Conference Session

Exploration of Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manoj K. Jha, Morgan State University; Reginald Amory, Morgan State University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2012-5293: EXAMINING THE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES THATIMPACT GRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT ENROLLMENTDr. Manoj K. Jha, Morgan State University Manoj K. Jha is professor and Founding Director of the Center for Advanced Transportation and Infras- tructure Engineering Research (CATIER) in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Morgan State University, Baltimore, Md., USA. He obtained a Ph.D. in civil engineering with transportation special- ization from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2000; a M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Old Dominion University in 1993; and a B.E. degree in mechanical engineering from the Na- tional Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India, in 1991. He also attended the

Conference Session

Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ekembu Kevin Tanyi, Norfolk State University; IRVING K CASHWELL Jr, Norfolk State University; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

preparation of engineering graduate students for future careers.Mr. Ekembu Kevin Tanyi, Norfolk State University E. Kevin Tanyi started his career in Oldenburg in East Friesland, Germany. There he earned his bachelor degree in engineering physics with a focus in medical physics and finished with honors. During a four- year sabbatical, he worked as a Call Center Agent and finally as a Web-programmer/ designer. Returning to his field, he pursued a Professional Science Master degree in applied physics at Towson University. There he carried out research in the fabrication and characterization (AFM, XRD, and four-point probe resistivity measurements) of colossal magneto resistant perovskite thin films. He also embarked on a

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Julia E. Parker, University of Kentucky ; Keren Mabisi, University of Cincinnati; Carissa B. Schutzman, University of Cincinnati; Mark Crocker, University of Kentucky

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Graduate Studies

this NRT, namely, an onboarding and orientation event, a career explorationsymposium, and a multidisciplinary introductory course. In addition, the assessment of each ofthese interventions – as well as the outcomes thereof – are presented and discussed.2. Existing literature and contributions of this report to the latter2.1. Graduate student onboarding and orientationThe existing literature includes several reports that focus on the onboarding and orientation ofgraduate students [2-6]. These reports target the orientation of graduate students at the university,college, and/or department levels [2-5] or the onboarding of graduate students in research groups[6]. Notably, these publications discuss a number of best practices and make

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priyesh Uday Mehta, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

practices for undergraduate engineering, very little classroom research has been accomplished at the graduate level, especially confounded by the interdisciplinary nature of AM. Similarly, while design thinking research is well established as a topic of specialty in engineering education, the EER community has yet to apply rigorous design thinking methods to Additive manufacturing, only beginning to be explored. A recent experiment from Prabhu et al [11] explored the characteristics of DFAM education on the cognitive essence of student’s creativity. The study used possible combinations of no, restrictive, and dual DFAM principles and concluded that students learning the overall aspects of DFAM improve

Conference Session

Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Dunn, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder; Stephanie Swartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Arthur L.C. Antoine, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

from pre to post survey, theyexpressed an increased understanding of the graduate school application process as well asincreased knowledge about financing for graduate school. 100% of the undergraduates whoparticipated were enrolled in our College the following fall. Continued tracking of students willindicate whether these students matriculate in an engineering graduate program. Additionally,100% of undergraduates said this research program was a positive experience, 95% wouldrecommend the program, and 90% said their graduate student mentor was a good match.Results also showed that graduate students felt this opportunity prepared them for futureemployment. Many expressed enthusiasm at the opportunity to practice and hone mentorshipskills. 100

Conference Session

Graduate Student Needs and Experiences, Exploring Graduate Funding and Undergraduate Research Experiences

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan; Megan Kaczanowski, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

partof a larger interview protocol that focused on understanding students’ skills, experiences, andperspectives related to PhD research and the influence of their past experiences on their currentresearch work. Development and execution of the full protocol as well as the questions related toparticipants’ approaches to research were guided by literature on best practices for interviewdesign and administration.15, 16, 17 Here we focus on the development of the questions related toresearch sophistication.While the broader focus of our project is to understand more about the experiences of returnersand the ways their work experiences shape their PhD work, we wanted to ensure that ourinterview allowed us to elicit information about students

Conference Session

Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Torres-Sánchez, Loughborough University; Paul P. Conway, Loughborough University

