disciplines within the DCC ENR program require electives that bring total credits over 68).

2- Development of the new Materials and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory on the Taconic 1st floor.


H. Telecommunications Technology AAS (TEN) Dr. Leah Akins, Program Coordinator, submitted the following report:

The Telecommunications Technology program, also referred to as the Next Step program, served a total of 42 students in the 2013-2014 academic year, down from 62 students in the prior year. The program is a union benefit negotiated between IBEW, CWA, and Verizon. In September 2012, an agreement was reached on a new contract to replace the one that had expired on August 1, 2011. Due to tremendous pressure by Verizon to cut many basic benefits and policies that affect the workplace, the parties agreed to “sunset” the Next Step program. The contract simply states that (1) all current policies and budgets will be unaffected, (2) no new students will be enrolled in the program effective immediately, and (3) all current students must complete by June 2016. This is the first year that the result of this contract change has affected total enrollment since this academic year was the first since the program started at DCC that we did not bring in a new class in the fall semester.

The administration of this program is complex involving multiple constituencies. Although the program is winding down, the administrative duties haven’t changed dramatically. Duties involving bringing in new students have been replaced with issues related to “sun-setting” the program. Each year the program coordinators across New York State are scheduled to meet as a group three times a year. There is a Fall meeting, a Spring meeting, and a meeting at the annual Faculty Institute in June. The “sun-setting” of the program was the main topic of discussion at the Spring meeting as it is clear that it will result in new administrative issues. The Fall meeting was cancelled due to conflicts for the HVCC staff. The Faculty Institute is scheduled for the first week in June in Saratoga Springs.

At the Spring meeting in April 2014, the discussion mainly focused on processes needed to deactivate/discontinue the program. Requesting a program to be deactivated does not remove it from the registry of programs maintained by New York State Department of Education. Deactivation means that the program is no longer accepting new students. The Next Step program has not accepted new students since Fall 2012 and since it was never a program that was open to the public to register, it will not be necessary to deactivate it until discontinuance is imminent. However, to assure due diligence, in May 2013 Next Step administration provided all the colleges with the names and addresses of our students that left the program but had enough credits to possibly complete by May 2016 so that we could contact all students about the impending discontinuation. That notification was done for DCC students in June 2013. Fifty-six letters were sent, each with an individual portion that explained what the student would need to do to return to the Program and complete it by May 2016 or explained alternatives such as applying their credits to the General Studies degree. There were some student inquiries that resulted from this outreach but to date, no prior student has elected to pursue meeting all the requirements to return and complete by May 2016.

In April 2014, we agreed that each individual program coordinator would usher the paperwork through the individual campus’ governance processes for deactivation and discontinuance during


the Fall 2014 semester so that HVCC could coordinate delivering to SUNY a single packet for this request from all the campuses in January 2015. At DCC, the form has been completed and was approved at the May 2014 ENACT department meeting, and will be brought to curriculum committee early in the Fall 2014 semester.

Other topics of discussion at the April meeting were maintaining quality and problems with student behavior which are related. On some campuses, administration is reassigning full-time faculty to teach coursework other than Next Step courses and hiring adjuncts to replace them for the last few times a course will be taught. Additionally, there is talk of assigning the program coordinator with other duties since there is a perception that the workload is significantly reduced. Next Step Administration is concerned about these issues and asked program coordinators to contact them if they felt it would be helpful for them to come for a campus visit and a meeting with college administrators. Next Step Administration also talked about having a campus visit for each campus as part of a final program review. This would be structured differently from prior program reviews and would not be as lengthy or involved. DCC would be scheduled in 2015-2016 since there are no current pressing issues.

