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Designing Weekly Online Graduate Course Discussion And Rubrics For Assessment And Evaluation

Conference Session: Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: S. Balachandran, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Lalitha Balachandran, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

the thinker improves the quality of hisor her thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It presupposes assent torigorous standards of excellence and careful command of their use. It entails effectivecommunication and problem-solving abilities, as well as a commitment to overcome our nativeegocentrism and socio-centrism1.” To apply critical thinking in weekly discussions, students must learn to ‘identify itspurpose, question, information, conclusion(s), assumptions, implications, main concept(s), andpoint of view1.’ These may be termed as “the elements of thought2.” These tools may be appliedto course topics or

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Enabling The U.S. Engineering Workforce For Technological Innovation: The Role Of Competency Based Learning For Professionals

Conference Session: Professional Graduate Education & Industry
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

other professions. Assessment methodsfor the program will evolve in order to ensure that the highest standards are maintained in thisprogram while recognizing the program participants and their motivation, the stakeholder /employer and their assessment of the benefit derived from the program, and the overall academicsetting in which the program is offered.Bibliography1. Bloom, B. S. (ed), Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational; Goals, pp 201-207, Susan Fauer Company, Inc., Chicago, 1956.2. Bloom, B. S., The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook I, Cognitive Domain, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, 1956.3. Bloom, B. S., B. B. Masia, and D. R. Krathwohl, The Taxonomy of Educational

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Exploring Academic Factors Affecting Engineering Graduate Student Research Proficiency

Conference Session: Mentoring Graduate Students
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Recep Goktas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ulas Tezel, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

were analyzed with respect to only the three primary majors in multivariateanalyses where undergraduate major was an independent variable. Page 12.722.6 2004-05 Academic Year 2005-06 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% % Respondents PhD M S Thesis M S SRP M S Coursework no answerFigure 4. Percentages of respondents per degree program for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 studies

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Using Graduate Internships To Enhance Graduate Student Education And Research

Conference Session: Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Yamilka Baez-Rivera, Mississippi State University; Lennon Brown, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

projects or homework, but it not the same as work-related deadlines. The graduate student has to work with others, do part of the work, incorporatehis/her ideas and the ideas of other people in their group, and give the results to others to analyzeand comment on. The student may have more than one supervisor, so s/he will need to allowenough time to make corrections and then turn in a final report. It is important to be able toprioritize the tasks according to their urgency and be organized. Being organized can providedmany advantages in making sure all the requirements are met in a timely fashion.Because of time constraints, the graduate student needs to understand the industry’s research orproject faster to obtain results in a short period of

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An Integrated Approach To Teaching Assistant Training And Orientation

Conference Session: Mentoring Graduate Students
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jerome Paris, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Janet Bodner, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

AC 2007-375: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TEACHING ASSISTANTTRAINING AND ORIENTATIONRonald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology Ronald S. Kane is Dean of Graduate Studies and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before that he had been Dean of Graduate Studies, Research, and Continuing Professional Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and before that served as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Manhattan College. He has industrial experience in the energy and aerospace industries and worked for a number of years on nuclear safety and alternative energy systems, with focus on modeling and

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The Doctoral Pathway, An Institutional Journey Of Development

Conference Session: Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

AC 2007-378: THE DOCTORAL PATHWAY, AN INSTITUTIONAL JOURNEY OFDEVELOPMENTRonald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology Ronald S. Kane is Dean of Graduate Studies and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before that he had been Dean of Graduate Studies, Research, and Continuing Professional Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and before that served as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Manhattan College. He has industrial experience in the energy and aerospace industries and worked for a number of years on nuclear safety and alternative energy systems, with focus on modeling and

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Faculty Reward System Reform For Advancement Of Professional Engineering Education For Innovation: Looking At Representative Criteria For Merit Promotion In Advanced Engineering Practice In Industry

Conference Session: Faculty Reward System Reform
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

of a national science policy forscientific research. 5The United States has not had a coherent policy during the last several decades for the graduatedevelopment of its domestic engineering graduates in the U.S. engineering workforce. These areengineers whose professional careers are not centered on academic scientific research, but ratherare centered on creating, developing, and innovating new, improved, and breakthroughtechnology in industry for competitiveness and the nation’s defense. (See Appendix G)Whereas the nation invested heavily during the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s in the graduateeducation of the U.S. scientific workforce for basic academic research, we have not as a nationplaced a balanced emphasis in the further professional

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Enabling A Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce For Technological Innovation: A National Partnership In Graduate Professional Education With Industry To Enhance U.S. Competitiveness And Economic Development

