Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

impact of these shifts is two-fold: increased demand for healthcare Page 12.1393.3services for an aging population and decreased availability of intellectual resources to addressthe challenges.Finally, the rising cost of healthcare is a national problem. Projected healthcare costs willconsume 15.5% of the GDP according to the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization or $1.9trillion annually 8. Advances in technology through new treatments and particularly diagnosticimaging are estimated to have contributed 10% to 40% of the cost growth during the 1990s, andtechnology is expected to continue to be a cost driver 4. An aging population is also

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University

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Graduate Studies

. The students exhibited a high attendance rate, but many students lost interest when thespeakers spoke at too high a technical level. Student surveys showed that the course improvedtheir ability to decide on whether to pursue graduate research, and whether this research wouldoccur in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The course surveys also suggested that thestudents were drawn away from professional post-graduate degrees towards research-relatedgraduate degrees. Also, nearly 1 in 5 students actively sought out at least one presenter orfaculty advisor to discuss their research project further, showing a substantial increase indepartmental research interest by the current undergraduate students. Finally, all studentsrecommended the course

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

, respectively, both from the University of Cincinnati where he joined the faculty as an assistant professor in September 2005 and became an associate professor in September 2010. From July 1995 to August 2000, he worked as a R&D Engineer, then Senior Engineer and Project Manager in the industry designing and developing distributed computer control systems, real-time embedded systems for various process controls. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. Page 22.830.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving a Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering Program

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

industry through an open-endedquestion, “What other abilities are essential?” Adapting and understanding the industryenvironment was mentioned by over 18% of the participants. Comments included workingtowards the company’s goals and “not investigating in detail an area of interest related to theproblem.” They also included understanding cost, quality, and project planning or projectmanagement. These comments suggest that the more successful Ph.D.s in industry are able toadapt and understand the industry environment quickly.Leadership, including interpersonal leadership, visionary leadership and lifelong learningleadership, as described in Watson and Lyons 14, was another theme mentioned by 10% of theparticipants. Comments included “the desire to

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. workforce: Students who study one year on a U.S. campus can become eligible for joining the U.S. labor market (see 1+1 option in Section 2.4). Figure 1: Degree program overview2.2 Program CurriculumThe course schedule for the M.S. in ECE degree program is shown in Figure 1. There are eightcourses spread over four semesters plus two capstone project courses, which are offered in thesecond and fourth semester. The entire program duration is four semesters, which is approximately16 months, as a full semester is offered during the summer.This program meets the same requirements as the residential M.S. in ECE offered on the UMassAmherst campus. The admission and degree completion requirements are identical, and the

Conference Session

Online and Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Nevin McKirahan Jr., Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

University. He has published over 50 articles in different journals and conference proceedings. He has served as an investi- gator for research projects sponsored by National Science Foundation, Ford Motor Company, and the US Army. Before working at Indiana State University, he was a faculty in the University of Louisville for 10 years. He also has over four years of industrial experience. He received his D. Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University (USA) in 1999, M.Sc. in Materials Engineering from Isfahan Uni- versity of Technology in 1991, and B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from Tehran University in 1988. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, and ATMAE.Dr. M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University M

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mandy Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

traditional manner, many knowledge communities may be trainingdoctoral students at great length and expense for jobs they will never obtain 2,30,32,33.Research also shows that even those graduates who eventually do land a job in academia arefinding themselves to be lacking general professional skills and are largely unprepared to work Page 24.1124.4cooperatively with other faculty, participate in interdisciplinary projects, or serveadministratively as leaders in academic departments 1,13. Many career skills not typically situatedwithin traditional Ph.D. coursework - including the ability to cope with change, possessing amindset capable of recognizing

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Eisenman, University of Maryland; George List, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies

others, some focus on heavily on theory, othersfocus more on application driven research. Some research programs are team-oriented,while others concentrate on individual projects. Students need to be sure to consider eachof these things when choosing their new school. Page 12.1514.3Choosing an advisor might be the most difficult of the decisions. This is because theinformation incoming students have about advisors is limited to research papers, briefinteractions, and the opinions of others’. With this limited information, students aresupposed to determine who will advise and mentor them through their graduate study andthe rest of their career. A

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

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Mary Anne Walker, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

 Closing Picnic  Research Report #9, #10Figure 2: Slide projected to introduce students to research competition. Figure 3: Research question slide displayed to start the competition. Figure 4: Discussion prompts for post-activity debriefing.Results92 total students participated in this ethics exercise during the 2015 EnSURE(EngineeringSummer Undergraduate Research Experience) program at MSU. The students were divided into24 teams, which were randomly formed on the first day of the summer research program andworked together throughout the professional development seminar series. Each of the 24 teamsturned in a written report (sample in Appendix A) of the activities they completed

