Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan McGaughey, Carnegie Mellon University; Jeremy Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University

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Engineering Technology

; ‚ layered, linked, accessible, and reusable course notes; ‚ the ability to monitor student progress in real time; ‚ support for scheduling and team formation; and ‚ support for course co-development. Page 13.1402.13Student interaction benefits include ‚ increased peer to peer interaction; ‚ increased student-instructor interaction; ‚ accessibility of all work in the public domain; ‚ full historical records of individual contributions to group assignments; ‚ support for collaborative writing; ‚ mechanisms to control accuracy; and ‚ growth and reuse of information over time, across courses, and across

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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New Engineering Educators

are difficult for a variety of reasons, including the lackof preparation and experience that new faculty members have for various aspects of the job.Much advice has been given regarding the use of mentoring and workshops to accelerate theacclimatization period, but these methods may not involve the relaxed atmosphere and opendiscussion conducive to the development and free exchange of ideas and ideologies. In thispaper, we discuss our approach of regular peer meetings of such discussions. Peer meetingspromote the discussion of problems encountered by new faculty as the problems develop. Notonly does discussing problems in such meetings assist in the creation of solutions, but everyonewho participates in the discussion is thereafter prepared

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Thomes, University of Pittsburgh; Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Kate Joranson, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Washburn, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Baker, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

crucial CompositionProgram and ABET objectives, we review here the development of the first 2 writingassignments freshman engineering students encounter. The actual E/FEWP writing assignmentsthat all freshman engineering students must complete are available upon request.E/FEWP: Assignment #1Dan Budny has a program in which upperclassmen act as peer mentors to incoming freshmen. Togain a sense of their students’ background, interests and accomplishments, the mentors ask thefreshmen students to write letters of recommendation about themselves for an imaginaryengineering scholarship. As the E/FEWP faculty, directed by Beth Newborg, began developingthe program’s curriculum, they immediately saw the usefulness of this peer mentoring exercise.The E

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Maria Simone, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

and design has proven significantly more challenging thanintegrating writing and design. Even when public speaking deliverables are directly tiedto a design project, students often feel that the presentation is an afterthought. Indeed, inmany cases the design is completed (or a significant milestone is reached) before thepresentation is prepared. Thus, public speaking is often associated with design, but not asan integral part of designing. In this course, students give several mid-semesterpresentations as part of an ongoing design project, where they are given feedback byengineering faculty and their peers. As a result of this feedback, many students havecome to realize that this form of communication is an important part of

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Melnyk, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy

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Educational Research and Methods

, faculty can encounter difficulty ensuring individualgrades reflect the quantity and value of individual work and not just the collective grade of thegroup. This paper outlines the various steps the mechanical engineering faculty took to provide amore standardized, objective, fair grading process in the capstone course. These steps includeuse of a non-numeric rubric for grading briefings, graded peer reviews, a more objective rubricfor grading written documents, and the use of course directors to standardize the grading process.Introduction The mechanical engineering curriculum at the United States Military Academy (USMA)includes a capstone design project as a culminating experience that draws on fundamentalengineering concepts students have

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Laura Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Eric Sprouls, University of Southern Indiana

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

two 100-level engineering courses, an algebra-based physics course, and acollege algebra course. Otherwise, all other courses they take are the same as those offered inthe 4-year curriculum. The 5-year program also has the advantage of a lower credit load persemester which allows these students more study time per course. The three main goals of thefreshman curriculum developed for this program are to provide these students with (1) the skillsthey will need to compete with their peers in the 4-year program, (2) immediate contact with theengineering faculty and peer students, and (3) an introduction to the rigor and commitmentrequired to successfully complete an engineering program. The first 100-level engineeringcourse focuses on the

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; daniel ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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Educational Research and Methods

evolved over the past decade focusingon professional skills, such as ethical awareness, and from the reports by the National Academyon the attributes of the engineer of 20202 3. While most engineering students have presumablybeen exposed to an engineering Code of Ethics, it has not been established that this exposure hasa great impact on their future decision making. The ideal outcome, presumably, is that allstudents would be able to recognize a situation, in professional or personal life, that presented anethical dilemma, would be able to analyze the challenge from a variety of perspectives anddiscuss it with relevant peers, and make an informed decision, recognizing the ways in whichthey were adhering to some codes of ethics but perhaps not to

