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Preparing Future Educators

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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

Paper ID #9815Translational Engineering Skills Program (TESP): Training innovative, adap-tive, and competitive graduate students for the 21st century work forceDr. Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University Elena Veety received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, in 2011. Her research focused on liquid crystal polarization gratings for tunable optical filters and telecommunications applications. Since 2011, she has been a Teaching Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. Currently, she is the Assistant

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeeyeon Hahn, Purdue University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #7340Reliability of the Global Real-time Assessment Tool for Teaching Enhance-ment (G-RATE)Ms. Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West LafayetteMrs. Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi S. London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursing a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation. In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue, and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue in 2013. Her research interests include: the use of cyber- learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; assessing the impact

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Professionalism and Preparations Developed by Graduate Study Programs—Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Keller, The University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Valerie N. Streets, University of Tulsa; Alison J. Kerr, University of Tulsa; Rami M. Younis, The University of Tulsa; Leah Tecle, University of Tulsa; Daniel W. Crunkleton, University of Tulsa

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Graduate Studies

settings. She is currently assist- ing on a number of training projects aimed at developing engineering students on relevant non-technical professional skills including ethical practice and presentation.Rami M. Younis, The University of TulsaLeah Tecle, University of TulsaDr. Daniel W. Crunkleton, University of Tulsa I am a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa and an Adjunct Professor of Energy Economics, Policy, and Commerce. My research interests are in the areas of Fluid Dynamics, Mathemat- ical Modeling, and Sustainable Energy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Professional Competencies with Behaviorally Anchored

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Janet M. Beagle, Purdue University College of Engineering; Phillip S. Dunston, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan K. Fisher, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

/Innovation_Through_Diversity.pdf , accessed February 12, 2017. 5. Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, http://www.aplu.org/about-us/history- of-aplu/what-is-a-land-grant-university/index.html, accessed February 12, 2017. 6. Hurtado, S. M., K. Eagan, T. Figueroa, and B. Hughes. "Reversing underrepresentation: The impact of undergraduate research programs on enrollment in STEM graduate programs." (2014). 7. Institute for Higher Education Policy, “Supporting First-Generation College Students through Classroom-Based Practices”, September 2012.

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

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Graduate Studies

. The development of new products and services in the 21st century demandsunprecedented interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. Engineers are actively involvedfrom the concept design stage which requires more involvement in product safety andenvironmental issues that have impact not only on workplace but also society at large7.Ethics is an important subject and should be an integral aspect of every engineer’s actions.However, very few teachers include ethics as a significant part of graduate programs. Over thepast several years, engineering colleges have been formulating and implementing assessment andfeedback processes for improving their curricula as required by the ABET accreditation criteria.Through these processes, many departments

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

to go over for active learning to be practical.Occasionally I'll ask them to work in teams for 20 minutes to solve a more involved problem butthen they just sit there and don't do anything.” This example of student resistance is supported byprevious research which indicate that some barriers (e.g., institutional, cultural, lack of rolemodels etc.) may exist to prevent TAs’ from successfully adopting best teaching practices . 11 Page 23.136.11Those TAs who did not use active learning were asked to describe their reasons for not usingactive learning. Sixteen respondents answered “no” to the question, “Did you ever use activelearning

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Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kara Danielle Fong, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

often report low levels ofconfidence in a wide range of teaching skills, from facilitating group discussions to handlingstudent cheating. 2,3 In light of these issues, it is crucial to establish effective programs to train andsupport new GSIs in developing both pedagogical knowledge and practical teaching skills.There exists substantial evidence suggesting that semester- or year-long courses aimed towardtraining GSIs are effective in increasing GSI self-efficacy. 2,3,4 The benefits of these coursesinclude improvements in GSI competency that persist years after the course is completed. 5Numerous works have been published in recent years detailing best practices andrecommendations for the development of these graduate student teaching courses

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic R. Primé, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Amy K. Way, Villanova University; Liza Cohen Hita Hita, Arizona State University; T Michael Liddell, CareerWISE, Arizona State University; Arti R. Sarma, Arizona State University; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Graduate Studies

perspectives of faculty and graduate students from fields that included counselingpsychology, engineering, communication, and educational technology were invaluable incrafting an outline of content and structure that would best meet the needs of our target users.A primary task related to instructional design was to consult the education technology andpedagogical theory literatures to ensure we were developing the learning environment tomaximal effect. We applied educational technology design approaches for effective teachingwith technology in higher education23 and principles for instructional message design from thebehavioral and cognitive sciences24,25. Careful consideration was taken to outline a set ofsystematic procedures for the development of

