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Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lingtao Zhang, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University

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AC 2008-1298: GRADUATE LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING: DESIGN OF ADSSS SYSTEM FOR UNDERGRADUATE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSLABORATORYLingtao Zhang, Western Carolina UniversityRobert Adams, Western Carolina UniversityJames Zhang, Western Carolina University Page 13.652.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Graduate Learning through Teaching: Design of a DSSS System for Undergraduate Wireless Communications Laboratory Lingtao Zhang, Robert Adams, and James Z. Zhang Department of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723AbstractOver the past few years, wireless communications technology

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan McNeill, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Tenille Medley, Purdue University; Jeremi Hayes, Purdue University

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providepedagogical feedback to engineering laboratory graduate teaching assistants. The project beganwith use of the VaNTH Observation System, a direct observation instrument which providesfeedback about the extent to which an instructor’s interactions with students fit within thedimensions of the “How People Learn” framework, a model of effective teaching and learning aspresented in the National Research Council monograph, How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School. Preliminary findings revealed challenges to the use of this instrument ina first-year engineering laboratory course taught by graduate teaching assistants. To provideinformation for the adaptation of this instrument for use in the laboratory environment and to aidin developing new

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Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University

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A Professional Development Program for Graduate Students at North Carolina State UniversityI. Introduction The traditional engineering graduate school experience involves taking courses, selectinga dissertation or thesis advisor and project, performing the research under the advisor’ssupervision, and completing and defending the dissertation. Such an experience trains graduatestudents to carry out research on a problem someone else has defined and gotten funded. It doesnot, however, prepare them for anything else they might be called upon to do in graduate schooland in their professional careers, including: • Teaching assistant responsibilities. Grade assignments, projects, and tests; supervise laboratories

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Sarah Root, University of Arkansas; Emine Cagin, University of Michigan

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2003, and her master of science degree from the University of Michigan in 2007. Both of her degrees are in electrical engineering. She is currently pursuing a PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan’s Solid State Electronics Laboratory. Emine is currently serving as a mentor in the EGSM program. Page 13.998.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Preparing Graduate Students to be Successful as Teaching Mentors and as Future ProfessionalsAbstractGraduate student instructors (GSIs) – or teaching assistants – are a

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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decisions.Second, ASEE student chapters teach skills to equip graduate students to be successful as futureengineering educators. These vital skills include preparing a curriculum vitae (CV), applyingand interviewing for a faculty position, writing research funding proposals, starting andmaintaining a research laboratory, teaching effectively, and balancing teaching and researchresponsibilities. Equipping graduate students to be successful educators is the most direct way to Page 13.674.2impact the future of engineering education.Third, ASEE student chapters promote engineering and careers in engineering education.Promoting engineering and academic careers

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University

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engineers who had contributed most heavily to the new technology of use tothe Department, the employment stability of these individuals stood out as a most significantfactor. Moreover, it was found that the most effective engineer ─ in terms of the probability thathe or she will come up with something that will be profitable to the organization is one who hasbeen in the company for a number of years. The modal point on the distribution curve displayinglength of employment against probability of making a useful contribution occurs at betweenseven and nine years of employment. Clearly, if the professional turn-over rate exceeds 10% to15% per year, it will be most unlikely that the peak performance of the laboratory will ever beachieved [Cetron].” 15

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Issues of Diversity in Graduate Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Paige Smith, University of Maryland; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Page 13.706.7Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM), which was founded in1976 and which brings together corporations, universities, research centers, and U. S.government laboratories to provide support for graduate study, including fellowships andworkshops on how to apply for graduate school.77 Another long-standing source of fellowshipsand internships for women and under-represented minorities in science and engineering is theAT&T Labs-Lucent Bell Laboratories Ph.D. fellowship program,78,79 which celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in 2007. Other fellowships are also provided through various National Air andSpace Administration programs.80 Several ASEE sessions over the years have highlighted theNASA

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Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Anthony, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Marjory Palius, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Carolyn Maher, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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AC 2008-2443: DISCOURSE-BASED COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE:DEVELOPING GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ABILITIES TO COMMUNICATETHEIR RESEARCH ACROSS DISPARATE DISCIPLINES AND EXPERIENCELEVELSLinda Anthony, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey LINDA J. ANTHONY is Program Manager for the NSF IGERT Program on Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She joined Rutgers shortly after the IGERT grant was awarded, following over twenty years as a Member of Technical Staff in the Research Division of AT&T/Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Her research interests included capillary microcolumn separations, submicron particle sizing, and

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan; Anthony Lachawiec, University of Michigan; Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan

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Northeastern. Reginald also served as President of the ASEE student chapter at the University of Michigan from 2005-2007. His current research is focused on the self-assembly of colloidal crystal structures for various applications. Upon finishing his degree, Reginald plans to return to industry before pursuing a position at the university level.Anthony Lachawiec, University of Michigan Anthony J. Lachawiec Jr. is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He currently serves as the ASEE Student Chapter President and has been a Graduate Student Instructor for undergraduate laboratory courses at both the University of Michigan and Lehigh

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Crain, University of Oklahoma; James Sluss, University of Oklahoma; Monte Tull, University of Oklahoma; Samuel Lee, University of Oklahoma

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, University of Oklahoma Sam C. LEE joined the University of Oklahoma in 1975 and is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His prior experience includes eight years at Bell Laboratories and adjunct associations with NYU and the University of Houston. Dr. Lee has authored four books and over 130 technical papers. He holds three patents including the Talking Typewriter. BS National Taiwan University, MS University of California, Berkeley and PhD University of Illinois, Urbana. Page 13.1007.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 PROGRESS IN ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATE ELECTRICAL AND

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajesh Bachu, University of Bridgeport; Deepak S. Deepawale, University of Bridgeport; Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport

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student centre is an active department at UB which frequently organizes festivals, programs, and international festival where students from different parts of world perform with an active spirit and enthusiasm. (Second semester Student in E.E.)” “I like all cultural activities at UB like international festivals and Bollywood night. We have good equipment for sports in UB. But we do not have physical director to encourage us... (Second semester student in E.E.)” “UB provide good cultural activities like international festivals, Bollywood nights. I do not have any idea about sports activities. (Second year student in E.E.)”ConclusionResponses reveal that quality education and laboratories with

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Yeqin Huang, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University

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through Applications: Comparison of Engraving Capabilitiesbetween the Haas CO2 Laser and the Oxford Lasers Solid State Diode Pumped Laser, abstract accepted bythe Proceeding of the 2008 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. Pittsburg, PA,June 2008.9. Zhang, L. T., Adams, R. D., Zhang, J. Z., Graduate Learning through Teaching: Design of a DSSSSystem for Undergraduate Wireless Communications Laboratory, abstract accepted by the Proceeding ofthe 2008 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. Pittsburg, PA, June 2008. Page 13.1065.10

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Rencis; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; David Woodall, Oregon Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Albert McHenry; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Edmund Segner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Barry Farbrother, University of New Haven; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University

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variety of problems inresearch, production and process development, design, manufacturing as well as in domains suchas computational chemistry, biology, genomics, business forecasting, economic modeling, etc.Computational modeling and simulation is being accepted as a third methodology in scientificdiscovery processing and engineering design, complementing the traditional approaches oftheory and experiment. Many experiments and investigations that have traditionally beenperformed in a laboratory or the field are being augmented or replaced by computationalmodeling and simulation. Examples include weather and climate modeling 1, fossil fuelcombustion simulation 2, engine and vehicle design 3, materials development 4, aircraft design 5,electronic