Conference Session: Professional Graduate Education & Industry
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

critical element in sustaining competitiveness”… However … “The United States could lose its preeminence in technology unless a new national innovation agenda is developed.” 1 Finding # 2: U.S. engineering progress is essential to U.S. economic competitiveness and national security. Whereas the U.S. Scientific Workforce and the U.S. Engineering Workforce are both vital national resources for the nation’s S&T progress, they serve two distinct purposes. Continuous advancements in basic research [performed primarily at the nation’s research universities] are essential in sustaining U.S. preeminence for the nation’s scientific progress, and continuous

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Mentoring Of Graduate Students In Stem: Perceptions And Outcomes

Conference Session: Mentoring Graduate Students
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Amy Wheeless, University of Washington; Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

the most effective ways to ensure student success1-4. The University of Washington’sCenter for Workforce Development (CWD), formerly Women in Science and Engineering(WiSE), developed a mentoring program for STEM female graduate students interested infaculty careers in the 1990’s. Subsequently, the mentoring program has evolved to reach out tounderrepresented minorities interested in faculty careers and to all graduate students interested incareers in the field of nanotechnology. Students are matched with a faculty or industry mentor,based on their needs and interests. The program focuses on both the psychosocial andinstrumental career development needs of graduate students. During the 2005-2006 academicyear, the mentoring program served a

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An Experience In The Development Of A Course In Health Systems Engineering

Conference Session: Mentoring Graduate Students
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kaustubh Nagarkar, General Electric; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of NY-Binghamton
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

., Srihari K., and Kushner L., Rivero R., “Reducing Patient Turnaround Time at an ED”, International Conference on Production Research (ICPR), Blacksburg, VA, USA, August, 2003.8. Nagarkar K., Gandhi T., DeGennaro M., Srihari K., and Kushner L., Rivero R., “Effective Utilization of Ancillary Services to Reduce Patient Turnaround Time in an Emergency Room”, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, TX, May 2004.9. Nivarthi S., Thalacker G., Nagarkar K., DeGennaro M., Kushner L., Srihari K., & Rivero R., “Enhancement of the Utilization of a Suite of Operating Rooms”, Industrial Engineering Research Council Conference, Houston, TX, May 2004.10. Ramakrishnan S., Nagarkar K., Courtney A., DeGennaro M., Srihari K., and Emick F

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Accelerated Dual Graduate Degree Programs

Conference Session: New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Stephen Eck, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

AC 2007-63: ACCELERATED DUAL GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMSRonald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology Ronald S. Kane is Dean of Graduate Studies and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before that he had been Dean of Graduate Studies, Research, and Continuing Professional Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and before that served as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Manhattan College. He has industrial experience in the energy and aerospace industries and worked for a number of years on nuclear safety and alternative energy systems, with focus on modeling and evaluation of thermal/fluid

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An Iconoclastic View Of Graduate Education: The 4+1 Program, An Accelerated Route To The Ms Degree

Conference Session: New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crocket, California Polytechnic State University
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

at our primarily undergraduate institution.IntroductionGraduate engineering education is a key to the maintenance of U.S. competitiveness in the worldmarket. The world has been an extremely dynamic engine during the last fifty years, and wehave witnessed a dramatic change in the world order. The change has been evolutionary in manycases, but recent events in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, China, India, Japan and the erstwhileSoviet Union are only slightly less cataclysmic than the Second World War. That war set theeconomic order for the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's. After 1945, the Soviet Union was a nation inruins, a nation that had lost over 20% of its' population in a conflict fought largely on its' soil. Itfaced the challenge of an arms

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Contextual Factors Affecting Graduate Student Mentoring

Conference Session: Mentoring Graduate Students
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Lisa Frehill; Amanda Lain, New Mexico State University; Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Lauren Ketcham, New Mexico State University; Karen Luces, New Mexico State University
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

theory approachwas used to study the themes that emerged from these faculty members’ interviews concerningtheir experiences of mentoring as graduate students.The study in which these faculty interviews were completed was an impact evaluation of ascience and engineering (S/E) faculty mentoring program. Of the 43 interviews, 24 wereconducted with mentors or mentees who had participated in the program. Purposive samplingwas used to ensure that the interviewees included a mentor and mentee of both sexes (2 X 2)from each of the three campus units associated with the National Science Foundation-fundedADVANCE: Institutional Transformation program. Of the 24 participants, 3 were departmentheads (and were either full or associate professors), 6 were full

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Faculty Reward System Reform For Advancement Of Professional Engineering Education For Innovation: Revisiting The Urgency For Reform

Conference Session: Faculty Reward System Reform
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

the Engineer of 2020: Phase I Report, 2004.8. National Academy of Engineering, Educating the Engineer of 2020: Phase II Report, 2005.9. Bertoline, G. R., Depew, D. R., Dyrenfurth, M. J., McHenry, A. L., DeLoatch, E. M., Lee, P. Y., Dunlap, D. D., Tricamo, S. J., Keating, D. A., Stanford, T. J. (2005). A Look at Representative Templates for Professionally Oriented Faculty Reward Systems in Other Service Professions. 2005 ASEE Conference, Portland, OR. Page 12.735.5

