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2023 CIEC

Authors

Vatsal Maru; Adam Lynch

estimate the competency of faculty within an institution by their individualacademic credentials, number, or amount of grants as well as the number of conferences and peerreviewed articles, citation count of each article, or the impact factor of the journal in which thearticles are published. While it certainly has its own concerns, the h-index is still the mostcommon measure of an individual researchers measure of both citation impact and productivity[4]. Next, for an individual student one may determine competence by combined information oftheir degrees, the awarding institutions, and the grade point average (GPA) for each degree [5].How can industry compare engineering graduates from different institutions in differentcountries, much less

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Susan Scachitti; Daniel Suson; Maged Mikhail

events were originally initiated to share, on a peer-to-peer levelwith high school students, what STEM projects, activities, and careers can look like.While the actual events are largely student-run, the administrative aspects of STEM on the Roadare handled by a handful of university faculty and staff. They organize the events, make contactwith high schools, and solicit student volunteers from the collegiate competition teams andresearch clubs. As a result, they have provided an environment where student researchers andcompetition club members can come together to share their passions with like-minded high- andmiddle-school students. Additionally, their work has set a foundation for a unique educationaland social community of students that is