The topic of student behavior was raised by multiple program coordinators. Specifically, they indicated that students were tending to be more unruly, and even rude, as it pertained to the academic expectations and standards. The concern is that a message is being spread that students will not be failed even if they don’t meet minimum standards since the result of a failure would be a serious, life-changing outcome. Failing out of the program affects students’ job title, pay, and pension. Also, since students must complete by May 2016, there may be no way for them to make up for the failure and return. This might get worse over these last two years as the options for returning disappear altogether. We have not had this problem at DCC, but that doesn’t mean we are immune. This will be a topic of discussion when we have our DCC faculty meeting at the faculty institute in June 2014.

There were some changes to the DCC Next Step faculty in this academic year. Since Dr. Laura Murphy, Associate Professor of History, was on sabbatical leave, Dr. Werner Steger graciously agreed to be the Labor History instructor. Dr. Steger did a fabulous job with the course and we are so pleased he was able to participate. We expect Dr. Murphy to return as the Labor History instructor in Spring 2015 and that her sabbatical work will add much to the course content. Due to the retirement of Les Leland, electronics adjunct instructor, we hired two new adjuncts. Mr. Alan Zucker taught ELT121 Electronics for Telecommunications I in Fall 2013 and Mr. Ali Duale taught ELT 221 Electronics for Telecommunications II in Spring 2014. Both instructors had attended Faculty Institute in June 2013 and both plan to attend again in June 2014. Teaching in the Next Step program is a unique challenge as faculty are dealing with all adult learners and with cohort education. For the two electronics courses, although both of the new adjunct faculty had teaching experience, neither had experience teaching college credit coursework at the community college level. Both required additional guidance and support but both were very collaborative, cooperative, and student-focused which allowed us to work together to assure continued success for the students in the program.

The DCC Next Step faculty for the academic year included: Liz Albertson (ENG102), Dan Barbuto (ENT108), Sandra DeGuzman (MAT129), Ali Duale (ELT221), Bill Ecker (TEL courses), Ian Freedman (PHY141), David Ruth (EMS216), Werner Steger (HIS226) and Alan


Zucker (ELT121). Carol Helion served as the Assistant Program Coordinator. Due to the sunsetting of the program, Fall 2013 was the last semester Sandra DeGuzman and David Ruth would be teaching in the program while Spring 2014 was the last semester for Ian Freedman and Dan Barbuto teaching in the program.

It is expected that most if not all of the current faculty will attend the faculty institute in Saratoga Springs in June 2014. Even though there are only two cohorts left in the program throughout New York State, there is still value in meeting together as faculty to discuss the remaining coursework and teaching methodologies. During the initial contract negotiations, HVCC, the lead agency, assured Verizon that program standards would be held consistent throughout the campuses offering the program until the program ended. Therefore, as plans were made for the upcoming faculty institute, HVCC was interested in having workshops about teaching methods recognizing that full-time faculty teaching in the program would likely be replaced with adjunct faculty as the program sunsets. The HVCC team was very impressed with the DCC faculty that had presented at our program review two years ago so they approached the DCC team about hosting a full morning workshop on active learning techniques. After discussions, meetings, and a couple of conference calls, the presenting team was formed and plans made for the workshop. The team consists of Leah Akins, Sandra DeGuzman, Ian Freedman, and Renee Lathrop. The workshop will be 3.5 hours long and include multiple methods of employing active learning in the classroom using some specific examples from technical courses (math, science, and technology). Additionally, workshop participants will have time to select a learning outcome or task that they would like to convert to a more active learning experience and develop the lesson plan for it.

The table below continues the annual tradition of reporting on the retention rates for Next Step students. The numbers added to the table for this report were 1st semester to graduation data for the Sp14 cohort, 3rd to 4th semester and 1st to 4th semester data for Sp15 cohort, and all data except for the 1st to 2nd semester for the Sp16 cohort. Retention efforts were rewarded as can be seen by the high retention for the Sp14 class. The attrition of students from the Sp15 and Sp16 cohorts transitioning from the 1st to 2nd semester was explained in prior reports. As can be seen for the Sp15 cohort, we demonstrate good retention once students have made the time adjustment required to be successful in the college. Unfortunately, we lost an additional three students from the Sp16 cohort between the 3rd and 4th semester due to the following factors: one had to withdraw due to disability, one transferred to Westchester CC for a shorter commute, and one student who had been out on disability for two years withdrew because he found the work load too difficult to catch up with.