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Exploration of Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

directs the Graduate Student Professional Development program and instructs Purdue’s Preparing Future Faculty course and the Preparing Future Professionals course, designed to facilitate graduate students transition into faculty positions and non-academic positions respectively. Lynch’s re- search focuses on doctoral student engagement and assessment of doctoral student learning outcomes in identified best practices, including mentoring, developing effective writing strategies, orientations and transition courses, and doctoral student professional development.Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jiabin Zhu is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained a B.S. in

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General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta; John A. Nychka, University of Alberta; Roger Graves, University of Alberta

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Graduate Studies

everyone to contribute their own best ideas and practices. Recommendedbackground reading 1,2. 1. Review current research on how students learn to write: Roger Graves - Director, Writing across the curriculum, who has assisted with the design and teaching of several writing courses for graduate students in other faculties on campus, and is available as a resource to all instructors for undergraduate teaching. 2. Teaching exercises for research groups and graduate students: Several exercises are proposed for group meetings where students learn how to take apart a journal paper and put it back together to uncover the argument structure and logic which lie beneath the surface. 3. Constructing a compelling

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General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Basha, University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee, University of the Pacific

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Graduate Studies

student numbers present challenges inoffering graduate courses that provide hands-on learning experiences in multidisciplinaryenvironments - the same experiences often gained in graduate level research at larger researchintensive universities. Therefore, during the Spring semester of 2011, we offered amultidisciplinary course combining civil structural health monitoring (SHM) and sensornetworks.Recent research trends have tied these two topics together with an increase in the use of sensornetworks for SHM and an increase in monitoring structures in sensor networks. Combining thesetwo classes offered a unique opportunity for senior undergraduate students and graduate studentsto engage in multidisciplinary learning, to design and implement

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Andrew Rosse-Richards, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B Nelson, Purdue University; Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

through a pre-semesterTAO program coordinated through a university’s CTL. The TAO focuses upon the developmentof principles of general pedagogy and how pedagogy may be adjusted to meet the needs of TAsin science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and mathematics (STEAM) and the Humanities.While it is important for TAs to continue to develop content knowledge, this is best coordinatedat the department level in the mentoring of TAs by content specialists in their discipline12. Thespecific purpose of this investigation was to better understand the impact of a pre-semester TAOconducted at a large, research-intensive university in the American Midwest on the developmentof graduate students’ perceptions of self-efficacy to implement specific

Conference Session

Opportunities within Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha M. Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Graduate Studies

variations in engineering education and practice. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 How six assistant professors landed their jobs at baccalaureate colleges and masters institutions: A focus on pathways and teaching (un)preparednessAbstractDid you pursue your PhD because you wanted to teach at the college level? Do you find it trickyto balance your interest in teaching with the focus on research at your graduate institution? Areyou hoping to do a lot of teaching in your future faculty job but don’t know where to look foradvice or what it would be like?This paper shares the narratives of six assistant professors who are at institutions that largelyfocus on

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raslinda Ghazali, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

and her Ph.D. in food process engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First-year Engineering program at Purdue, the gateway for all first-year students entering the College of Engineering. She has coordinated and taught in a required first-year engineering course that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implemen- tation, and assessment of model-eliciting activities with realistic engineering contexts. She is currently the Director of Teacher Professional Development for the Institute for P-12

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda M. Head, Rowan University; Melanie Basantis, Rowan University; Steven H. Chin, Rowan University; Bernard Pietrucha, Rowan University

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Graduate Studies

Obj 2: Provide a forum for hands-on training and practice Obj 3: Emphasize best practice teaching techniquesGOAL III: Enhance Professional development opportunities Obj 1: Create an open mentoring environment between Fellows and Faculty Obj 2: Encourage self-efficacy and self-confidence of TF’s in public-presentation environment Obj 3: Provide the opportunity for TFs to review basic knowledge Obj 4: Reinforce critical thinking skills through public dialogMethodsThere are eight TFs who participated in the training program, six men and two women. Theywere all new BS graduates from this university in one of the four following disciplines:Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer

