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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

Pennsylvania StateUniversity. In its eighth year at the time of this writing, the online MSME program hasexperienced significant growth and over the last five years of the online MSME program hasgone from a total of ~40 students in the program to 130 students. Nearly 50 students havingearned their master’s of science degrees via the online program. This growth is in part due toexplicit theory-driven attention to pedagogy, recruitment, mentoring, and facilitated guidance.Similar to our resident students, our online students have faculty research advisors and conductmasters-level research projects. This research element makes our online MSME program unique.While there is increasingly more written about the modest growth in online engineeringeducation

Conference Session

Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

questions. It is a detriment to their career if a person does not ask questions. Oralcommunication skills on technical subject matter are extremely important as project updates areoften informally presented to peers at team meetings. If a project is to be presented to upperlevel management, such as the Vice President of R&D, the presenter is typically coached so thepresentation is appropriate. Cassy also mentioned that the ability to write reports is important,but the writing standard is not as high as writing a journal article. It is also important to be ableto work within various cultures because her team is located in many different areas of the world.In graduate school, Cassy felt that she had a good team environment; therefore, the

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hoda Ehsan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shabnam Ghotbi, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Seyedali Ghahari, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

new people and some people I know from before and I think that they may judge me, I do have the fear of not being able to convey my message properly.” “Once, a peer told me that they so much appreciate international students because they work very hard and they can imagine how hard writing would be for them if they had to write in a different language. I believe knowing about that significantly helped me with my self-confidence. Also, my advisor has always been open about acknowledging my struggles and has normalized it for me that I can make a mistake and it’s fine. Acknowledging my hard work has allowed me to be open up about my struggles and not be ashamed of who I am as a scholar. I

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Saddler, Northwestern University; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

) the student’s researchinterests1 . Still others contend that these limitations in the training of doctoral students are notlikely to change because they have worked well for tenured faculty members in the past14 .Conceptual Framework The Graduate and Professional Student Socialization Model7 offers the mostcomprehensive framework for understanding the socialization process for doctoral students. Itsuggests that graduate students are socialized in their departments and respective fields as theylearn the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in their programs and fields, interact withfaculty members and peers, and become involved in various activities within their fields7. Figure1 displays the conceptual model. One of the core

Conference Session

Graduate Education Model, Industry and Practitioner Experience - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi-Ning Chang, Texas A&M University, Department of Educational Psychology; Brandie Semma, Texas A&M University; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

priorities. Second, most students wanted toimprove their academic writing skills, but few took ownership to write on their own. This is notunusual for busy graduate students, however programs exist to assist graduate students withbecoming better academic writers so a decision was made to include such as effort. To that end,a graduate student writing consultant, one that has been trained in supporting graduate studentsin the writing process, has been brought in to conduct weekly writing sessions with cohort 2where various topics are discussed and writing is peer reviewed. Students are required to engagein both the learning community and writing community in the future. We will continue tooptimize the interdisciplinary graduate education program as we

Conference Session

Graduate Study Programs Supporting Diversity and Underrepresented Minority Students - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth A. Bucher MSW, Ohio State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Program

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

needs in their areas.BackgroundCreating a wellness culture, connection, community, and professional sense of belonging arevital elements to all graduate students from the most well-adjusted and engaged to the mostdisenfranchised and fragile. Sense of belonging includes fit in the academic discipline, beingrespected and valued by peers, in the research group, by the faculty, and program representatives.Wellness initiatives not only lead to more engaged and productive students, the initiatives areassociated with increased retention and completion rates (Okahana, H., Allum, J., Felder, P.P., &Tull, R.G. 2016). Creating a thriving culture also enhances recruitment and increases enrollment.Mind, body, and spirit are integral to both health and

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunni Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lydia Soleil, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and is Assistant Director for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Lewis-Clark State College. Dr. Utschig has regularly published and presented work on a variety of topics including assessment instruments and methodologies, using technology in the classroom, faculty development in instructional design, teaching diversity, and peer coaching. Dr. Utschig completed his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. His technical expertise involves analysis of thermal systems for fusion reactor designs.Donna