The graduation luncheon supported by Verizon was held at River Station on May 6, 2014. The luncheon was well attended by the soon-to-be graduates, their families, and faculty from the program. Former instructor David Ruth, who had retired and moved to Georgia, made a point of attending the luncheon as well as the students’ final presentations. That kind of dedication is what distinguishes the DCC Next Step faculty.

In the coming years until the doors close on the Next Step program on May 2016, the faculty and staff will strive to deliver the most current curriculum possible. We will look to assist as many students as possible to complete their degree by that time. We will also be working on alternative plans for interested students who will not be able to complete the degree by May 2016


for one reason or another. And finally, we will look to facilitate a smooth transition and discontinuance of the program administratively.

Cohort 1st to 2nd

Semester2nd to 3rd

Semester3rd to 4th

Semester1st to 4th

Semester1st to

GraduationSp06 75% 72% 115% 63% 58%Sp07 92% 82% 94% 71% 63%Sp08 84% 86% 78% 56% 52%Sp09 79% 84% 100% 67% 46%Sp10 96% 91% 95% 83% 83%Sp11 89% 96% 78% 67% 59%Sp12 95% 90% 100% 86% 64%Sp13 65% 80% 58% 30% 36%Sp14 90% 90% 100% 80% 75%Sp15 77% 88% 93% 64%Sp16 71% 93% 79% 52%Average 83% 87% 90% 65% 60%

Table: Retention rates by semester and cohort.


IV. Summary and Future Plans A final summary of some of the most significant activities and developments in the ENACT Department over the prior academic year, which may or may not have been fully captured in the report thus far, includes the following:

• Development of a stable flight training partnership has continued to be a major issue for our AVI program, ever since our long term partner Richmor Aviation left the Dutchess County Airport in January 2013. There is current work in progress to bring closure to the flight training issue prior to the beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year.

• An ENACT SUNY 2020 grant proposal for a new Materials & Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, to be housed on the first floor of the Taconic Building, was funded by SUNY this year for $600K. Preliminary work on development of lab layout & equipment has begun and will continue through this year, with actual build of the lab scheduled for summer 2015.

• One of our faculty, Dr. Leah Akins, was elected to be a member of the Presidential Search Committee.

• The ENACT Dept. continued to support academic assessment and the college’s process toward the upcoming Middle States Review. Dr. Akins served on Middle States Working Group E, and Mr. McCullers served on Middle States Working Group C. The ELT Program external review was completed; the INM Program Self Study Report was completed and submitted to the Academic Affairs Office. Course EXOs continue to be reviewed and updated on a scheduled basis, while Course Assessment Reports (CARs) document scheduled assessment of our courses that are taught by full time faculty.

• Enrollment increases continue in our engineering & technology programs. Extra sections of several ELT and ENR lecture and/or lab sessions were added to both the fall and spring schedules this year and to the upcoming fall schedule. We are also happy to see that our relatively new AVM program is now attracting enrollment from a wide geographical area.

• Mr. Courtney led statewide efforts for a blanket SUNY seamless transfer waiver for all engineering programs that was accepted by the Provost’s office. Initial planning has also begun to modify department programs in response to the SUNY Seamless Transfer Mandates. Formal modifications required for ENACT programs so as to conform to the state mandates will be developed and brought forward early next fall.

• An outstanding video to promote our ELT program has been completed by students of the DCC communications program. The idea for the video was suggested by the ELT advisory board last year. The video includes interviews with faculty, students, and footage of our laboratories and equipment.


