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Mentoring Graduate Students

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Tonya Saddler, Northwestern University; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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AC 2009-210: SOCIALIZATION TO THE PROFESSORIATE THROUGHRESEARCH COLLABORATION: EXAMINING WHAT ENGINEERINGDOCTORAL STUDENTS ASPIRING TO FACULTY CAREERS LEARN FROMFACULTY MENTORSTonya Saddler, Northwestern University Dr. Tonya N. Saddler is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Northwestern University.Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Dr. Elizabeth G. Creamer is a Professor of Educational Research and Evaluation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Page 14.1064.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Socialization to the professoriate through research collaboration: Examining

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Graduate Student Experiences

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

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AC 2009-447: GRADUATE STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND MENTOR BENEFITSOF THE PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY PROGRAM IN ENGINEERINGJin-Hwan Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology JIN-HWAN LEE is a post-doctoral research fellow in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He has been awarded the Rindsberg fellowship to prepare academic careers and joined Preparing Future Faculty program. His research and teaching interests include biosensors and microfluidic biochips for MEMS/NEMS applications.Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati CARLA C. PURDY

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Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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AC 2009-799: PREPARING GRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS FORACADEMIA: ASSESSMENT OF A TEACHING FELLOWSHIPErin Crede, Virginia TechMaura Borrego, Virginia Tech MAURA BORREGO is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary graduate education in engineering. She has an NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for this work. Page 14.975.1© American Society for Engineering

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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for professional graduateengineering education that enables continued growth of graduate engineers in industry and governmentservice throughout their entire professional careers ─ from entry-level through the highest levels ofprofessional engineering leadership for innovation and creative practice. This model reflects the mannerby which practicing engineers recognize real-world needs, understand the issues involved, learn theexisting state-of-the art of technology through self-directed and experiential learning, identify andformulate realistic specifications required for effective solution, direct scientific research efforts to gain abetter understanding of phenomena involved, and actually create, develop, and innovate new ‘ideas

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kwabena Narh, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Ronald E. McNairPost-baccalaureate Achievement Program. During each of the last three years, New JerseyInstitute of Technology has hosted two separate REUs as well as a McNair Program. Dataacross all three years have been combined to further examine changes in students’ attitudestoward graduate studies after participating in one of the programs and to begin investigatingpossible differences between the students who attended the REU programs and the students whoattended the McNair program. Students in the Ronald E. McNair PostbaccalaureateAchievement Program showed significantly higher attitudes toward graduate studies, were morepositive about research and appeared more likely to pursue careers in academia.IntroductionFactors that influence

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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. Integrates the modern paradigm of the process of engineering for technology innovation with practice that enables the engineer to create, develop, and innovate new technology and improvements specific to his or her sponsoring company as a primary ingredient of the engineer’s advanced studies program. Provides a coherent approach for the lifelong learning of experienced working professionals through the professional master’s and professional doctor of engineering levels that enables career progression and development of leaders at all engineering levels from entry-level through chief engineer / vice Page 14.1075.3 president

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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years. Both the professional master and the professional doctoral programs arespecifically designed to be more relevant to the creative practice of engineering for innovationand are intended to further the skill-sets of graduates expected to pursue careers in industrywhere technological competitiveness primarily occurs.1.2 “People … The Heart of Successful Innovation”Underpinning the UK’s effort to improve its competitive edge are three core themes: 1)Innovation is the life-blood of UK’s future economic prosperity and improvement of the qualityof life; 2) People … are the heart of successful innovation, and; 3) Government creates theconditions for innovation to flourish.Accordingly, the objectives of the UK professional postgraduate

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Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Fox, Drexel University; David Delaine, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University

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Engineering curricula and the impact of developing these non-traditional skills in decisions regarding a future faculty career. Graduate student teachingadvances the student’s knowledge not only in curriculum design but also allows fine tuning formethods of professorial leadership and mentorship, all characteristics desired by institutions withstrong undergraduate engineering programs. Developing a collaborative program that enablesgraduate students to take on the role of course instructor while working closely with facultybenefits both parties; it can specifically provide a preview of faculty demands for the graduatestudent prior to committing to an undergraduate institution.The graduate student/faculty collaborative program allows Ph.D. students to