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #27849Transition Zone: a Training Ethos Designed to Scaffold a Ph.D. SegreeDr. Carmen Torres-S´anchez, Loughborough University Dr Torres-S´anchez is an Associate Professor at Loughborough University, England, United Kingdom, and the Executive Director of the Centre of Doctoral Training in Embedded Intelligence (CDT-EI). She is the architect of the novel Doctoral Transition ZoneTM Training ethos. She has been working in industry- informed, academically-led education for more than 10 years. Her research interests are in the design and manufacture of multifunctional materials with tailored properties to meet

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, Student

), 771- 784.23. Alonso, R. A. R., & Loui, M. C. (2011, October). Work in progress - Exploring the evolution of the mentoring relationship in a summer undergraduate research program. In Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011 (pp. T2F-1). IEEE.24. Dolan, E., & Johnson, D. (2009). Toward a holistic view of undergraduate research experiences: an exploratory study of impact on graduate/postdoctoral mentors. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 18(6), 487- 500.25. Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Sage Publications, Incorporated.26. Johnson, W. B. (2002). The intentional mentor: Strategies and guidelines for the practice of mentoring. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University

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Graduate Studies

Students to Pursue Graduate Research at an Undergraduate-Focused InstitutionAbstractA course was created with the goal of enhancing the visibility of the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment graduate research program at a university containing high-quality seniorundergraduate students. The course includes standard lectures where graduate students presenttheir research to undergraduate students, and specialized lectures on library resources andacademic careers. This course was designed to motivate undergraduate students to remain attheir undergraduate institution for a research-based graduate degree, to improve communicationskills for existing graduate students, and to supplement ABET criteria not frequently seen in corecourses

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Graduate Engineering Education Consortium for Students, and she co-founded a Georgia Tech ASEE Student Chapter in the fall of 2011. Her research interests include the integration of stakeholders into the engineering design process, development and evaluation of inter- disciplinary engineering courses and programs, mixed methods research designs, and graduate student experiences in engineering programs. Page 23.556.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Examining Graduate Students’ Philosophies of Education: An Exploratory StudyAbstractAs

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Astri Briliyanti, Michigan State University; Julie W. Rojewski, Michigan State University; Dirk Joel Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies

and mentoring philosophies);helping mentees become independent researchers and make appropriate plans for their futurestudies and careers; and fostering an environment that values inclusion, diversity and ethicalresearch practices.Discussions about ethics are woven throughout the CMSE 890 curriculum, in contexts that rangefrom the best practices for handling outlying data in experimental results to the implications ofhow unconscious biases about gender might impact opportunities for women in STEM. Allgraduate students at MSU are required to complete a minimum of 6 hours of discussion-basedtraining in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) prior to graduation. Given the emphasis onethics within this course and the interactive, discussion

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado Boulder

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Graduate Studies, Student

graduate mentor as less valuable than the experience ofbeing mentored that his mentee is experiencing, though they are two sides of the same coin. Hecontinues: With one student, it is assumed that the advising is continuous and direct observation of the student’s work…. thus fostering a closer relationship with the student where an interest [is] the outcome of your combined efforts…My interests were really that he learn as much as possible and that he gain a liking of graduate research and academics in general. So it was really that I had his best interests in mind.Here Nate emphasizes once more his focus on providing a positive experience for his menteewith graduate research and academics in general as part of

Conference Session

Analysis of Effectiveness and Impacts of Graduate Programs: Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Wayne Coots, Purdue University; Sarah Knapp, Purdue University; Amelia Chesley, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

Engineering/Technology candidates for teacher licensure. Dr. Mentzer’s educational efforts in pedagogical content knowledge are guided by a research theme centered in student learning of engineer- ing design thinking on the secondary level. Nathan was a former middle and high school technology educator in Montana prior to pursuing a doctoral degree. He was a National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) Fellow at Utah State University while pursuing a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. After graduation he completed a one year appointment with the Center as a postdoctoral researcher.Dr. Dawn Laux, Purdue University Dawn Laux is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

between U.S.engineering graduate education and the creative practice of engineering ─ has contributedto a long-term underdevelopment of the nation’s graduate engineers for technologydevelopment and innovation, reflected in a long-term decline of our core competence forengineering innovation of new technology which has been a contributing factor to thenation’s long-term decline of U.S. competitiveness. It is now evident that one-size ofgraduate education for the nation’s academic scientific researchers, who are pursuingcareers of scientific discovery and inquiry at research universities, and that of graduateeducation for the nation’s graduate engineers who are pursuing professional careers ofadvanced engineering practice for technological

Conference Session

Design and Implementation of Graduate Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mansfield, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; N. David Theodore, Arizona State University

