Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Shree Frazier; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

strong analytical skills, communication,practical ingenuity, leadership, professionalism, ethics, and lifelong learning.Methods, Techniques, or Modes of InquiryQualitative methods were used to conduct the current study, which is one part of an exploratorystudy about engineering Ph.D.s14. To define the attributes of engineering Ph.D.s and to identify Page 22.267.4strategies to help engineering Ph.D.s to acquire expected skills, researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with industry and academic professionals in engineering fields. Resultswere analyzed from four questions (two about attributes and two about strategies). The researchteam

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

department initiated an independent research propositioncourse for all first year PhD candidates. Student performance in this spring semesterthree unit course was treated as a graduate qualifier exam, and both students and facultyhave been supportive of this requirement, as summarized earlier1. Over the last decade, our first year approach to research education hasbroadened. Peter Kilpatrick added a one unit fall course, Introduction to Research, aprofessional development course including research ethics, presentations, andpublications. While these two courses were satisfying as stand-alone efforts, recentfaculty and graduate student sentiment pushed for an earlier engagement of student withresearch advisor, PhD committee, and research itself

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

program, theory vs. application (hands-on), 2) faculty issues such astenure and reward systems and staying current with field and pedagogy, 3) specific curriculumcontent issues of communications, teamwork, technology use, ethics and 4) concern regardingstudent preparation and retention of information. Objective 3 Students will be able to recognize the options for types of instructionalapproaches.. Results from a pair of questions related to types of instructional approaches theypreferred as a student and then how they are or have been teaching demonstrate that a gap doesexist between the two (Figure 2). The largest gap occurs in the areas of active learning exercisesand laboratory