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Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chang Kyoung Choi, Michigan Technological University; Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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Graduate Studies

, Michigan Technological University As Professor of Practice - Engineering Communications, Dr. Nancy Barr developed a multi-faceted tech- nical communications program in the Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department at Michigan Technological University. She delivers embedded communication and teaming instruction to undergraduate students, teaches two graduate engineering communication courses, assists faculty and GTAs in crafting and evaluating assignments that reflect real-world engineering situations. Her current research focuses on gender dynamics in collaborative projects and portfolio assessment practices. The author of three mystery novels and an award-winning short story, Barr has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric

Conference Session

Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther W. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Manish Kumar

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

StudentsAbstract Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs have been shown to promotepositive outcomes such as increased interest in graduate school and STEM careers for theirparticipants. Research has also shown how graduate students benefit from mentoringundergraduate researchers—namely they receive instrumental research support, improveteaching skills, and develop socioemotionally. Less research, however, has investigated the waysin which graduate students mentor undergraduate REU participants, and how the mentoring rolemay impact the graduate students. To address this gap in the literature, the current studyexamines the way in which graduate students mentor, and the impact of the mentor role ongraduate students participating in a

Conference Session

Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fantasi Nicole, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

engineering master’sdegrees awarded, and 12.1% of engineering doctoral degrees awarded across the United States.There is a significant and troubling decrease in the representation of Hispanic or Latinx, Blackand/or African American, American Indian or Native American, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islandersas we move up the graduate seniority levels. This is a concern that is mirrored in a lack ofcontinuance to graduate study across all Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) fields. While there is currently an extensive body of research on the factors that predictthe retention of racially minoritized groups in undergraduate education, it fails to providescholarly insights or recommendations for practice on factors that impact graduate

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P. Dempsey, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Joey Mead, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Graduate Studies, Student

attended.During the 2009-2010 academic year, the focus was analytical skills, specifically the ability toidentify strengths and weaknesses in the analysis of a new scientific paper. The GraduateStudent Council members suggested five different fields, i.e., physics, chemistry, materialscience, biomedical, and polymer science. Graduate students selected one article for theirpresentation beyond articles related to their research work. The students also explained theirthought process when making the presentations. Each individual's presentation was peerreviewed and the individual was given suggestions for improvement. The Graduate StudentCouncil also conducted voting among the peers to select the best presenters. This professionaldevelopment program proved

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Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

serves in the HUB-Empowered Cyber Reach Engineering Commit- tee and the Colombia-Purdue Institute for Advanced Scientific Research Committee. Juan has published several articles on the application of best-matching protocols in production settings (industrial engineer- ing) and collaborated in the publication of Springer’s Handbook of Automation (Springer, 2009).Ms. Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University Lindsey Payne received her M.S. in ecological sciences and engineering from Purdue University while working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for CIE. She is currently a Teaching Assistant for civil engi- neering. In the fall of 2010, she took on the role of Assistant Campus Coordinator for Service-learning, providing

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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

Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives and growth through curriculum design and redesign, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, reflective eportfolios and graduate student education and overall development.Dr. Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University Dr. Arroyave is a Professor and Presidential Impact Fellow of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He also holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is the Director of the NSF Research Traineeship program Data-Enabled Discovery and Design of Energy

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Graduate Studies Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Paul Tallon, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

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Graduate Studies

sound hard skills, also ensure they are graduating engineers who haveencountered and practiced communication, teamwork, and the ability to recognize and resolveethical dilemmas; who are cognizant of the potentially enormous social impact of engineering;and who have skills which facilitate lifelong learning in these very areas? Page 22.1203.2Schools of engineering are parts of larger educational institutions, and, as such, have theopportunity and obligation to make the best use of the resources a whole university has to offer.Here at the University of Pittsburgh, the Swanson School of Engineering faculty andadministration have worked in tandem with

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luis Enrique Guardia, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

ofmentorship as well. Ultimately, the two sets of collected data will allow us to create a holisticinterpretation of mentorship at our institution, allowing us to reform our mentorship programswhere necessary to improve the experiences of both students and faculty. More so, the finalstudy will ideally serve as a model for other institutions conducting research and reforming theirmentorship programs so that all students across all institutions will have the best mentoringexperiences possible.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank the participants for taking the time to share their experienceswith and perceptions of mentoring. The authors would also like to thank the members of theResearch on Engineering, Design, and Education Systems (ReDes

