Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies

between U.S.engineering graduate education and the creative practice of engineering ─ has contributedto a long-term underdevelopment of the nation’s graduate engineers for technologydevelopment and innovation, reflected in a long-term decline of our core competence forengineering innovation of new technology which has been a contributing factor to thenation’s long-term decline of U.S. competitiveness. It is now evident that one-size ofgraduate education for the nation’s academic scientific researchers, who are pursuingcareers of scientific discovery and inquiry at research universities, and that of graduateeducation for the nation’s graduate engineers who are pursuing professional careers ofadvanced engineering practice for technological

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Collaborative Task Force concludes that a new seamless approach for ‘lifelong learning’ and postgraduate professional education is needed in the U.S. system of graduate engineering education that: 1) Is complementary to academic scientific research, but is specifically designed to be more relevant to the progressive growth needs of experienced degreed engineers who are emerging as engineering leaders and; 2) Specifically advances U.S. postgraduate professional engineering education in the modern process and systematic practice of engineering and its leadership for continuous technological Page

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York; K. Shahrabi, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Beverly Kahn, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York

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Graduate Studies

graduate studies and achieve their academic goals. The program will also expand facultyinvolvement in research and professional development and increase students’ participation inindustrial applied research and product development projects that will positively impact theirmarketability and satisfy the Middle States reaccreditation and review process. This will preparestudents for successful futures by providing real life applications of knowledge, critical thinkingand a sound liberal arts education to help them pursue rewarding and successful careers.According to the College’s mission review, the implementation of this proposed program isgiven a top priority in the ongoing institutional planning process as it will foster teaching,learning

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

Pennsylvania StateUniversity. The course design incorporates lecture, discussion, active learning, and peer learningactivities that allow the students to experience the teaching process first hand. The courseincorporates two teaching observations, one by the course instructor and the other in the form ofa peer observation. The purpose of this paper is to share the experience, lessons learned and thebenefits of the course as it prepares a diverse population of graduate assistants to be teachers inundergraduate engineering courses. Publications that support teaching and learning strategies,model programs and framework for TA seminars are represented in the research.2 However, theresearch is lacking in the area of “how to implement” a program for TAs in

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Graduate Studies

using a variety of strategies; unfortunately, the literature on the effectiveness ofthese approaches is sparse. We present assessment and evaluation results from a course, “InformalScience Education for Scientists: A Practicum,” taught to graduate students in science and engineering-related disciplines in Spring 2008. This course provides a structured framework and experiential learningon informal science education for the graduate student participants during a semester-long experience.The iterative nature of designing an effective informal science education product and the importance offront-end, formative and summative evaluation are stressed throughout the course. The emphasis is placedon having students use a scientific approach in the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin-Hwan Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

require.Mentored Teaching Internship:The mentored teaching experience was designed based on the contract in Figure 2. My researchadvisor agreed to be my teaching mentor. The individualized mentored teaching experienceincluded teaching undergraduate and graduate classes, giving talks at research seminars, andmentoring students including beginning graduate students, undergraduate students for seniorprojects, one REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) student, and a high school studentfor the summer internship in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) atUC. Various methods for active learning, motivating students, problem-based active laboratorylearning, and peer tutoring were applied to mentor undergraduate students.Two upper

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Mitchell, North Carolina State University; Robyn Fillinger, North Carolina State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

past performance atthe designated graduate institutional site of retaining, graduating, and placing significantnumbers of LSAMP graduates into doctoral-degree programs. A plan for formally connecting asignificant number of newly matriculated LSAMP students, including master's degree graduates,to doctoral degree programs is expected.Successful projects must demonstrate substantive and formal connection to other NSF-fundedprograms, such as CREST, NSF research centers, Integrative Graduate Education and ResearchTraining Program (IGERT), Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education Program (GK-12),and AGEP. Successful BD projects must ensure that a substantive number of first year BD

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Graduate Studies

Kinesthetic Mode = 5 Tactical- 3% Concrete Boylan, H. R. (2002). What Works: Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education. Boone, NC: National Center for Developmental Education. Sometimes, in engineering disciplines “Kinesthetic” and “Visual” may slightly overlap. In a laboratory setting, the students can actually “see and observe” certain operations when they “perform” experiments. See and observe may be interpreted as visual. Perform may be interpreted as Kinesthetic. Therefore, a

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda O'Neill, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jessica McCormick, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Matthew Steinkamp, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Rachel Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Steven Brown, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Brandon Medcalf, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nathaniel Greene, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Graduate Studies

factors to be concerned with, thusstraight student responses are not a measure of effectiveness 4.Research MethodologyIn order to properly define students’ perceived shortcomings in the quality of classroom anddepartmental experiences, qualitative and quantitative research was conducted. Studentscurrently are given course outcome surveys to evaluate the material learned in a specific course.Valuable information impacting this issue is excluded from these surveys that can assist theinstitution in its educational practices. This research was conducted to determine where theorganization can enhance students’ overall academic experience.The researchers are students from various backgrounds in engineering and technology with aninterest in furthering

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Descoteaux, Norwich University; David Muckerman, CH2M HIll; Scott Sabol, Vermont Technical College

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Graduate Studies

staff toprofitable use at periods outside of the traditional academic year. Norwich University’s Schoolof Graduate Studies’ annual Residency events provide just such a use for two weeks (two one-week sessions) each June.The “bricks and mortar” side of the University benefits from this activity in primarily two ways.Not only are residence halls, dining facilities, etc., generating revenue, but University supportstaff (e.g., food service, custodial, maintenance, etc.), which are often laid-off at the end of theacademic year, can be retained. In addition to the obvious benefits to the individual and thecommunity in which they reside, this practice can also build staff loyalty.An interesting aside to these summer activities are the additional