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

faculty worked with these graduate studentsboth in Master and Ph.D. level. Several studies on the relationship between graduate student andtheir advisors have been conducted in the past. These studies are concerned with various issuesaffecting the mentoring relationship. However, there has never been a study on this mentoringrelationship specifically at Purdue University. This project is a study of the mentor relationship between mentor and mentee, or facultyand graduate students at Purdue University. Graduate students were invited to participate in thesurvey through email. The survey was conducted online anonymously. This study consists ofquantitative and qualitative analysis. The existing mentoring relationships are identified in orderto

Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

to Innovation (i2i) Laboratory, which opened in August 2008 and houses classrooms and laboratories used by the 2000 students in Purdue’s First-Year Engineering Program. He oversaw the daily operation of the i2i lab, and was responsible for the personnel, logistics, and technology used in the classroom and labs. Eric also helped build and directed the College of Engineering sponsored Artisan and Fabrication Lab (AFL), which houses a machine shop, carpentry shop, and a prototyping lab used by all students in the College of Engineering for project work. In 2009, he received a New Employee Staff Award of Excellence from the College of Engineering for his work in launching the i2i lab. Eric has served as the university

Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bala Ram P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Tobin N. Walton, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Teixeira-Poit

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the College of Engineering at NC A&T State University. As a faculty member, he played a significant role in the implementation of a PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering. Dr. Ram served as the PI for a cross-disciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates site sponsored by NSF. He is currently the PI for an NSF project on Innovation in Graduate Education. Dr. Ram is an evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.Dr. Stephanie Teixeira-Poit American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Towards the Development of a Research Engineer Identity ScaleThis paper reports on research that is part of a broader

Conference Session

Case Studies and Programs to Improve Graduate Students' Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Emily Rivera P.E., University of Florida; Ryan Thrun, U.S. Navy; Sarah Isabel Romero, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Management at the University of Florida.Ryan Thrun, U.S. Navy Ryan Thrun, P.E., LEED AP BD+C Ryan Thrun is a Civil Engineer with the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Thrun graduated from the University of Florida in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering before being commissioned as a Naval Officer later that year. He has been stationed at various military bases along the east coast and Afghanistan primarily managing large-scale construction projects. He has obtained his professional registration and LEED accreditation while stationed in Maryland. Thrun is currently pursuing a Master’s of Engineering degree at the University of Florida before relocating to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as the Facilities

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

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Dr. Jeffrey E. Froyd is a TEES Research Professor in the Office of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a Na- tional

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

interest by business and industry toengage in pure applied research projects with universities to solve immediate problems orimprove processes. The relationship created with business and industry through a professionalprogram provides opportunities for funded research projects. If the professional program offeredis a MS degree program, student theses and directed projects can become pure applied researchprojects for the company.Our goals are to create a Center for Professional Studies in Technology that is supported bybusiness and industry as well as state and federal grants. This Center will coordinate and expandthe already significant efforts by the College of Technology to deliver graduate professionaleducation to practicing professionals. It

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Karly Anne Danhausen, Middle Tennessee State University; Chelsea Rae Nihill, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

addition to Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $2 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Race, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award, and the 2007 Faculty

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

design development cyclewas highlighted in his work. He asserted that the engineering curriculum at that time did notaddress the importance of prototyping and was less practiced in homework, projects, orlaboratories. An experiment was conducted with senior design students through an iterative design-fabrication-redesign-fabrication sequence to enable hands-on experience on desktop-levelmanufacturing equipment. His work strongly asserts the need to include practical training whileincluding design-intensive prototyping courses. During the initial phases, universities do not needto invest in commercial-level equipment, since desktop machines could provide students withuseful insights for basic understanding of processes. The same experimental

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

improve graduateengineering education through multi-campus approach. A summary of the diversity portion ofthe ERC’s strategic plan and progress in the past three years in relation to the milestones for“High Quality Diversity Effort” is highlighted. The key performance indicators show that ERCthrough its partnering institutions is making measurable impact in capacity building for a STEMworkforce as seen in the broad involvement of underrepresented minority students and faculty incenter activities. Project CARE was used as case example of college transition program that wasimplemented based on the proposed model activities. The results show that Project CAREcontributed to 86% educational growth and performance improvement among URM studentswho

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

context.Theme #1: Importance of non-technical skillsAndrew acknowledged how important technical skills were, but emphasized the development ofnon-technical skills such as communication, project management, and networking were criticalto his success, and a key differentiator between him and traditional students. I feel a lot more confident about things like giving presentations or writing reports, like those things don’t stress me out at all, whereas I see they stress out a lot of other, you know, younger students, and for me it’s sort of second nature, it’s not a big deal. I feel a lot more comfortable as far as knowing how to talk to other people sort of in a networking way versus when I was getting my masters’, I didn’t

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Walsh, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robert S. Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