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel McCord Ellestad, Virginia Tech; Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

, and research practices in science.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs and co-Director of the VT Engineering Com- munication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdisciplinary collabora- tion, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

supervisors, this might be a limiting factor in otheruniversity climates.RecommendationsThe following sections will discuss recommendations for future courses or programssimilar to the practicum experience, as well as a model for how this experience could beimplemented for other graduate teaching experiences.General RecommendationsThe effectiveness of this engineering education practicum course indicates that it haspotential as a useful approach to GTA training and future engineering faculty training.Ground the course in relevant literature establishes the importance of constructingteaching strategies around established research and proven practices. This sentiment isechoed by the Innovations with Impact report published by ASEE as an important

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest McDuffie; Elaine R. Milliam; Robert Kavetsky; Ronald Bennett; Eugene Brown

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Graduate Studies

environmental quality,lightweight naval alloys and friction stir welding, as well asresistance and powering of small, fast ships. Students were awedwith the extensive research facilities and the obvious knowledgeand dedication of the scientists and engineers who hosted thestudents for brief informational sessions in their labs.Students were vocal about their impressions of Carderock. “I am abit overwhelmed,” said Lisa Hilliard, a graduate student workingtoward her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Florida. “Itis amazing to think that someone is willing to pay you to thinkabout the things you’ve always wondered about as a kid. It’s veryexciting,” she said.After the tour and lunch, the students were welcomed, along withtheir mentors and advisors

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Graduate Studies

using a variety of strategies; unfortunately, the literature on the effectiveness ofthese approaches is sparse. We present assessment and evaluation results from a course, “InformalScience Education for Scientists: A Practicum,” taught to graduate students in science and engineering-related disciplines in Spring 2008. This course provides a structured framework and experiential learningon informal science education for the graduate student participants during a semester-long experience.The iterative nature of designing an effective informal science education product and the importance offront-end, formative and summative evaluation are stressed throughout the course. The emphasis is placedon having students use a scientific approach in the

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Scott Cross, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Mamoru Tanahashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Masao Takeyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Mutsuko Hatano, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Akira Yamada, Tokyo Tech

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Graduate Studies

2016, a new interdisciplinary Energy Science and Engineering master anddoctoral graduate major degree program called the “energy course” was created withapproximately 140 faculty from 6 departments and approximately 100 students. To graduatefrom the master or doctoral energy course, students must complete energy theory, discipline-based and career oriented coursework, and prepare a research-based thesis. In this paper, bothenergy programs will be introduced, discussed and summarized based upon a best practices pointof view.Energy EducationEnergy and in particular renewable energy education and degree programs in higher educationhave been growing over the last two decades with the green economy1. For example, the Univ.California Berkeley’s

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Graduate Student Writing and Communication

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cunningham, University of Virginia

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Graduate Studies

part collectiveaction that had a positive impact in that community. The PRGs provided a forum for students todevelop a local community, be accepted by that community, and to develop their participation ina larger disciplinary community and feel validated as engineers and researchers.5 conclusion The PRGs provided a valuable incubator for engineering graduate students to developkey communication skills in a supportive environment that provided local and disciplinarycommunity. Students saw value in the immediate and long-term communication developmentthey achieved through the groups. This included improved immediate work as well as the skills,habits, and mindset to craft improved work on their own in the future. They additionally

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Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bolun Huang, Microsoft Corp.; Samantha Wang; Narasimha Reddy

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Graduate Studies

anecdotallyvalidated by many school hiring practices. Second, we did not want a school’s ranking to beimpacted by its own decisions; the ranking of a program has to be validated by decisions ofothers. Hence, we only consider the incoming edges of our hiring graph, i.e., only the Ph.D.shired by other programs impact its ranking. Third, the hiring graph is somewhat self-consistent inthe sense that we don’t need any external input in the process of ranking. For example, if we wereto consider hiring by industry, we would need to somehow have a notion of the relative value of a“Google hire” versus an “IBM hire”. Fourth, since the hiring slots tend to be few and expensive inresources, we postulate rankings based on hiring decisions are harder to “game”.There are