Transitioning Troops to Engineers: From Military Experience to a Civilian Engineering Career

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该工程教育奖给圣地亚哥州立大学，将在社区学院、军事训练和四年制学院之间开发创新的衔接和学分转移方法。 这将有助于简化退伍军人学生从军队到完成工程本科学位的过渡。 工程学位课程将根据退伍军人的需求和优势进行定制。 研究结果将广泛传播，并将在网上、技术会议上介绍，并在专业期刊上发表。该项目预计将帮助退伍军人过渡到平民生活，并增加完成工程学位并准备填补工程工作或开办新的高科技企业的学生人数。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education award to San Diego State University will develop innovative articulation and credit transfer methods among community colleges, military training and four year colleges. This will assist in streamlining the transition of veteran students from the military to completion of undergraduate degrees in engineering. The engineering degree pathways will be customized to the needs and strengths of veterans. The results will be disseminated widely and also will be presented on the web, at technical conferences and published in professional journals. The project is expected to assist veterans' transition to civilian life and to enhance the number of students who complete engineering degrees and are ready to fill engineering jobs or start new high tech businesses.