Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Bruce Gluckman, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

areas in ESM are very diverse, spanning from materials science to photonics, totheoretical mechanics, to neuroscience. This diversity is reflected in the student population thatapplies for admission into the ESM program. Many ESM students have a physics background,others have a more traditional engineering background, and, more recently, we have studentswith bioengineering or biology training. The first year for incoming graduate students is typicallydevoted to taking foundational subjects in their research area (the ESM qualifying exam has fivebroad areas of concentration: mechanics, materials, electromagnetics, nano- and bio-science, andneural engineering). Students preparing for the qualifying exam typically concentrate theiracademic plan to

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

challenging, the positive outcome of such interdisciplinary education is that thegraduates are able to technically understand and communicate effectively across disciplines incomplex problem areas where such interdisciplinary interactions are not only critical, but arerequired in the current market place and global economy. This is reflected in the careerplacement of graduates in areas that generally would not have been possible based solely on theirundergraduate field.IntroductionThe new paradigm in graduate studies is interdisciplinary programs that meet the technical needsof the current practices in the field and industry. Modeling and simulation built uponcomputational science and engineering has now become the third key solution methodology

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

allpotential identifiers were substituted with acronyms to protect the students’ identities. Qualitativedata analysis was performed to extract the themes and trends of our data. A brief description ofqualitative data analysis procedures is described as follows.Prior to data analysis, all qualitative data were read and re-read to make a general sense.Researcher kept reflective notes throughout the reading process. Self-authorship theory was usedas the theoretical framework to guide the data analysis process20. Three first-level codes werepre-defined as Epistemological Dimension, Intrapersonal Dimension and InterpersonalDimension. Within the framing of these three first-level codes, open coding procedure was thenperformed throughout the transcripts to

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

distinguished from research in the humanities and sciences. In describing a framework for the disquisition, the paper outlines an approach to scholarship that is expressly focused on engineering and its societal responsibilities. The structure presented has been employed with the graduate students supervised by the author. An eight-chapter disquisition outline is presented, along with supplemental procedures for managing throughput and for composition of the supervising committee that includes knowledgeable practitioners, as well as faculty. Some examples of successful disquisition topics and committees are presented. The paper concludes with a reflection on the opportunities for and barriers to wide-spread adoption of an engineering disquisition

Conference Session

Design and Implementation of Graduate Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University

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Graduate Studies

SEM610B Figure 3. Student Teaching Evaluation on Capstone Courses – Student-Learning and TeachingCapstone project implementation is the ultimate stage for students to develop and demonstratethe competencies described in the PLOs, and they provide this feedback at the end of theprogram. This feedback is also important because they do this evaluation right after the capstonecourses. This feedback is shown in Table 1. PLOs directly reflect the full curriculum and thecapstone projects in particular. Overall the student population feedback on the capstone coursesin particular and the PLOs, is very positive demonstrating the value of the framework and itsoutcome in the capstone projects. Table 1 – Student Evaluation on Achieving PLO

Conference Session

Assessing Learning Outcomes for Flipped Classrooms, Recruitment and Research Internships, and Alternate Assessments for Online Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittain Sobey, The University of Texas - Austin; Margo Cousins, The University of Texas - Austin; Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas - Austin; Stephanie Ruth Young M.Ed., The University of Texas - Austin

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

from highly ranked schools. The inherent limitations of areputation system notwithstanding, USNWR rankings, like GRE scores and GPA, generallycorrelate positively with graduate school attendance and success in the research. 4 Thus, a degreefrom USNRW Top 20 ranked program remains an insufficient yet valuable characteristic ofincoming graduate students worth consideration.* The metrics described in this review are for recruitment process evaluation only, and have been adapted for the purposes of this paper. Thescores and conversions should not be considered as a reflection on the admission processes or policies of the UT Austin BME department or thegraduate school. The program’s domestic and international admission committees make final

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

) with access to the latest technology tools for teaching. Flexible schedules are very important to most professionals as they contrast the environment of the academic world to the corporate world.These alternatives can be funded by the professional education programs and should be built intothe budget when developing a business case which would be reflected in the tuition paid bystudents.Since not all faculty will buy into the “pay for performance” concept, it should be voluntary andthe result of targeted recruiting for professional graduate education.A training program for faculty long on content knowledge and experience but short on teachingskills must be established. This should also include a mentor relationship with