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The Carolinas Innovation Collaborative: A Transformational Initiative In Healthcare And Aging In Place

Conference Session: New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

/WCNews/NewsArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=21.2. Birchall, J. (2005, May 26). Family healthcare costs rising by up to 10% a year. FT.com Financial Times.Retrieved May 27, 2005 from http://news.ft.com/cms/s/545a79a4-cd76-11d9-aa26-00000e2511c8.html.3. Blake, B. (2005, April 8). $108M expansion plan would improve health care. Asheville Citizen-Times.Retrieved May 30, 2005 from http://www.wcu.edu/pubinfo/news/ statecapitalplan0804.htm.4. Brown, N. P. (2003, September-October). Where next for healthcare: The prospects for the professions. HarvardMagazine. Retrieved May 24, 2005 from http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/090339.html.5. Center for Regional Development. (2005). [data compiled from U.S. Census 2000 data.] Western CarolinaUniversity.6

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Enabling The U.S. Engineering Work Force For Technological Innovation: The Role Of Interactive Learning Among Working Professionals

Conference Session: Professional Graduate Education & Industry
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

particular relevance to the National Collaborative Task Force onEngineering Graduate Education Reform is the relationship between innovativeness andcollaborative knowledge sharing, which has been shown to be augmented by the use of cohortgroups.The Task Force mission to reshape engineering education to improve the competitiveness of U.S.industry through technological innovation, will be positively impacted by the use of cohort-basededucational models. At Purdue and RIT, the impact of cohort-based education has beenuniversally positive, with significant benefits to all stakeholders: students, alumni, sponsors,faculty, and administration.Bibliography1. Imel, S., “Adult Learning in Cohort Groups,” Educational Resources Information Center, Practice

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Minority Retention And Success In Engineering: Diversifying The Pipeline Through The Development Of Social Capital

Conference Session: Graduate Student Experiences
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Anderson Prewitt, University of Florida; Wanda Eugene, Auburn University; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

belowsummarizes a few of the other programs or events mentioned in interviews with participants.Table 2. Programs in NSBE also contributing to its members’ ability to generate social capital. Type(s) of SocialNSBE Program/Event Contributions Capital Involved The outcomes will varyChapter Level Programming - depending on the program aAny program that support the particular student chapter decidesideals of NSBE that is conceived Bridging or

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Graduate/Undergraduate Teaming Of Ecet Students For Applied Research Via Senior Projects

Conference Session: Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

Engineeringand Technology Education. Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 39-42, 2005. 5. Bengtson, F. and Heggen, S., A Data Communication System Using Ultra Wideband (UWB) Technology,Proceedings of the 2005 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Washington and Lee University,Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, April 21-23, 2005. 6. Martin, X., User-Intent Based Electronic Information Retrieval (IR) Interface Using Image Processing Tech-niques, Proceedings of the 2006 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), University of NorthCarolina at Asheville, Asheville, Virginia, April 6-8, 2006. Page 12.791.6

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Undergraduate Research As A Motivation For Attending Graduate School

Conference Session: Graduate Student Experiences
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

,” Proceedings, the ISEC International Solar Energy Conference, Hawaii, USA, March 16-18, 2003.[12] Briano, C., Fontánez, J. and Dukhan, N., “Characterization of the Heat Transfer in Open-Cell Metal Foam,”Proceedings, Second International Conference on High Performance Structures and Materials, HPSM 2004, Ancona, Page 12.1509.9Italy, May 31 to June 2nd, 2004.[13] Dukhan, N. and Kiefer, S., “Building a Research Program with Undergraduate Students,” Proceedings, 33rdInternational Symposium IGIP/ASEE, Fribourg, Switzerland, September 27-30, 2004.[14] Dukhan, N., “Impact of Undergraduate Research on Students’ Communication Skills,” Proceedings

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Development And Implementation Of A Balanced Scorecard For Engineering Distance Learning Programs At Virginia Tech

Conference Session: Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sasima Thongsamak, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Peed, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Graduate Studies

application. Enterprise Engineering Research Lab working paper, Course document, Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.8. Van Aken, E.M., & Coleman, G.D. (2001). Using measurement to define and improve value-added, invited paper and presentation. The XIIth World productivity Congress. Hong Kong and Beijing: Word Confederation of Productivity Science.9. Cullen, Joyce, Hassall, & Broadbent (2003). Quality in higher education: from monitoring to management. Quality Assurance in Education, 11(1), 5-14. Retrieved June 26, 2006 from Emerald Journals database.10. Chen, S., Yang, C., & Shiau, J. (2006). The application of balanced scorecard in the performance evaluation of higher education. The TQM