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

usedthroughout the entire sequence for feedback and assessment. This rubric is provided to thestudents before they begin writing the first draft. This rubric is currently being examined forreliability and validity.After students receive feedback on their first draft from the teaching assistant, they makerevisions to their procedure and submit a second draft that enters a calibrated double-blind peerreview. Each team receives three or four critiques. Teams then utilize these critiques to finalizetheir procedure which is submitted for grading to the teaching assistant. Page 13.689.4In the five years since MEAs were first implemented in the first-year

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Marty Johnston, University of St. Thomas; Christopher Greene, University of St. Thomas; Mari Heltne, University of St. Thomas

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-277: CUSTOMER BASED COURSE DEVELOPMENT – CREATING AFIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING COURSE FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTSPatrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas Patrick L. Jarvis received his J.D. in Law and Ph.D. in Computer Science both at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has broad industry and consulting experience in the design and development of procedural and object-oriented systems, relational database systems, peer-to-peer and client-server systems, as well as the management of high technology employees. His law practice focuses on arbitration and mediation of high technology disputes. He joined the Computer and Information Sciences faculty of the University of St

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

• Enhanced educational and mentoring experience for graduate studentsThe faculty mentor plays a key role in the process. New faculty especially need to make sure that the effort theyput into mentoring a student in this worthwhile program has a return on its investment. In other words, theparticipant’s project should lead to at least a presentation or poster at a professional meeting, but more ideally, itshould provide a substantial contribution to a paper prepared for peer-review. ENABLING MEANINGFUL RESEARCH EXPERIENCESThe primary goal of a summer research experience is to offer an informative, positive immersion in research so thatparticipants can make an informed decision as to whether they would like to pursue an

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Masten, McMaster University; Robert Fleisig, McMaster University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Table 1. Comparison of course assessments. 2005-06, 2006-2007 2007-2008 Academic Academic Years Year Number of Weighting Number of Weighting Assignments (%) Assignments (%) Technical Writing Essays 2 20 2 20 Excel Spreadsheet 1 10 - - Readiness Assessment Test 15 10 12 10 (in-class quizzes) Design Projects 2 40 1 20 Tutorial participation

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. The relationship between self-efficacy andachievement has also been studied in mathematics14,15 and writing16. For example, Pajares andMiller (1994)14 studied self-efficacy in the context of mathematical problem solving. They foundthat math self-efficacy was the most powerful predictor of math problem solving compared toother predictors including prior mathematics experience. Schunk and Swartz (1993)17 studied therelationship between writing self-efficacy and writing skills of fifth grade students. They found astrong correlation between self-efficacy, writing skills and strategy use. Students that receivedspecific progress feedback performed better than the control group that received only generalfeedback. One of our research goals is to

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Baker, Texas Tech University; Brian Nutter, Texas Tech University; Mohammed Saed, Texas Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

the program in general and of each team’s progress, severalfactors were determined to be significant. The presence of a strong peer role model andan active industry mentor influenced the level of involvement of each team member andthe progress each team made toward achieving their project goals.Introduction This paper describes a program in the Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE) Department at Texas Tech University that provides research and designopportunities for freshmen and pre-freshmen engineering students. The goal of theprogram was to increase recruitment and retention of students in ECE by exposing themto engineering through paid internships that focused on projects with social or communitysignificance. The program was

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens; David Burnette, Ohio University

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Design in Engineering Education

and new undergraduates9. However,the categories rated by these groups were part of an existing survey. Specifically, there have beenno studies on using industry-modeled peer reviews to educate students on the professional skills,nor has there been an investigation, to our knowledge, of how student-led assessments mightaffect the educational experience in an engineering curriculum. Page 13.1349.3Developing and Assessing Professional SkillsThe study involved students participating in a year-long senior capstone design course. Typicalclass size is 50 students. Most are traditional students, and nearly 50% have some co-op orinternship experience

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

lecture preparation reasonable, managing the classroom, andensuring that the necessary amount of material is presented during lecture (time spent onactivities is time not spent in lecture). While there is still much research being conducted toaddress these issues, many techniques have proven successful.With proper technology support, active learning techniques become much easier to apply. Inparticular, specialized software helps to both manage the classroom and to create lecturematerials. The Tablet PC, with the functionality to easily and quickly write equations anddiagrams so important to the CS curriculum, is tremendously important in supporting activelearning. 1,2In this paper, we describe how the Tablet PC and specialized software is used