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Graduate Studies

the semester. To varying degrees, these weekly meetings also serveas peer mentoring and community building activities among the teaching teams assigned to eachcourse. There is little communication between graduate students assigned to different courses,even among Graduate Teaching Fellows. Written, qualitative faculty evaluations were veryuseful to workshop leaders, while quantitative student evaluations using a standardized formwere not reflective of the responsibilities of workshop leaders. Recommendations includeexpanding the faculty teaching mentor role, redesigning the student feedback form, and addingsocial activities across course assignments.I. IntroductionThose holding academic faculty positions within a college or university are

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kwabena Narh, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

studies and the obstacles students face in pursuing advanced degrees.Agreement is measured on a five-point scale where 1 indicates strong disagreement and 5indicates strong agreement. Most statements are phrased positively such that agreement isdesirable, but some statements are phrased negatively and disagreement is desirable. Forexample, one item states “The research requirements necessary to complete a graduate degreeare undesirable.” To score the entire survey, responses to the negatively phrased items are Page 14.872.3reversed so that higher average scores reflect more positive attitudes toward graduate studies.A pilot study was conducted to

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahita Zarei, University of the Pacific; Rick Hutley, University of the Pacific

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Graduate Studies

years p-value 0.442necessarily translated to a higher GPA. The Data Science program comprises a diverse set ofcourses some of which include mastery of soft skills such as project presentation and storytelling.Many students who had longer gap years were indeed seasoned professionals in their respectivefields and thus had the opportunity to master such skills. Therefore, they performed very well oncourses that assessed these skills, which improved their overall GPA.Data ClusteringWe applied fuzzy c-means (FCM) [2] clustering to identify “similar” groups of students based onincoming GPA, level of math competency, and their success in the program as reflected by theirprogram GPA. The purpose of

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

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Graduate Studies

the outcomes demonstrated by students viathe evaluative components, grades were assigned ranging from A (attainment of all outcomes ata proficient level) to B- (attainment of 1 outcome at a proficient level).Student ProjectsThroughout the course, students were asked to maintain and continuously update a coursejournal. This journal consisted of entries similar to a diary in which students would reflect uponthe broader impacts topic being discussed and record their level of personal interest andalignment of personal values with the goals and impact of that specific broader impacts (BI)activity. The intent here was for the students to identify an area of BI activity that aligned withtheir interests and motivations right from the beginning

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies

Urgency of Engineering Education Reform, Plenary Address, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2002.5. Keating, D. A., and E. M. Deloatch, Don’t Overlook Industry, PRISM, November, 2007.6. Schon, D. A., The Reflective Practitioner, Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1983.7. Schon, D. A., Educating the Reflective Practitioner, Jossey-Bass, New York, 1987.8. Conrad, C.F., Haworth, J.G., Millar, S.B., A Silent Success: Master’s Education in the United States, The National Study By the Council of Graduate Schools, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.9. Maxwell, J. C. Developing the Leaders Around You, Nelson Business Books, Nashville, 1995.10. Labor Statistics from USDOL http://www.bls.gov/oes

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

assignments, which consisted of weekly in-class exercises centered on the course topics, • Contributions to an online discussion board whereby students were required to answer questions or make comments on a given topic, • Entry into a weekly reflection journal, designed to document the student’s pre- reading ideas or beliefs based on personal experience, readings, discussions from the previous class sessions, or ambiguous issues discussed during the course, • A group semester project (3-4 students per group), which consisted of developing a plan to implement training in a fictitious business unit and an example of a complete training module to

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

for a complementaryfaculty reward system for professional oriented faculty in order to advance professional engineeringgraduate education for creative practice. The work by Schoen [Reflective Practitioner] also suggestsseveral professional characteristics that differentiate the creative work of the reflective practitioner in theprofessions from that of the work of research scientists.9A) Professional Scholarship of Engineering, Teaching, EngagementIn order to implement sustainable reform and to develop professional cultures that reward and encourageprofessionally oriented faculty in engineering, the National Collaborative Task Force believes that theterm scholarship should be defined in its broadest sense to include original creative work of

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Narate Taerat, Louisiana Tech University; Nichamon Naksinehaboon, Louisiana Tech University; Oneka Tiwanna Cummings, Louisiana Tech University

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Graduate Studies, Student

reflect positively on their university. The conference would allow graduate students topractice presenting their research as well as gain exposure to other research conducted at theuniversity. The conference would also provide an atmosphere for socializing or networking withother students as well as faculty outside the confinement of the classroom or lab walls. Creatingan atmosphere of a social nature has been shown to increase collaboration and quality of work 3.Additionally, having a college wide conference could provide an opportunity to show newgraduate students the wide range of research being conducted. Typically new graduate studentsdo not have the knowledge of what research they are interested in1, by having a conference thestudents could