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Meghan McGlinn Manfra, North Carolina State University ; Tom Snyder, North Carolina State University; Chunlei Wang, Florida International University; Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies

as a researcher. A great example is the patent mining activity described later in thispaper. In this activity, students learn about intellectual property and practice developingpatentable inventions – a skill which advisors find a useful part of the student’s technicaltraining. One of our communication activities is a peer manuscript review, in which groups ofstudents provide feedback on each-other’s technical papers. This activity improves the students’technical writing skills while easing the editing burden on the advisor.The various TESP activities are offered monthly at all partner institutions. Some activities canbe shared among institutions via online teleconferencing technologies (WebEx, GoogleHangouts, Skype), but many are

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Melissa Gavin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Randy Mentz, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Lori M. Wedig, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Christine H. Storlie, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Eric Herbst, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Graduate Studies

Mentz, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Randy Mentz joined the University of Wisconsin-Platteville staff in 2003 as a field technician for the university’s Pioneer Farm in the Agro-Ecosystem Research program. Mentz’s main duty was operating and maintaining edge-of-field runoff monitoring stations that were designed to measure and sample storm and snowmelt runoff water from farm fields. With experience, he took on additional responsibilities, such as data management, quality assurance, methods development, data analysis, presenting at conferences, grant writing support, grant administration, training and supervision, outreach, and project management. Mentz joined the Division of Professional Studies in June

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies, Student

community; it is “the development of the individual as a social being andparticipant in society,” (p. 3) a process undertaken so that individuals can conform to theirsocieties or groups 2. The process of socialization generally includes acquisition of transmittedknowledge and language, and “learning of social roles and of moral norms” 2 (p. 4).This definition of socialization can be translated to the context of doctoral education. In thiscontext, the process of socialization still involves an individual‟s process of becoming a part of agroup; the difference lies in the community or culture the individuals are being socialized into.Golde 3 writes that socialization for graduate students is really an “unusual double socialization”(p.56): students

Conference Session

Getting Into Graduate School

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies, Student

Paper ID #18996Applying to Graduate School in Engineering: A Practical GuideDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

. Page 24.190.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Applying Self-authorship Theory among Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students in U.S. InstitutionsAbstractDespite a large representation of Chinese students in U.S. engineering doctoral programs, thesestudents are understudied compared to their U.S.-born peers. In this study, we applied self-authorship theory among Chinese engineering doctoral students in U.S. institutions. Using thistheory, we try to understand the Chinese engineering doctoral students’ development towardsself-authorship. Focusing on sixteen participants who had been identified to exhibit self-authorship in the epistemological dimension through prior research

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Graduate Studies

disquisition. This general description is commonly taken to apply to social sciences, humanities andphysical sciences, as well as to all engineering fields. However, the outcomes expected in thepost-degree careers of humanists, social and physical scientists, and engineers are quite different.The scientist and humanist are charged with discovery. Their task is to learn and, then, toexplain to their peers the nature of their discoveries. Quite to the contrary, the engineer isexpected to develop a command of a defined topical field and, more importantly, to apply thatknowledge in a very tangible way that benefits society -- and, then, explain both discovery andapplication to society.Core Competencies in Engineering: All engineers solve problems and

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst; C. V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts; Bryan Polivka, Shorelight Education; Chris Hoehn-Saric, Shorelight Education; Janet Donghee Kang; Katherine Newman

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

on the UMass Amherst campus to students whoare located together with their peers in classrooms abroad. The instruction is synchronous andallows for seamless two-way communication and active student engagement and thus provides anenvironment that is very similar to what students experience in a conventional residential program.By locating the studio on the main campus of the university, regular faculty members can be in-structors and thus ensure that the quality of the program is identical to what is normally taught oncampus. The cohort-based approach ensures that students can form a community, collaborate inthe classroom, and persist in the program.The technology is based on high-quality audio and video, interactive whiteboards, and a

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chi-Ning Chang, The University of Kansas; Guan Kung Saw, Claremont Graduate University; Uriel Lomelí-Carrillo, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mingxia Zhi, Northside Independent School District; Kahlí Romano, Claremont Graduate University ; Ryan Culbertson, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