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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degree more frequently prepares students for advanced careers in the academic/researcharena. A professional graduate degree in engineering will provide an engineer in industry a pathtowards either engineering management; or a deeper knowledge in a chosen specialty such asaerodynamics, structural mechanics, or computational fluid mechanics. Page 14.1078.23. Why is a Professional Graduate Degree in Engineering needed?A practicing engineer in industry requires a means to advance beyond the Baccalaureate degreeentry-level in engineering practice, besides work experience, mentoring by more seniorengineers, and in-house training. In today’s innovation

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University

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this nationalresource. As the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) has pointedout: graduate education in engineering has evolved primarily in the United States as a byproductof a national science policy for research.2 The United States does not have a definite coherentpolicy for the graduate development of the vast majority of its domestic graduate engineeringand technologist workforce whose professional careers are centered on the creation, developmentand leadership of new and improved technology for business and industry.3A Call-for-Action to Secure U.S. Innovative Capacity and CapabilityBy the year 2010, estimates indicate that 37% of America’s domestic engineering leadershipbase will have retired, causing a “brain

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

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maintains a relationship with a less-experienced, oftennew member to the organization and provides information, support, and guidance so as toenhance the less-experienced member's chances of success in the organization and beyond.” [3]The goal of the mentoring relationship is to enhance the student's academic success and tofacilitate the progression to post-graduate plans, either graduate study or a career in theworkplace. In the university setting, graduate students might receive mentoring from either theiradvisor or non-advisor. This study concentrates on mentoring relationship between graduatestudents and their advisor. Faculty advisor can be either research advisor or academic advisor.However, it is common that graduate students’ works are most

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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effectively in teams, and interacting with K–12students … Of these skills, the interns indicated that their greatest improvements were in the areas ofcommunicating science topics to nontechnical audiences and interacting with K–12 students.” 15 SeveralIPSE program participants also reported a shift in their career paths to science education or publicunderstanding of science as a result of their experience with this training program15.In 2007, the US House of Representatives introduced a bill (HR1453 or The Scientific CommunicationsAct of 2007) requesting the National Science Foundation to offer grants specifically for science graduatetraining programs to “develop communications skills that will enable them to effectively explain technicaltopics to

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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topologies for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Station.Robyn Fillinger, North Carolina State University Robyn M. Fillinger received her B.S. degree in Communications from the State University of New York at Brockport. She holds a certificate in Graphic Arts and Web Design from the Hendricks Institute and a certificate in Sports and Special Events Marketing from New York University. Currently she is the Manager of Graduate Programs and Student Services for the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Robyn also serves as the University representative for the National GEM Consortium. Robyn began her career in Graduate Programs and

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynita Newswander, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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engineering. She has an NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for this work. Page 14.683.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 IGERT Funding and the Institutionalization of Interdisciplinary Graduate EducationAbstract Interdisciplinary graduate education is key to the preparation of tomorrow’s engineers,researchers and faculty. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate EducationResearch Traineeships (IGERTs) provide funding to train students in interdisciplinary scienceand engineering

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Stephen Elliott, Purdue University

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greater expectations and need for such responsiveness than does the typical university clientele.1. Dobrowski, T. College-Industry Collaboration, 2006 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings of the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education. (2006).2. Exploring common ground: A report on business/academic partnership. Washington, D.C. AmericanAssociation of State Colleges and Universities. (1987).3. Newton, K. A., Sutton, J. J., and Dunlap, D. D., Instructional Delivery Rationale for an On and Off-CampusGraduate Education Program Using Distance Education Technology, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsof the American Society for Engineering Education. (2000).4. Accelerate your career: A five-semester weekend program of master of science

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Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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between the course and their future career. Similarly, only abouthalf of the students felt they were more interested in teaching for their future career. Manystudents do not anticipate seeking an instructional or faculty position, as a career goal, and planto go into industry.Of the course activities in the seminar, students rated the peer observations to be the most helpfulwith over 70% describing them to be “helpful” or “very helpful.” For example, one studentstated, “Peer observations were excellent.” Another student stated, “The peer review was themost important part of the course” but still desired wanting “more time to practice in front ofpeers [which] would have been valuable.” Yet another student noted that the peer observations“were the

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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ethnicity, were a significant factor inwomen engineering students' persistence in engineering careers.As for academic programs, one large study15 surveyed over 4,000 Ph.D. students from avariety of disciplines in 1999 to get their perspective on doctoral education. Resultsindicated that students were often dissatisfied with the doctoral programs they were inand did not think that their training really prepared them for the jobs they were seeking.Thus for these programs the perceptions of the faculty and of the students were verydifferent. A recent study conducted by the University of California16 indicated thatfaculty careers, in engineering or other disciplines, are not very attractive to currentdoctoral students. It may be that such attitudes are

