Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan A. Durham, University of Georgia; Wesley E. Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

Tagged Divisions

Student

organizations provide a great opportunity for undergraduate students toform collaborative study groups. Because these organizations are comprised of studentsin all classes, freshmen through seniors and even graduate students, students are able towork with other students to study for exams and assist in the understanding of homeworkproblems and course content. Lastly, guest speakers are routinely incorporated into regularly scheduledorganizational meetings. These speakers are often industry professionals, local officials,and career development staff. Roundtable discussions between student group membersand a panel of young engineers are great ways for students to ask questions about careeropportunities, expectations, interview insights, and other

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Aleong, Queen's University

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Graduate Studies, Student

time was simply to go toUniversity and get a degree, which would then serve as the springboard for my career. Despiteseemingly limited options, I was not challenged after graduating from high school to be criticalof my career path. Upon graduating from University, I became aware of the choice of optionsbefore me: I could work in engineering industry, I could pursue my entrepreneurial dreams, Icould pursue graduate research in engineering, I could pursue graduate work in another area ofinterest. Faced with these decisions, I started to be critical of my career and my goals for furthereducation. I started to question how graduate studies would benefit me in the future. My criticalperspectives started in undergraduate studies and have been

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-4541: LESSONS LEARNED ON PREPARATION, MOTIVATION,EXPECTATION, AND REFLECTION WHILE TEACHING AND MENTOR-ING AS A GRADUATE STUDENTKacie Caple D’Alessandro, Virginia Tech Kacie C. D’Alessandro is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Structural Engineering and Materials Pro- gram of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Va.). She received both her B.S. and M.S. from Clemson University. Once completing the Ph.D. program at Virginia Tech, D’Alessandro plans to pursue a career in academia to teach and to continue research on concrete structures. She also plans to pursue opportunities with engineering education research and K-12 outreach programs

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Neale, University of Waterloo; Oliver Grant, University of Waterloo; Manoj Sachdev P.Eng., University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Student

theirundergraduate degree.At the University of Waterloo, student grades are awarded based on a 100% (100 point) scale. Ahistogram of the participants’ cumulative academic averages is provided in Figure 4. A student’scumulative academic average is the arithmetic mean of all of the student’s course grades in theircurrent program of study up until the current point in his or her academic career. In this paper,this term will be used synonymously with GPA. For graduate students, this value only includescourses taken within the student’s current graduate program. Since the interviews wereconducted during a Fall term, an exception was made for freshmen students that had not yetcompleted a full academic term. For these three students, only their midterm averages

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Carl Becker P.E., Iowa State University; Joel K. Sikkema, Iowa State University; Nicole Lynn Oneyear, Iowa State University; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Student

enforcement, and rural highway curve safety.Dr. Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University Since 2007, Shashi Nambisan has been the Director, Institute for Transportation (InTrans) and a Professor of Civil Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. He previously served on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for more than 17 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Nevada. One of Nambisan’s passions is the development of the future transportation work- force. He enjoys working with students. His advisees have developed successful professional careers at universities or in the private and public sectors. Many of them serve in leadership positions in profes- sional

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Narate Taerat, Louisiana Tech University; Nichamon Naksinehaboon, Louisiana Tech University; Oneka Tiwanna Cummings, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

„disconnect‟ between the graduate students throughout the college. TheGSC saw an opportunity for cross collaboration as well as creating a more united community ofcohorts within its graduate programs. The GSC wanted to provide an opportunity for growthwithin the graduate student community. After a meeting with the dean in January of 2011, it wasdecided that providing a college wide conference for the graduate students to present their Page 25.577.2research would yield great benefits for not only the graduate students, but also the university.Students would profit from improved presentation skills for their future professional careers 2 aswell as

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design, writing across the curriculum in statics courses, and a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. She serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Education in her department at Virginia Tech and co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center. Page 25.485.1