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

. Funding priorities are determinedthrough an interactive process, and the PIs of this project work with the financial aid office onweekly basis.Program RequirementsTo make the most effective use of resources with the best impact, we developed a requirementthat awardees meet with their assigned mentors at least twice a semester to discuss their progressand plans. They must also choose and attend two seminars presented by visitors to Georgia Tech,generally on technical content. They have to then write a paper of one to two pages summarizingwhat they learned – a requirement that encourages not only attentive listening, but also follow-updiscussions with the presenters, technical writing skills, and interactions with their mentors. Aparticular format

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Mark Redfern, University of Pittsburgh; Richard Debski, University of Pittsburgh; Alejandro Almarza, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Borovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Savio Woo, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical

points with their own presentation and the feedback that they received from theirpeers.For the midterm exam, students deliver a 10 minute presentation describing the background,specific goals, study design and methods for their project. Following the presentation, eachpresenter must answer a minimum of 3 questions that are asked by their peers. Again, byallowing their peers to ask questions, the students can better understand where their presentationmight have lacked clarity and/or identify areas of confusion.The next set of lectures provides specific instruction on writing a scientific paper. Followingthese lectures students are grouped into teams of 4 and asked to critique and grade anonymouspapers that had been previously written by students

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-981: THE JOURNEY TO BUILD A 21ST CENTURYFACULTY-LIBRARIAN RELATIONSHIP: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE STUDYREFLECTED WITH CRITERIA 2E AND JJung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina Jung Oh is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Kansas State University at Salina. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA and was an ASEE postdoctoral fellow at Naval Air Warfare Center. She was 2004 Wakonse Teaching fellow and 2006 Peer Review of Teaching fellow at K-State. Her interests in scholarship of teaching include cross-curricular innovation.Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina Beverlee Kissick is an Emeritus professor and former director of libraries at Kansas State University at Salina. She earned her

Conference Session

Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Loker, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Engineering Technology

Page 13.1405.3 Europe, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) coordinates regulatory efforts. Other countries have their own regulatory agencies, but many of them accept either the FCC or ETSI as proof of compliance. ‚ Network Topology: Due to the limited transmit power which reduces the maximum transmission range, multihop networks are needed. In multihop networks, the message source and destination addresses are not necessarily within range, and communication may occur through intermediate devices that relay messages. This happens with devices that are configured as peer-to-peer. ‚ Self-organization: To enable ease of installation, WSNs need to be self-organizing. Thus

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Matthew Search, Iowa State University

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Liberal Education

realized Creation Delivery Figure 1. The Engineering Information Exchange ProcessThis process includes five critical steps. They are 1. Analysis; 2. Formulation; 3. Creation; 4. Page 13.71.3Delivery; and 5. Assessment.19 A survey of numerous course descriptions and papers fromacross the U.S. revealed that many courses include assessment of students by their instructors,peers, industrial partners, etc.10, 17, 20, 21, 22 Tranquillo and Cavanaugh discuss the usefulness ofrevision in writing and self-reflection on presentations.9 Likewise, Gunn describes courses thatrequire multiple drafts of

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Fairley, Georgia Institute of Tehnology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adrianne Prysock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

engineering researcher.Lilja describes the needs of engineering researchers to critically evaluate the work oftheir peers, understand and utilize standard tools and techniques in their field of study,and present innovative ideas and results clearly in written and oral communication. AllSURE student participants are not engineers, however the skills cited by Lilja areconsidered applicable for success in all disciplines represented within the SURE program.The fundamental components stated by Lilja for successful research were incorporated inthe SURE 2007 program year through a three part seminar series focused oncommunication, investigation and documentation. All seminars were formulated andfacilitated by the SURE Program Coordinator.Seminar

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University; Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

through videoconferencing, on their research results and lessons learned from the summer.Students received group instructions and feedback in our weekly teleconferences, but theyreceived individual coaching on slide design and all written work through in-person or onlineconferences. They also did peer editing. Thus, students were able to revise their communicationdeliverables and see how communication improves if one approaches it as a process. In addition,since students knew they would be making final presentations to a larger audience at the end ofthe summer as well as submitting reports to VaNTH, they were writing to real audiences – andthus engaging in the authentic “challenge-based” or “problem-based” instruction that VaNTHadvocates because