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #22495Misconception Clarification in Online Graduate CoursesMs. Jennifer Mansfield, Arizona State University Jennifer Mansfield is an instructional Designer at Arizona State University (ASU). She is housed in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering within the Global Outreach and Extended Education (GOEE) de- partment.Dr. Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University Dr. Alford holds the rank of professor in the School for the Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy. He currently integrates JTF tools and concepts into his on-line course delivery.N. David Theodore, Arizona State University

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Steve Skerlos, University of Michigan; Adam B. Baker, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #8969The PhD Advising Relationship: Needs of Returning and Direct-PathwayStudentsMs. Erika Mosyjowski, University of MichiganDr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Engi- neering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research focuses on idea gen- eration, design strategies, design ethnography, creativity instruction, and engineering practitioners who return to graduate school. She teaches

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

engineering school at a large R1 universityencompassing nine PhD programs.Rubric Design and ImplementationFirst Rubric IterationThe Holistic PhD Admissions Rubric was designed using best practices in holistic graduateadmissions gathered from relevant literature [30-34]. The first iteration of this rubric contained13 criteria, each with a 1-4 scoring system with qualifiers for each score rating (Figure 1).Criteria were listed in order of best predictor of graduate success (letters of evaluation, evidenceof motivation, and prior research experience) to poorest (GPA and GRE), as reflected in bestpractices. Here, letters of evaluations are letters of recommendations, and each recommenderalso assigns a rating score for each applicant. Qualifiers for each

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

potential applications in theUS.This paper opens with a review of the best known undergraduate KSA frameworks in the US,providing both a context and a history of how these KSA frameworks came to be and how theyhave evolved over time. As these frameworks are familiar to most faculty in the US not leastbecause of ABET accreditation, they provide a common reference point for thinking aboutcomparable KSA frameworks for graduate programs, especially Ph.D. programs. This isfollowed by a survey of reports over the past decade calling for reform of the doctorate in theUS, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia with a focus on being more explicit about developingbroader graduate attributes. We explore in some detail the Researcher Development Framework(RDF), or

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies, Student

frequent interactions with the members of that community of practice. Thismentor’s situated learning experience was more complete, as he was able to observe and learnfrom the experts of that community.Because mentoring the undergraduate students in a research project was beneficial to theparticipating mentors in terms of their learning and development, faculty who advise graduatestudents can consider encouraging them to pursue these types of activities. Though not alldepartments will have a similar course in place, faculty can consider providing opportunitieswithin their own research projects for graduate students to mentor undergraduate students.Although graduate students are generally well prepared to conduct research, they are not as

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

Maslow, tocutting-edge concepts and best practices from other nations, which will lay the groundwork forturning theory into practice.4.1 Management Styles and Subordinate Responses Impacting Working ConditionsDouglas McGregor 2 has defined two management theories (beliefs).Belief X is an authoritative management style. The Belief X Assumptions are: • The average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it if he can. • Because of their dislike for work, most people must be controlled and threatened before they will work hard • The average human prefers to be directed, dislikes responsibility, is unambiguous, and desires security above everything.These assumptions are a basic belief system that lie behind

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Collaborative Task Force concludes that a new seamless approach for ‘lifelong learning’ and postgraduate professional education is needed in the U.S. system of graduate engineering education that: 1) Is complementary to academic scientific research, but is specifically designed to be more relevant to the progressive growth needs of experienced degreed engineers who are emerging as engineering leaders and; 2) Specifically advances U.S. postgraduate professional engineering education in the modern process and systematic practice of engineering and its leadership for continuous technological Page

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Rencis; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; David Woodall, Oregon Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Albert McHenry; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Edmund Segner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Barry Farbrother, University of New Haven; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

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Graduate Studies

industrynor does it reflect the modern practice of engineering and the engineering method forthe deliberate generation, development, and innovation of new, improved, and breakthrough technology[See Appendix A, B].One size graduate education doesn’t fit all.Excellence in basic research and excellence in engineering practice for world-class technologydevelopment & innovation are two very different pursuits with different purposes and methods; requiringtwo different types of education at the graduate level.The National Collaborative is focusing on two primary questions: First, can an effective system of professionally-oriented engineering graduate education be created in the United States for further developing the nation’s engineering