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ETD

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer P.M.P., S.P.H.R., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology, Graduate Studies

, nor is it to define thediscipline of technology. The intent is to understand and critically reflect on the meaning ofthese two concepts and draw associations between them in an evolving effort to define anddevelop the 21st Century Technologist. It is only through a comprehensive understanding ofthese related concepts that we can draw parallels and capitalize on existing bodies of knowledge.As discussed by Bertoline6, technology is a pervasive feature of our contemporary culture but itis more than that; it is a defining feature of the human condition. Page 25.217.3We know a great deal about technologies in an individual sense, but much less

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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

asked to rate the extent that they were interested in various components of typical and non-typical Ph.D. degree programs. Results indicated that participants felt that doctoral programswould be prepared to do almost everything on the survey, including things not typically taught.In response to a question about challenges to pursuing a Ph.D., potential Ph.D. candidatesfrequently mentioned financial concerns, and often stated that they “did not want to teach”reflecting a lack of understanding that the doctoral degree is relevant to industrial jobs. Resultsfrom this study can be used to inform doctoral programs and enhance the recruitment efforts ofengineering doctoral students in the United States.1. BackgroundThe traditional expectation of

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

. For our earlier, one semester proposition course (1), students rate as mostvaluable the “writing the rough draft, comments received on the rough draft, and givinga practice talk.” Rated as generally helpful were “doing a literature review; writing theproposal outline (with references); preparing the technical presentation, and classquestions after the practice talk.” These qualitative reflections indicate that continual,formative feedback for every phase of proposal construction is important. The formaldeliverables are the final paper and presentation and defense, but the greatest learning Page 22.1495.6appears to have been in the exercises and

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies

focused on employers’ evaluations of employer-delivered workforce readinesstraining, the research report is valuable for the light it sheds on the gaps in skills whichemployers find in workforce entrants, including those entering with workforce with afour-year college degree. It is also valuable for the information it provides on howemployers rate the work skills which new employees need: the list of applied skills hassubstantial overlap with the soft skills in accreditation standards for ABET for example,and is reflective of other sources of soft or professional skills. The new economy andcurrent world of work requires many skills, and specifically the applied or professionalskills which began this discussion.What relevance does this information

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Casey E. Wright, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Erica M. Stone, Middle Tennessee State University; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

students in engineering education programs have typically been trained through ABET-accredited engineering programs. Despite ABET’s communication requirement, engineeringundergraduate students have limited opportunities to learn to write in their discipline [7]. Often,explicit writing instruction is limited to two courses: one in first-year writing, and one thatfocuses on engineering writing. The other writing engineering students do is integrated implicitlyin design and laboratory coursework. In these contexts, writing practices are often renderedinvisible as students are asked to fill forms, draw sketches, and incorporate appropriate equationsinto reports rather than write essays or reflections [6]. Instructors do not emphasize writingprocesses

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

reflected in the strength and innovative capacity of the nation’s engineering infrastructure in industry for technology development and innovation. Recognizes the national imperative in winning the skills race and strengthening U.S. innovation through professional graduate engineering education specifically designed to unlock the creative, innovative and leadership potential of the U.S. graduate engineering workforce in America’s industry. Provides degreed engineers, employed in industry, a new type of world-class professional graduate education that is integrative with the engineer’s experience and on-going creative engineering work to improve the technological competitiveness of regional industry across the nation

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

, with average doctoral graduation ages of 30, 31.2, and32, respectively, whereas students in humanities (average 34.2) and other non- science andengineering fields (36.2) skewed slightly older19. While it’s likely that this difference ingraduation age between fields is due in part to a higher proportion of returning students in non-engineering fields, it may also reflect differences in average time to degree and proportion of parttime students in these fields. Of all of the doctoral degrees awarded in engineering in 2012, 22.2percent were awarded to women20. Among 2012 engineering PhD recipients that were USCitizens or permanent residents, 69.8 percent identified as white, 15.7 percent as Asian, 5.4percent as Hispanic, 4.3 percent as Black or

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies

modern practice of engineering for technology development & innovation‘has itself changed substantially’ from that portrayed by linear research-driven paradigm ofengineering practice of 1945 U.S. science policy (See Appendix A). 6 Yet, with notableexceptions, the mainstream of U.S. engineering graduate education has not reflected this change.As outcomes of investigating the need for reform of engineering graduate education forcompetitiveness in the UK and in the US, the UK Parnaby Committee and the US NationalCollaborative Task Force have basically reached similar conclusions from essentially twoparallel efforts and from two different national perspectives: UK Parnaby Report Although the UK government had already begun to