• ENACT faculty continued to develop and conduct interesting and exciting capstone and final team projects that bring “real life” directly into the classroom. The ELT 250 capstone assignment has done this successfully with electronics projects for several years now. Students in ARC240 and CNS240, the capstone courses for the Architectural Technology Program and the Construction Technology Program, now prepare a full project from feasibility studies, through design and construction drawings for a multi-story commercial building, using newly introduced REVIT software. Dr. Akins continues use of a final team project in ENR102, Computer Programming for Engineers, which mimics real life applications, and Mr. Courtney has been extremely happy with the results of the “Biomimicry” Final Team Design Project in ENR101.

Future plans for the ENACT Dept. in the coming year include the following:

• Final resolution of the flight training partner issue for our AVI flight courses.

• Continued support of assessment and the college’s process toward the upcoming Middle States Review.

• Development of the new Materials and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory.

• Coverage of ELT courses and program responsibilities as a result of Mr. Barbuto being on leave during the fall 2014 semester.

• Continued activities which have proven to be successful for providing opportunities for the regional community and K-12 students to learn about ENACT Department programs, improving employment and transfer opportunities for ENACT Department graduates, increasing retention in ENACT departmental programs, and supporting professional development opportunities for faculty.

• Working with the new DCC College President, whomever that will be, in the coming year. The ENACT Dept. eagerly looks forward to the exciting possibilities inherent with a new era of leadership, and awaits the opportunity to engage in the new initiatives that may arise.

Lastly, I wish once again to sincerely thank each and every member of the ENACT Department for their support, dedication, and hard work this year. I would like to mention in closing that I was particularly struck by a comment from one of the candidates vying to be our next college president during their visit to our campus this spring. The comment was: “strong departments run themselves”. I couldn’t help but feel that this was a perfect description of the ENACT Dept. Each one of us has our own particular jobs and responsibilities to execute, and it is gratifying to see how they are all performed with pride and excellence. Thank you everyone.


Respectfully Submitted,

Mark G. Courtney


V. Appendix – Status Report for 2013-14 Objectives Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Technologies

Objectives 2013-14

College-Wide Objectives Responsibility Completion Date A. Enhance existing programs and services and initiate new ones dedicated to student completion: Increasing the number of DCC students who complete an associate’s degree or certificate or who transfer to complete their credential at another college or university.

Arrange speakers for Architecture Club highlighting a diversity of architectural interns and construction assistant project managers. D. Freeman

P. Pilon

Completed – Architecture Club speakers included Erik Fred, Hilda Duque and Olivia Odhiambo who are all graduates of the architecture program and working in the field. Each spoke of their path from graduation through transfer and to employment.

Arrange for CAD tutoring earlier in semesters. D. Freeman Completed – Tutors were arranged

for and made available in the fall semester for ENT131 and ARC104. For the spring the faculty extended their hours as needed for the students.

Discuss room uses and layouts of Taconic Hall 1st floor lab rooms used by department. M. Courtney

D. Barbuto

Ongoing - Discussions were held in January 2014; some preliminary proposals for layout modifications


D. Freeman

J. Trosie

were drafted by D. Freeman.

Work with Westfield State Flight School and United Aviation Academic to develop a licensed 141 program for Aviation students.

J. Trosie Ongoing – Worked diligently with UAA and Westfield to manufacture a collaborative agreement between the two companies. Unfortunately, no agreement could be reached and Westfield opted to begin operation at Dutchess Airport without UAA. License 141 is pending.

Using data collected from ENR100, investigate retention activities targeted at ENR and ELT students at risk. L. Akins

D. Barbuto

M. Courtney

Initial research of ENR/ELT targeted advisement activities has shown that incoming math level is a significant predictor of eventual student success. Incoming math level data will be gathered for all students in first semester ENR/ELT courses in Fall 2014 to identify those at particular risk.

