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2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Tabitha L. Sprau Coulter

ofthe survey, Questions 18 – 19, was intended to gauge the importance of faculty feedback. Eachof the three sections had a place for students to write in an additional question, along with a placefor them to make comments and elaborate on responses. All survey participants were enrolled in upper level courses housed within the CETdepartment. The students in the survey were a combination of civil engineering technology andarchitecture students who needed the courses to fulfill degree requirements. Survey participantshad the same professor and students were offered a similar assortment of opportunities to learnand engage with the course material. The survey participants were all enrolled in a course wherelearning outcomes were developed in

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2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Jikai Du

tocollaborate with people with different background, and to understand and find the newtechniques and trends in their disciplines through literature review, project report writing andpresentation at conferences. Such benefits can help students realize their potentials at an earlierstage and encourage them to later pursue a graduate degree and a research career. Furthermore,undergraduate research can increase students’ interests in major study which can be a key factorto improve undergraduate retention. Undergraduate research work can also be a significantcontribution to faculty’s own primary research [6-8]. In today’s world, many engineering research projects are interdisciplinary ones. This posesboth challenges and benefits to advisors and