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Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pauline Johnson, University of Alabama; Philip Johnson, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Joan Barth, University of Alabama; Bettie Aruwajoye, University of Alabama; Hannah Beatty, University of Alabama; Kendrick Gibson, University of Alabama; Sarah Dunlap, University of Alabama

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experience will -feel well-traveledbe useful to you in your future -hands on engineering experienceengineering career? -experience with the culture; might like to work there long-term -experience dealing with unusual or unfamiliar obstacles -ingenuity and thinking outside the box8 What skills do you think it takes to -being nice and approachable goes a long waywork in a different culture? -being accepting of differences; open-minded(communication, teamwork, leadership, -communicating not only in general but communicating engineeringappreciation for other cultures

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Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Paul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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fortheir Master’s Project. In other words, they will provide them with the opportunity to exploretheir potential research areas for their MS Project. Furthermore, having an additional course inthe same area as their field of interest will provide them with sufficient time to accomplish ascholarly work. Consequently, such courses will better equip them for post graduation career inthe today’s competitive world.MS Tech Program at IPFWThe Master of Science in Technology at the Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne(IPFW) was formally launched in the Spring Semester of 2007 with an enrollment of six fulltimes students. The enrollment since then has increased almost four fold but the actual activestudent number is slightly less because of

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Engineering Education, 2009 The Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Degree in Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Degree in Engineering Technology (ET) is a newdegree option created to meet growing industry needs for technologists with broad backgroundand experience to provide rewarding career and academic opportunities for undergraduates inscience, technology, business and health majors. According to the Council of Graduate Schools(CGS), this program involves not only advanced disciplinary study in engineering andtechnology, but also an appropriate array of professional skill-development activities to producegraduates highly valued by employers and fully prepared to

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soumya Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Mississippi State University. She received her PhD and M.S. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Technological University. Since joining MSU, Dr. Minerick has taught the graduate Chemical Engineering Math, Process Controls, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Freshman Seminar, Heat Transfer, and Analytical Microdevice Technology courses. In addition, she is an NSF CAREER Awardee, has served as co-PI on an NSF REU site, PI on grants from NSF and DOE, and is the faculty advisor for MSU’s chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). Her research is in medical microdevice diagnostics &

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

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experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.Howard Evans, National University, San Diego Dr. Howard Evans was appointed founding Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, National University, in October, 2003. He received B.S. degrees in Physics and Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Evans has over 20 years of executive and senior technical management experience at 3M

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New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Marx, a commentator on future trends, notes thatone trend of the future is that education will shift away from averages toward individuals, that is,move away from standardization and toward personalization.v The degree allows for theindividual student to follow an intense, field-specific plan of study, or a more general,interdisciplinary focus, depending on the student’s interests and career goals..As a side note, the fact that the GRE is not required for our degree is also attractive to students.The admission standards for the Master of Science in Technology degree are based onundergraduate performance and professional experience, although the GRE may be considered asa helpful factor in evaluating credentials. Many of the returning working

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lokesh Padhye, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gretchen Goldman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nadia Szeinbaum, Georgia Institute of Technology; Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Recep Goktas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Zohre Kurt, Georgia Institute of Technology

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from asking the participation of the entirefaculty in the seminar course, making the seminar topics more diverse and less detailed, toincluding discussion of current relevant topics in the field and inclusion of alumni talks in theseminar about their career experiences.B. Graduate Coursework. Survey questions 21 to 30 were formulated to address studentconcerns about graduate coursework in the program. Question 21 was aimed at determiningfactors motivating students’ decisions to register for courses. Relevance to the PhDcomprehensive examination and applicability to research and job prospects were the significantfactors influencing students to choose a particular class. Also the advisor’s recommendation andcore course requirements to obtain a

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New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daphene Koch, Purdue University; Orczyk Joseph, Purdue University

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constructors (thosewho have a minimum of five years experience), but also attract some who might transition to aposition in academia. The program needs to provide distance learning options or utilizes otherunique delivery systems while limiting residency requirements (cutting cost for out of statetuition). Young constructors are also likely to have less fear of returning to academics.Continuing education is becoming known as providing value to an employee. The ultimate goalwould be that a graduate degree is important to their career; it could make them stand out abovethe others. The program must then provide the ability to be completed with minimal interferenceof work. They can not quit their jobs and attend school full time as a residential student