/ethnic minorities (URMs; Black/Hispanic/NativeAmerican), 33.2% reported their household experienced a loss of income during the COVID-19pandemic, 12.0% were students with disabilities, 36.4% were international students, and 38.7%were doctoral students.Measures The survey collected an array of measures on student’s e-mentoring experiences duringthe pandemic. In the mentoring section of the survey, students answered the questions inreference to the primary mentor with whom they learn/work most closely with on campus.Students indicated who their primary mentor was from the following options: academic advisoror thesis/dissertation chair, faculty member, staff member, peer (senior graduate student), orother. To investigate the e-mentoring

Conference Session

Global Graduate Studies and Programs Abroad - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary K. Nave Jr., Virginia Tech; Amy L. Hermundstad, Virginia Tech; Michael Stewart, Virginia Tech; Michele Ruth Waters, Virginia Tech; Emily Garner, Virginia Tech; Mohammed Seyam, Virginia Tech; Chelsea R. Corkins, Virginia Tech; Karen P. DePauw, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Professoriate, students are encouraged to thoughtfully andpurposefully engage with their peers through the course discussions. This is especially true in thelectures covering global perspectives in higher education. Since its inception, the course hasattracted students from a variety of backgrounds around the world. International students in thecourse are invited to present on the educational formats, standards, and requirements of the earlyeducation and higher education systems in their home country. These presentations evoke a richdialogue around differences and commonalities between education systems around the world.Throughout the semester, students are required to keep a weekly journal of their thoughts andexperiences throughout the course, blog

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Graduate Studies

effectively uses modern technology whileteaching at Miami University. He has utilized World Wide Web and InteractiveVideo Distance Learning extensively in addition to other teaching techniques. W.W.W.and I.V.D.L. actually supplement other routinely used audio visual techniques such aspower point presentations, tutorials, problem-solving sessions, written research reports,peer group discussions, poster presentations etc. The author utilizes a variety of instructional tools to communicate with studentswho may prefer to have different learning styles (Kolb, 1985). The author alsorecommends and encourages students to utilize the resources that are readily available atthe university, such as Library, Writing Center, Computer Laboratory, etc

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Frehill; Amanda Lain, New Mexico State University; Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Lauren Ketcham, New Mexico State University; Karen Luces, New Mexico State University

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Graduate Studies

is now has a fourth cohort of students at NewMexico State University. For each student, pre- and post-program data were available viaindividual interviews, focus groups, transcripts, students’ writings related to career goals, andinterviews with their advisors. These rich data provide multiple insights about the students’mentoring experiences as well as the expectations of their mentors.Although the program is now working with its fourth cohort of students, the analyses in thispaper are based upon results from just the first two cohorts. Almost all of the members of thesetwo cohorts have transitioned out of the program. The cohorts differed in terms of thedisciplines and ethnic backgrounds of the students. For example, all of the members of

Conference Session

The Care and Keeping of Graduate Students - GSD Tech Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators

graduate education, online engineering cognition and learning, and engineer- ing communication.Dr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands- on learning. Luchini-Colbry is also the Director of the Engineering Futures

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Graduate Studies

senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than a dozen papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assessments that

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies

National Science Foundation has called for additional pathways to and through engineering programs, and returners represent one such pathway3. 2. Returners bring a different perspective to their graduate work as well as their post- graduate endeavors than their direct-pathway peers. They have experiences in a variety of contexts, which often includes previous work in academia, industry, military, or government in addition to their graduate work, which may influence their research and research outcomes18. Research and theory describe the connection of ideas from across various contexts as an important source of innovation4. 3. Returners contribute to the diversity of the university community. Diversity has

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brooks, Temple University; Tony Singh, Temple University; Hossein Rostami, Philadelphia University; Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Amithraj Amavasai, Temple University

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Graduate Studies

Kodkani4 stated that active learning approach implies that the student is adynamic participant in his or her acquisition of skills and knowledge. Bonwell and Eison5defined active learning as anything that involves students in doing things and thinking about thethings they are doing.” They stated the importance of active learning as: “students are involved inmore than listening; less emphasis is placed on transmitting information and more on developingstudents’ skills; students are involved in higher-order thinking (analysis, synthesis, evaluation),and students are engaged in activities (e.g., reading, discussing, writing).” The attention span ofan average student wanes quickly in traditional lecture formats. Active learning environmentscan

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity through Co-curricular Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Julie M.W. Rojewski, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #11657”Leaning In” by Leaving the Lab: Building Graduate Community throughFacilitated Book DiscussionsDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing