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

effective community engagement and mentoring partnership with all stakeholders for the production of increased number of URM STEM PhDs. Evaluate Diversity and Equity outcomes and reward departments that make highest impact in closing student equity, diversity or educational outcomes gaps.A mathematical diversity model that presents diversity impact as a linear function of theintentional actions or performances in Access (A), Retention Rate (Rr), Graduation Rate (G),Quality (Q), Climate (C), and Receptivity (Re) is presented with the corresponding diversitycontribution coefficients. The Engineering Research Center (ERC) is shown as a case exampleof a purposeful development and utilization of organizational resources to

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Soohyun Yi, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Programalso focused on the graduate education and preparing students to be leaders in science and engineeringdisciplines (Newswander & Borrego, 2021). Like the NRT, it emphasized collaborative research thattranscended traditional disciplinary boundaries and was founded on the belief that diversity amongparticipants contributed to their ability to solve “large and complex problems of significant scientific andsocietal importance at the national and international level” (NSF http://www.igert.org/public/about.html).From its inception in 1998, the IGERT program made 278 awards and funded approximately 6500graduate students. The last call for proposals for the IGERT took place in 2013.Assessment and evaluation activities, designed to measure impacts

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi D. Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

- due Graduate School. Ms. Lynch is a registered veterinary technician, focusing on animal behavior. Her research focuses on doctoral student engagement and assessment of doctoral student learning outcomes in identified best practices, including mentoring, developing effective writing strategies, recruitment, reten- tion, and transition courses, and doctoral student professional development. Ms. Lynch instructs Purdue’s Preparing Future Faculty course and the Preparing Future Professionals course. Page 24.201.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014

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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

STEM” project in Puerto Rico, and the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions’ (LACCEI) ”Women in STEM” forum. Tull is a Tau Beta Pi ”Eminent Engineer.”Dr. Alexis Y. Williams, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Alexis Y. Williams serves as a member of the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology teaching faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is Assistant Director for PROF-it (Professors-in-Training), a University System of Maryland teaching professional development program housed at UMBC, designed for STEM graduate students and postdocs, and open to any who are interested in academia. Her research, teaching, and service address achievement motivation

Conference Session

Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Hannah Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A. Mattox Beckman Jr., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lucas Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois; Nicole Johnson-Glauch

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

campus, designed a new teaching and leadership program and successfully offered it as apilot course for three semesters. Desiring to prepare graduate students for careers in bothacademia and industry, this program aims to enhance the teaching skills of graduate teachingassistants (GTAs) while simultaneously augmenting their professional skills. The goal is to trainthe next generation of leaders who will possess technical and academic expertise as well ascritical skills such as communication, organization, and relationship building. The team used anintegrative approach to design and later modify the course. This paper describes this approach, aswell as the results of an investigation into whether the course impacted GTA perceptions ofteaching

Conference Session

Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; Jasmine D. Crenshaw, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

the higher education achievement gapthat persists for individuals from groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields, such asfemales and ethnic minority groups (specifically African Americans, Hispanics, NativeAmericans, and Pacific Islanders), including the reliance on traditional quantitative academicmetrics, like GRE scores and GPA, used by graduate admissions committees [24-26]. GREscores have been proven to be a poor indicator of graduate school success time and time again[27-34]. Additionally, research shows that many factors affect GPA beside academic potential,including race, gender, first generation status, high school size, and family income [28,35].Evidence-based best practices have identified other more holistic factors as

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; F. Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

builds on the knowledgegained from the earlier MID courses. It involves practical applications of research methodologiesand best practices in distribution environment. Students develop a solution for the participatingfirm by conducting a research project with a scientific analysis approach. The project is designedto focus on managerial and/or technical decisions where the students will first analyze a researchpaper created on the distribution company that is sponsoring the project, and then perform a fullanalysis to develop a practical yet scientifically validated solution for the company.Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • Apply the scientific research approach to practitioner problems in industry • Select

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

], theNational Collaborative Task Force concludes that one size or type of graduate education doesn’t fit all ─thus requiring two very different types of graduate education designed specifically to meet the differentmissions, purposes, and intents of each pursuit which necessitates major reform in engineering graduateeducation for professional practice. But the change that is required to yield a balanced emphasis inengineering graduate education, for both research and creative engineering practice, has been slow infruition ─ and the ‘disconnect’ in U.S. engineering graduate education continues to exist at too manyuniversities across the nation causing a long-term ‘gap’ in the further professional education of thenation’s engineers beyond entry-level in