B. Preparation and submission of a Middle States Self-Study Report: “To compose and submit to the Middle States Commission Higher Education (MSCHE) a Self-Study Report that documents the College’s adherence to the 14 accreditation standards described in the Characteristics of Excellence and prepare for the MSCHE evaluation team visit in the spring of 2015.”

1. Serve on Middle States Working Group E. L. Akins Completed


2. Serve on Middle States Working Group C. L. McCullers Completed – Drafts of the reports

for the 3 standards assigned to Workgroup C have been submitted and the workgroup is waiting on feedback from the co-chairs and the rest of the steering committee.


Department Objectives Responsibility Completion Date A. Provide opportunities for the regional community to learn about ENACT Department programs.

1. Host AIA Presentations to students and local architects focusing on Sustainable Design. D. Freeman

C. McGuire

P. Pilon

Completed – Two AIA presentations were hosted in the Spring semester with 12 local architects attending.

2. In ARC 240 and CNS 240 present final design projects in a

public space open to college community. D. Freeman Completed – ARC240 and CNS240 Capstone presentation were held in March with area architects attending.

3. Host the Annual Day of Design Program for high school students. D. Freeman

C. McGuire

P. Pilon

Completed – The Annual Day of Design with over 20 area high school students and 7 local architects was held in April.

4. Host Annual High School Architectural Design Competition. D. Freeman Ongoing - The 21st Annual High

School Architectural Challenge will be held on campus in June 2014.

5. Host the regional Hudson Valley FIRST LEGO League tournament. L. Akins

D. Barbuto

M. Courtney

Completed – Eighty-six senior teams and 31 junior teams competed at seven qualifying tournaments this year. This represents an outreach to nearly 1,000 children between the ages of


6-14. The top twelve senior teams from the qualifying events competed in the Hudson Valley regional championship at DCC in February. The qualifying events were once again very well attended, and the regional championship event brought a great deal of positive feedback to the college.

6. Provide leadership on the Lego League Executive Committee. L. Akins

D. Barbuto

M. Courtney

Ongoing – ENACT faculty were again involved with local school administrators and local industry members in a group that led the planning and execution of the Hudson Valley FIRST™ LEGO™ League (HVFLL) robotics regional competition. HVFLL serves both the senior and junior teams of the Hudson Valley from north of Albany to lower Westchester County. Senior teams consist of up to ten children aged 9 – 14 and junior teams consist of up to six children aged 6 – 9.

B. Improve employment opportunities for ENACT Department graduates.

1. Work with Women in Architecture, a sub-group of the Architecture Club, to coordinate a visit to a woman-owned

C. McGuire Completed – Held in March on campus. Two women design


firm. professionals presented on career experiences.

2. Continue to seek employment, internships and transfer opportunities for students in Architecture and Construction.

D. Freeman Ongoing – Architecture and construction management students were placed at a number of firms including Meyers Contracting, On Air Engineering, Paul Vanbrugh Architect, and Jacob’s Consultancy.

3. Maintain and update display cabinet and display window in Taconic Hall with Architecture student work.

D. Freeman

C. McGuire

Completed – Architecture student work was on display and updated in the display cabinet and display window in Taconic Hall throughout the year.

4. Host the annual DCC Engineering Alumni Meeting. L. Akins

D. Barbuto

M. Courtney

The annual alumni dinner continues to grow. ENR and ELT engineering and technology alumni as well as current and former ENR, ELT, Math, and Science faculty were invited to the pizza party at Aloy's Restaurant the evening before Thanksgiving. Over 50 attended the function. The costs of the event were once again covered by the DCC Engineering Club.

5. Review CIS program advisory membership with the expectation of appointing new members.

F. Whittle Ongoing – Nominations for new members were sought from the existing advisory committee members at the Spring meeting.


No invitations have been issued.

6. Explore additional vendor certifications and related courseware and disseminate such information to students with the expectation of increasing the number of students completing appropriate IT certifications.

F. Whittle Completed – Sampled Testout services. The service would replace a textbook in certain courses. The service may be helpful in assessment.

