Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

VJ Tocco, University of Florida; Kevin Buettner; Madeline G Sciullo, University of Florida; Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis; Jason E. Butler, University of Florida

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California, Davis, Davis, CAAbstractA team of experienced Ph.D. candidates developed and facilitated discussion in a semester-longweekly workshop that outlined basic research skills for a small cohort of first year doctoralstudents in Chemical Engineering. Session topics included professionalism, analyzing researcharticles, scientific writing mechanics, and designing presentation slides, among others. The peer-led approach provided an informal classroom setting, which fostered interactivity and stimulatedstudents’ willingness to participate in discussions. Incorporating such a workshop in otherdepartments or universities could greatly benefit all fledgling researchers and their principalinvestigators by boosting the students’ productivity and

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryon Kucharski, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joan Giblin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mehmet Ergezer, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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, learning new study techniques, new academichabits, and of course new concepts. These techniques develop from various sources,including self-taught trial and error, advice from friends, and directives from faculty.Unfortunately, if students do not eventually find successful tactics, they struggle and aredissatisfied with their experience or leave without having completed the program. Whilefaculty members, tutors, mentors, advisors, and more are a valid source of advice, studentsare more likely to make progress among peers. Meanwhile, recent graduates and current junior/senior students often have a wealth ofinformation regarding successful (and unsuccessful) study habits and other academic skillsgained through experience. These are often passed

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dipanjan Saha, Texas A&M University

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program hosted by the College of Engineering. The author had the scope to interact periodically with his peers and other professors to discuss and improve teaching. 5.3. As part of the Graduate Teaching Fellows program, the author was required to attend a certificate program called Academy for Future Faculty (AFF), intended to train graduate students interested in an academic career on several aspects of college teaching, such as course development cycle, syllabus design, addressing diversity in classroom, etc. The author had a chance to practice