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Graduate Studies

University Lanny Griffin received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis in Materials Scienceand Engineering. He also has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Currently, he is a Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He is also on the Mechanical Engineering faculty of the US Military Academy at West Point as an Army Reserve Officer. Dr. Griffin’s research interests are in bone mechanics and biomaterials and has been the Principal Investigator of several projects from the Army, DOD, and NIH.Dr. Robert S Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Shree Frazier; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

AC 2011-1396: ATTRIBUTES OF SUCCESS FOR ENGINEERING PH.D.S:PERSPECTIVES FROM ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRYMonica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Pri- mary research projects explore the preparation of

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ella L. Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

during each application cycle. Regardless of the specific academic role, allREEFE participants were integrated into the institution as a part-time visiting faculty member.The expectation was for each REEFE participant to contribute his or her engineering educationexpertise in the assigned role for the improvement of the host institution. REEFE fit the untestedcriterion of the EAGER funding line, because to our knowledge, this program was the first tocreate an on-site, long-term internship for engineering education. The project wasinterdisciplinary by design because the host institutions did not have engineering educationdepartments. We believed REEFE was potentially transformative based on the researchregarding internship experiences and because

Conference Session

Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Mohr, Lehigh University; Jennifer H. Gross P.E., Lehigh University; Raymond A Pearson, Lehigh University; John B Ochs, Lehigh University; Ana-Iulia Alexandrescu, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was promoted to associate professor in 1983, and to full professor in 1990. He founded and directed the computer-aided design labs in the mechanical engineering and mechanics department from 1980 to 2001. From 1996 to the present, he has directed the university’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone program (www.lehigh.edu/ipd). The IPD and TE program bring together students from all three undergraduate colleges to work in multidisciplinary teams on industry-sponsored product development projects and student–led start-ups. In 2006, Prof. Ochs received the Olympus Innovation Award for his work in technical entrepreneurship through the IPD pro- gram. In 2012, the

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, sample 10 minute lecture, open-ended project and/or design activity, andhourly exam. In addition students develop teaching philosophy and teaching interest statementsto help define themselves as teachers and for possible future job searches. One of the mostsuccessful initiatives in this highly interactive course has been the implementation of “teachingpartners,” who support each other through the process, providing feedback on all materialsdeveloped. In this paper, I describe this course and provide suggestions for faculty consideringteaching such courses themselves.Course historyThis course had its origins in my participation in the National Effective Teaching Institute, runby Profs. Richard Felder and Jim Stice in 1994 1. This was an excellent

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

comprehensive database forease of tracking and an accurate historical record, along with a savings to administrativepersonnel required to assemble this report data.ConclusionsThis automation project was completed as an “in-house” project by the Computer Support Groupof the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering in collaboration with the Office of StudentServices and the Finance Office. The initial, one-time cost was substantial but is estimated to berecouped by cost savings during the second year the system is in place. Routine maintenanceand upgrading is completed by the Computer Help Desk personnel in the Woodruff School withminimal costs.The new automated system has reduced the amount of paperwork and inefficient services thatwere being provided

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Bhansali, University of South Florida; Ashanti Pyrtle, University of South Florida; Louis Martin-Vega, University of South Florida; Peter Betzer, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

disciplines (Figure 2). Each of these studentshas a unique research experience as they progress to be the next generation of technologyleaders, who possess: a) multidisciplinary research proficiency b) an international researchprospective c) an industry/business perspective and d) technical communication and leadershipskills. Page 11.802.4B. Florida-Georgia Louis Strokes Alliance for Minority Participation -Bridge to Doctorate Project (FGLSAMP-BD)The “Bridge to Doctorate” (BD) program started as an extension of the Florida Georgia LouisStokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) undergraduate program. The goal of theLSAMP undergraduate

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Pando P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Luis E. Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Virginia Tech; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Domniki Asimaki, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brady R. Cox, University of Arkansas; Joseph Wartman, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

inequity mentioned above, a BDP program is proposed to help increasethe size and diversity of the graduate student population. The BDP program described herein wasinitially proposed as part of an NSF research project funded within the Network for EarthquakeEngineering Simulation (NEES) program, but it can be applied as a model for any multi-institutional research proposal. The proposed BDP model, based on the participants of the NSFproposal, is shown schematically in Figure 2. As shown in this figure, the proposed BDP iscentered around the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM), a predominantly Latinoinstitution, and involves connecting the Latino students from UPRM with academic institutionsin mainland USA which in this case are the ones

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

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

she assists with assessment and data analysis for ongoing CETL projects. Her masters thesis involved an investigation of caffeine and cognitive fatigue. Her current research involves the topics of workaholism and overwork.Lydia Soleil, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Lydia Soleil is the Assistant Director for TA Programs and Graduate Student Development in the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Previously, she was at the University of California, Irvine working with graduate students in various capacities: Associate Director of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, First Year Initiatives (undergraduate and