C. Inform K-12 students of the region about ENACT Departmental programs.

1. Attend Career Days at High Schools and Middle Schools. D. Freeman

P. Pilon

J. Trosie

Completed – Career Days attended were Wappinger Junior High– Paul Pilon; Ketcham High School - David Freeman, Paul Pilon, John Trosie; Unionvale Middle School – David Freeman. In addition a group of Arlington Middle school students met with David Freeman on campus.


2. Host the Annual DCC Punkin’ Chunkin’ Design Competition. M. Courtney Completed – The Annual Punkin’ Chunkin’ Contest was held once again at the Rhinebeck Fairgrounds. In the past, the event has been in conjunction with the NY State Sheep & Wool Festival; however, that event has grown so large that Punkin’ Chunkin’ was held separately this year on the weekend after. DCC entered two teams in the contest and took 2nd and 3rd places.

3. Seek out opportunities to visit with area high schools regarding ENACT programs and curriculum.

M. Courtney Completed – M. Courtney & the DCC Engineering Club presented a very successful 3D Printing Demonstration at Webutuck High School Math and Science Night on April 10.

4. Continue to support the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Club in presentations to area high schools on robotic technologies and IT career opportunities.

M. Sairitupa Completed – Schools were not visited this year. The club completed worksite visitations at MPI to view wax melding robotics and IBM Poughkeepsie to observe the Data Center and the Main Frame production location. The students also spent many hours developing a MyDCC mobile phone application.


5. Complete a presentation that will raise the awareness of taking math in Grade 12 so that students coming into ENACT programs are better prepared to begin their degrees.

D. Barbuto Deferred – Will complete the presentation next year.

D. Improve transfer opportunities for ENACT departmental graduates.

1. Attend conference and work to establish national organization of the Coalition of Community College Architectural. The 0rganization’s goal is to address graduates transfer to upper division architecture schools

D. Freeman Ongoing – D. Freeman continues to be part of the Coalition of Community College Architecture Program since its inception and will be attending its annual meeting in Chicago in June. D. Freeman also attended a special statewide meeting of two-year architecture programs at SUNY Binghamton.

2. Participate in Two Year Engineering Science Association meetings and functions.

L. Akins

M. Courtney

Completed – L. Akins and M. Courtney attended the Two-Year Engineering Science Association (TYESA) Annual Fall Meeting October 24-25, 2013 at SUNY-ESF. M. Courtney led the meeting as president of TYESA. The focus of this year's meeting was SUNY Seamless Transfer. A state-wide waiver of the SUNY two year 64 credit cap and 7 Gen. Ed. area mandates was developed at the meeting. The waiver allows all SUNY engineering programs up to


68 credits and coverage of only 5 Gen. Ed. areas during the 1st two years of study. This waiver was subsequently approved by the SUNY Provost’s Office.

DCC hosted the TYESA Spring Design Competition on April 26. M. Courtney & L. Akins organized and ran the event. Eleven teams from various community colleges around NY State (including a team from DCC) competed.


3. Seek opportunities for field trips to four year engineering institutions for ENR students.

M. Courtney Completed – A field trip to Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY was arranged. M. Courtney, L. Akins and six engineering students toured the campus, met with engineering faculty, and met with former DCC ENR students who are now completing their BS engineering degree at Clarkson.

4. Review Dept. Programs for modification based on the SUNY Seamless Transfer mandate.

D. Barbuto

M. Courtney

D. Freeman

J. Trosie

F. Whittle

Completed – Individual meetings between the ENACT dept. head and each dept. program chair were held to review the status of each dept. program as regards the SUNY seamless transfer mandates. Program chairs presented their status and potential program modifications to dept. members at the final dept. meeting on May 14.

5. Explore additional articulation agreements with four Year institutions.

L. McCullers

F. Whittle

Ongoing – No new completed articulations were forthcoming from the office of Career/Transfer.

