Conference Session

Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

India.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and re- flective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity through Co-curricular Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Alexis Y. Williams, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Shawnisha Shonté Hester, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

doctoral programs, and (2) todevelop effective strategies for identifying and supporting underrepresented minorities who wantto pursue academic careers.There are no studies of which the authors are aware that demonstrate the unintended effect thattransform non-STEM graduate students into engineering education faculty, researchers, K-12educators, and advocates. However, utilizing McMillan and Chavis’ (1986) PSOC, we have beenable to integrate and offer the possibility to demonstrate why this unintended effect is occurringwith non-STEM participants in the PROMISE AGEP. Use of the PSOC model as a conceptualframework for the PROMISE AGEP is an example of an “unintended effect.” PSOC wasintroduced to PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP by a former graduate

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning in Graduate Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

will include improved critical thinking andwriting, increased motivation, improved life-long learning skills, better topic coverage, andincreased depth of coverage. Ideally, iSLR would be introduced into the wider curriculum andwould address student skills and abilities that are difficult to attain in regular coursework.The rest of the paper is organized as follows: Section II gives an overview of uses of SLR inother disciplines, especially in medicine and software engineering. Section III discusses uses ofiSLR as pedagogical tool in engineering and includes implementation details. Section IV isdevoted to assessment methods and results. Finally, section V discusses lessons learned, offerssome conclusions, and points to future work.II

Conference Session

Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martina V. Svyantek, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

[32]; forexample, Clemson University has an ePortfolio program that is used to track student learning asthey progress through their undergraduate degree [44]. Badging is a more recent type ofcredentialing (e.g., Credly) that provides visible proof of participation, such as completingselected parts of the ePortfolio process[45].Promoting Feedback and Assessment ePortfolios can be used to provide both formative and summative assessment to graduatestudents. A “meta-rubric” evaluating integrative learning is one assessment method thatuniversities can adapt to fit their own needs[46]. Formative assessments can be provided via peerreview, which allows fellow graduate students to give feedback and observe elements in otherePortfolios that they

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity through Co-curricular Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanfen Li, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Danielle Jamie Mai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elizabeth Horstman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Danielle earned her B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and an Illinois Mavis Future Faculty Fellow; her dissertation research focuses on improving the understanding of branched polymer dynamics via single molecule experiments. Danielle is an active member and current speaker coordinator of the Graduate Committee of the Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE).Elizabeth Horstman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elizabeth Horstman is a third year graduate student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pursuing a Ph.D. in