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

categories, therate was about 90%; please note that this figure is based on a limited data set of those schools forwhich data could be obtained. It is not clear if this data set is reflective of the full set of 288 U.S.research and doctoral granting institutions.Table 2: Count of Schools with Teacher Preparation Programs & Courses # and % of schools for # and % of schools reporting that which data was they offer the course/program obtainedPreparing Future Faculty program 80 (27.8%) 72 (90%)Teaching certificate program 90 (31.3%) 81 (90

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

productiveengineering careers in industry. As reflected by the National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE), there are “nine levels” of progressive professional responsibility and leadership abilitiesrequired in creative engineering practice. Undergraduate engineering education prepares the engineerfor entry into the profession at Level I Engineer. But, it does not prepare the engineer for creativepractice at all levels of engineering. Further professional studies, experience, and actual creativeperformance are required beyond entry-level for further professional development in engineering.Finding # 5: Revitalizing the U.S. Engineering Workforce for leadership of technologicaldevelopment & innovation in industry is one of the nation’s primary engines

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Marvin K. Karugarama, Virginia Tech; John J. Lesko, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

summer bridge program was to smooth the transition for incoming engineeringgraduate students who were both demographically underrepresented and matriculating from a differentundergraduate university. Given the unique challenges these individuals face upon entering this newcontext, the experiences of past graduate students were leveraged to inform the development of thesummer bridge. A group of current engineering graduate students who were primarily fromunderrepresented groups (i.e., women and racial/ethnic minorities) identified key areas where graduatestudents new to the university (i.e., those matriculating from a different undergraduate program) mightbe disadvantaged and need further support. Through personal reflection and discussion with

Conference Session

Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gurlovleen Rathore, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University; Matthew Pariyothorn, Texas A&M University; Nandita Kohli, Texas A&M University ; Prasad N. Enjeti, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

 dealing with difficult work issuesEach topic was addressed by an expert or a panels of experts in research, teaching, leadership,and/or service.To receive credit, students were required to attend at least 12 of the 14 classes. In addition, theysubmitted pre- and post-surveys, a curriculum vita, teaching, research and service philosophies,questions for panels, course segment reflections, and e-portfolios. By the end of this seminar,students were expected to (a) describe realities of the academic job market, (b) articulate theirprofessional aspirations and competencies, and (c) develop materials to compete for and succeedin the academic job market.This seminar and its evaluation emphasize development of doctoral students’ understanding offaculty

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University; Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University; Francisco J. Montalvo, Purdue University; Jason Marion Davis

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Graduate Studies

give feedback and guide students towards higher learning, or they may be with peers in “jointdialogues” [20, p. 82] where two or more students co-construct learning by reflecting on the other’sperspective. The active-constructive-interactive taxonomy classifies pedagogies through their taskfeatures, the activities which learners do, and the cognitive processes they use. The three levels ofactivity describe how engaged students are with a task, depending on expectations of behavior,dialogue, and producing outputs. Another model of student engagement was proposed by Smith and colleagues [11] calledthe pedagogies of engagement model. This model is based on interactions among teams or groupsof students, and it describes the dynamics of

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ben Mason, University of California, Berkeley; Nicholas W. Trombetta, University of California, San Diego

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

prior to beginning their work at Davis. Three ofthe five undergraduates were given the opportunity to work extensively with the centrifuge testdata and results. Two of the five undergraduates continued to work at the centrifuge facility forover a week after the test was concluded, helping with report preparation and data analyses. Inaddition, for one of the centrifuge tests, we recruited two undergraduates to work together asresearch assistants.AssessmentStudent QualificationsThe data summarized in Table 5 illustrate that the research team was successful in recruitinghighly qualified undergraduate participants, which reflects well on the recruitment programestablished for this project. All of the undergraduates had grade point averages greater

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Graduate Studies

. Page 22.248.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessment Based on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Mysore Narayanan, Miami University, Ohio.Abstract Scholars in the area of cognitive science and educational psychology agree that‘assessment’ as ‘learning’ should not be treated like a third-party research project orsome administrator’s questionnaire. Assessment must be actually viewed as acommunity effort or nothing. Assessment must be driven by a faculty's owncommitment to reflect, react, innovate and improve. Educators have also recognized thatit is very important that instructors make a strong effort to teach to the