6. Review INM and CIS programs for adherence to the seamless transfer requirements.

F. Whittle Ongoing – Possible preliminary proposals were developed during the Spring semester.


E. Maintain technical currency in equipment and course content.

1. Attend AIA approved continuing education courses to maintain Architectural License. D. Freeman

C. McGuire

P. Pilon

Ongoing – The Architecture Faculty continued to meet their educational licensing requirement by attending seminars and courses throughout the year.

2. Explore use of Navisworks and Autodesk 360 in Architecture and Construction Management programs. D. Freeman Completed – New course was

developed written in CNS and will be proposed in Fall 2014 as part of 64 credit change.

3. SUNY 2020 Engineering Lab Grant M. Courtney Ongoing – An ENACT proposal

authored by M. Courtney in June 2013 for a new ENR materials & mechanical laboratory was funded by SUNY for $600K.

M. Courtney attended a SUNY2020 Grant working meeting w/ President Conklin, Dean Adames and Dean Stoeffel in Albany on Dec 16. Various planning and strategy meetings were also held during the year. Specific details of the lab development and planning process will be developed during summer and fall 2014, with actual lab build envisioned for summer 2015.


4. Explore offering MS Office 2013 in CIS111 by reviewing curriculum entry points and lab equipment readiness. F. Whittle Completed – In the next academic

year, both CIS213 and CIS111 will be utilizing the Office 2013 platform.

5. Introduce additional social media in CIS courses. F. Whittle Completed – The use of social

media has been expanded to include all CIS111 courses. Keywords for the final exam are now tweeted to all students.

6. Purchase new microcontrollers to replace those being used in course ELT 107: Intro. to Programming for Automation. D. Barbuto Ongoing – Alternative

microcontrollers for purchase are being explored.

F. Raise the awareness of students in ENACT Department programs of career opportunities in the field.

1. Coordinate field trips to local construction sites. D. Freeman Ongoing – In Fall, Culinary Institute of America new building was toured with Kirchhoff Consigli Construction and St. Patrick’s Cathedral was toured with Bovis Construction.

2. Arrange with Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County for CNS students to help with project management of builds.

D. Freeman Deferred – No project appropriate for students.

3. Post job opportunities on L. Akins’ DCC Students Facebook page.

L. Akins Ongoing – There are 73 members of the Facebook group and there were approximately 35 posts in the


2013-2014 year. Unfortunately there was only one direct job posting and one that will be added shortly. Better communication between the people to whom the job postings come to and L. Akins is needed so that she can post the information in a timely manner in the Facebook group.

4. Continue to schedule industry guest speakers for ENR students.

M. Courtney Completed – Several local engineers were invited to judge the TYESA Spring Design Competition hosted by DCC on April 26, which allowed in-depths technical conversations with student teams.

5. Visit at least two area companies that hire electrical technicians with the ELT students.

D. Barbuto Completed – Visits were made by the ELT students to CIA Security, Hunter Panels, and James L. Taylor Manufacturing.

H. Support professional development opportunities for faculty that assures faculty awareness about developments in their discipline that may result in new course content, new courses, and/or new programs.

1. Investigate opportunities for introducing 3D printing technology to engineering students.

M. Courtney Completed – A rudimentary 3D printer was purchased through the ENR Club budget. Students learned how to use the machine completely on their own, and have produced many interesting 3D


objects. M. Courtney & ENR Club students presented a very successful PSD workshop on 3D Printing to the campus community on April 25 which was very well attended.

ENACT also partnered with SUNY New Paltz in a SUNY2020 grant proposal to replicate the existing “Makerbot” 3D Printing Innovation Center at New Paltz. As of this writing there is no word as yet from SUNY as to funding status.

2. Attend the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern conference in the Spring (mid April).

L. McCullers Completed – Conference held in Providence, RI. Keynote presentations on the future of big data in computer science and the future of computer science curricula over the next decade.


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