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and making presentations at conferences and meetings. Evidence indicative ofresearch contributions may include but is not limited to the following: • Inventions and innovations that lead to patents, • Publication of research results in recognized professional journals, • Participation in writing textbooks or professional manuals and design guides, • Presentation of research results at professional meetings, particularly invited presentations at national or international meetings; • Receipt of research grants, • Receipt of research awards, and • Directing student research.Of the above mentioned evidences, some are considered more important than others. Forexample

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

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Civil Engineering

Curriculum, Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal.20. Rose, A.T. (2001). Using the Peer Review Process to Implement Writing Assignments in an Engineering Technology Course, Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Page 13.1257.12

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Graduate Studies

the semester. To varying degrees, these weekly meetings also serveas peer mentoring and community building activities among the teaching teams assigned to eachcourse. There is little communication between graduate students assigned to different courses,even among Graduate Teaching Fellows. Written, qualitative faculty evaluations were veryuseful to workshop leaders, while quantitative student evaluations using a standardized formwere not reflective of the responsibilities of workshop leaders. Recommendations includeexpanding the faculty teaching mentor role, redesigning the student feedback form, and addingsocial activities across course assignments.I. IntroductionThose holding academic faculty positions within a college or university are

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

; offers peer-reviewsof paper submissions; proposal writing guidelines and instruction; and affords undergraduatestudent team members of any level with the opportunity to engage in relevant scientific research,hands-on discipline-related design, career information, opportunities in meeting presentation andeducational outreach.IntroductionSponsored as part of a NASA Workforce Development initiative since 2002, the TSGC DesignChallenge [TDC] has continued to deliver a unique academic experience to the undergraduatestudent teams that participate: the opportunity to propose, design and fabricate a mission-relevant design solution for NASA. Design Challenge project topics are submitted to TSGC fordesign team consideration by engineers and scientists

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ricky Castles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Aditya Johri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; David Kibler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

13.203.5Figure 4- Airplane System and Its Components – Drawn by a Student 4It may be mentioned that DyKnow allows an instructor to share students’ panels with allstudents. In-class polling was done to seek students’ feedback on how they felt about their workbeing shared with peers in class. Here’re the results: Statement: I like the panels are shared back with the class Strongly agree (20%), Agree (28%), Neither agree nor disagree (23%), Disagree (4%), Strongly disagree (5%), Invalid data (20%) (Sample size: 235)It can be seen that majority of students like seeing other students’ work and are possibly findinglearning from peers to be a positive experience.2.1.2 Other Tablet Applications: Like in fall 2006

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Kampe, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christi Boone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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First-Year Programs

offered to replace both semesters of the freshman program fortransfer students. This new course, along with a peer-mentoring program for transfer studentsthat had been initiated the prior year, seemed to offer a much needed support system for thetransfer students. The synergistic impact of the fall 2006 course and the concurrent mentoringprogram led to slating the course for transfers as a summer 2007 offering with the mentoringeffort integrated into the course. This paper provides details on course design andadministration, and on the integration of the peer-mentoring program. Student evaluations of thecourse and the mentoring are provided, as are insights from the summer mentors. This program,tailored for transfer students, is also suitable for

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies

critical resource upon whichmany large research institutions rely. The GSI position also provides a pivotal opportunity fordeveloping the next generation of engineering faculty and industry leaders through training andmentoring. A centrally organized peer mentor program1 is one approach that can positivelyimpact not only the GSIs’ teaching experiences, but the peer mentors’ experiences as well.2 Thispaper evaluates the Engineering GSI Mentor (EGSM) program at the University of Michigan,which is designed to train and empower selected graduate students to provide teaching-relatedservices to their fellow GSIs. EGSMs’ duties range from consultations on a variety ofpedagogical topics to in-classroom services, such as observing a GSI’s teaching and

Conference Session

Mentoring & Development:Creating Successful NEEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Elizabeth Jones, Tarleton State University; Denise Martinez, Tarleton State University

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New Engineering Educators

used to drive periodic (e.g., monthly) workshops and brown bag lunch series. Thesefaculty resource efforts are being hosted and implemented by the Center for InstructionalTechnology and Distance Education. Thus, it requires minimal time investment by the newfaculty cohort members.Most recently, expansion of the cohort has resulted in the formation of the Junior Faculty WritersGroup. The focus of this group is to provide a framework for peer review of manuscripts invarious stages of the writing process, review journal or conference papers, grant proposals, bookchapters, academic portfolios, or any other scholarly works. The group is not only an extra set ofediting eyes, but also a source of encouragement for each other to produce high