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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Kourtney Rogers Gruner, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #42435Applied Capstone Project for Working Professionals: A Decade of Experiencesin Design, Execution, and Creating Value for EmployersDr. Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University Dr. Bharani Nagarathnam is an Associate Professor of Instruction and Associate Director of Master of Industrial Distribution program at the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He is the co-founder of the Talent Development Council that works with Distributions on Talent acquisition, management, and development practices. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Skill Development in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Qing Li, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, University of Dayton; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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experiences with the Earned Value Management(EVM) simulator, understanding the team members' roles and agile development process to gainthe PM experiences. Gilbuena et al. [10] adopt the ethnographic approach to assess how final-year undergraduate students in chemical, biological, or environmental engineering gainprofessional skills through capstone projects, and they [10] found frequent faculty feedback isessential in enhancing their activities in technical training.The majority of research on PM skills has been focused at the undergraduate level [9], [10], [11],[12]. Research on PM training at the graduate level has been limited to Master’s level education[13], [14]. For example, Do Amaral et al. [13] highlighted Project Management (PM

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tess Bisbee Meier, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yunus Doğan Telliel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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generation of engineers to be ethical, human-centric, collaborative, communicative, and transdisciplinary. As a graduate student she has advised international interactive qualifying projects (IQP) and a senior capstone design project (MQP). As she pursues a career in academia, Tess strives to combine her interests in medical robotics and engineering education.Dr. Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Yilmaz Akkaya is a postdoctoral researcher in Nanoenergy Group under the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She holds BS degrees in Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bogazici University. She completed her Master’s and PhD Degrees

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mirit Shamir, Kansas State University; Jonathan Aguilar, Kansas State University; Rebecca Cors, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ryan Robert Hansen, Kansas State University; Nathan P. Hendricks, Kansas State University; Gaea A. Hock; Stacy L. Hutchinson, Kansas State University; Prathap Parameswaran, Kansas State University; Matthew R. Sanderson; Melanie Derby, Kansas State University

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potential vocational pathways, includinggovernment, academia, and industry.The NRT program at our university includes educational and experiential components. Thesecomponents are field experiences, policy experiences at the state capital, applied course work,interdisciplinary research, faculty and peer mentoring, professional development, and periodicassessment of these components. The NRT organized three courses: a one-credit hour cross-listed course called Integrated FEW Systems, a two-credit hour cross-listed NRT Capstone, and a0-credit NRT Seminar. In the Integrated FEW Systems course, students were introduced tosystems thinking, with specific application to the FEW nexus in South West Kansas. The NRTCapstone is a project-based course that

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Graduate Student Pipeline and Workforce Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David K. Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; H. P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Audrey Rorrer

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to get patents done, and people are always really excited about trying to get this to commercialization.Students continue to pursue publications of their work, though the primary focus is on the patentas their capstone experience. As the feedback from one completer (above) suggests, studentsmay be involved in more than one research project with more than one leading to patentproposals.Additionally, candidates have specific opportunities to develop entrepreneurial skills such asenrollment in courses offered by the College of Business with a focus on entrepreneurship andinnovation including Entrepreneurial Decisions, Entrepreneurial Strategy, Innovation Analytics,Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities, Entrepreneurial

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany; Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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educating and developing engineers, teachers (future faculty), and the community at all levels (k12, undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and internationally). A few of these key areas include engineering identity and mindsets, global competencies, failure culture, first year experiences in engineering, capstone design thinking, integrating service and authentic learning into the engineering classroom, implementing new instructional methodologies, and design optimization using traditional and non-traditional manufacturing. She seeks to identify best practices and develop assessments methods that assist in optimizing computing and engineering learning. Dr. Gurganus was one the inaugural award winners of the Diane M. Lee

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Skill Development in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Britney Russell, University of Connecticut; Antigoni Konstantinou, University of Connecticut; Ayah Abdallah, University of Connecticut; Fayekah Assanah, University of Connecticut

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presentation for their undergraduatecurriculum through junior writing, capstone, and senior design in every field. Such resources arelimited and often need to be more organized for the graduate curriculum, needing a systematicapproach to address the diverse aspects of communicating science effectively to differentaudiences. Besides, the diverse and multilingual backgrounds of graduate students should benoticed when students are expected to present and publish their work in the field. Therefore,there is a need to infuse the graduate engineering curriculum with well-designed scientificcommunication courses to ensure the productivity of students.The University of Connecticut identified this significant gap in providing structured support tothe graduate