Conference Session

Online and Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; C. V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; George Bryan Polivka, Shorelight; Yadi Eslami, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

,interactions between students and the instructor and among students are the norm.3.1 Cohort ConfigurationsThe Live Platform we use for instruction supports three fundamental configurations: • One classroom: This configuration, shown in Figure 1(a), connects the instructor with one classroom as described in [6]. In this configuration, the instructor can directly interact with the students in the classroom, and students in the classroom can interact with their peers. • Multiple classrooms: This configuration, shown in Figure 1(b), enables the instructor to interact with multiple classrooms at the same time. Each classroom perceives the instructor as dedicated to their location, but the instructor can monitor all

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Michael Todd, University of California-San Diego; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

validation and uncertainty quantification. Industry short coursesprovide an avenue of outreach to the engineering community at large as well as an additional,non-traditional form of peer review. Most recently, the SHM course has been taught at NASAMarshall Space Flight Center, Sandia National Laboratory, and Boeing Inc. (St. Louis). Theseshort courses speed industry adoption of EI research and provide a metric for the relevance of EIresearch activities. The courses are completely self-sufficient and require no funding fromLANL.Additional ActivitiesAdditional strategic guidance of the EI comes through an annual workshop, with a four-yearcycle of recurring themes. Each year, a workshop is organized that focuses on one of the threefundamental

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Guillermo J. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

senior undergraduate and graduate Hispanic students in thedesign, fabrication, and testing of microelectronic devices. Specifically, this grant has sponsoredthe research efforts of 3 graduate and 5 undergraduate students, but also outreach efforts haveimpacted around 70 high school students from the public education system. Additionally, 7senior undergraduate students have been indirectly impacted through a special topic course, fromwhich 2 of the participating students were able to publish and participate in a peer-reviewconference. The overall objective of the second project is to initiate a research program tobroaden participation and increase opportunities of Hispanic engineering students so that theycan become engaged in research as

Conference Session

Issues in Academic Integrity and the Value of Portfolios, Case Studies, and Supportive Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University

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Graduate Studies

] While there is nosingle motivation for plagiarism, scholars have identified three primary factors such as differentcultural views of the issue, lack of ability with the English language, and lack of knowledge orskills in citing references.[9-17] Other reasons for plagiarism can include the ease of using, andaccessibility of, material on the Internet as well as poor time management. [10] Some studentsmay also lack the motivation to complete an assignment, lack knowledge of how to write it, orlack knowledge of how to properly cite sources.[18] These factors also contribute to thelikelihood of cheating. Time management failures, running out of time for the assignment orwaiting until the last moment and then copying work without citations are other

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Michigan State University; Megan Shannahan, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #6480Feeling Like a Grad Student: A Survey of Undergraduate Researchers’ Ex-pectations and ExperiencesDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Recruiting at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published nearly two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing

Conference Session

Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison J Kerr, University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Bret Austin Arnold, University of Tulsa; Michael W. Keller, University of Tulsa

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Graduate Studies

professional developmentprogram for graduate students in science and engineering at a small private Midwest university[6][7]. Graduate students self-select into this program. With this program, we offer a series ofinformation sessions at the beginning of a semester as well as speak with faculty advisors aboutthe program to encourage their students to participate. If students are interested, they are asked tosign up for the program and to provide contact information. The first full year of the programwas considered the pilot year and had 12 students who participated in at least some part of theprogram.Once a student expresses interest, the student is asked to provide the name of their researchadvisor as well as select several of their peers to fill out

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi-Ning Chang, Texas A&M University; Clinton A. Patterson, Texas A&M University; Courtney Lavadia, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

Research Associate at Texas A&M University’s Center for Teaching Excellence, Dr. Clint Patterson supports curriculum research, doctoral education, and academic grant writing. The goal of these efforts is to provide evidence-based information for the Center and Texas A&M academic lead- ership, as well as developing students. Clint graduated from Tarleton State University with a doctorate in educational leadership in 2018. This academic experience offered opportunities to be a researching practitioner in higher education, specifically within student affairs at Baylor University where he worked for twelve years. As an educator in student affairs, Clint developed skills to advocate, support, and lead areas of