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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah Jane Bork, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

research to explore experiences of engineers with a diagnosed mental illness[21]; preliminary findings discuss Jack, a late career engineer, and his journey with mental healthfrom college to industry. Preliminary analysis highlights specific aspects of the culture ofengineering influencing this journey, such as a lack of information on depression being sharedwhile in college, the de-emphasis on socializing in his first job, and stigmatization faced onceemployers learned about his illness [21]. These findings, although limited, highlight theimportance of studying engineering graduate students’ mental health.In an effort to uncover the landscape of research about engineering graduate student mentalhealth, a scoping literature review was conducted by

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #15079Imperative Issues and Elusive Solutions in Academic Integrity: A Case StudyDr. Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University Scott Hamilton is the Director of Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has both a MS and PhD in civil engineering and a MS in engineering management from Stanford University and a BS from the United States Military Academy, West Point. He is a retired US Army Corps of Engineers officer who has had assignments in the US, Germany, Korea, and Afghanistan. During his military career he spent over 10

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siny Joseph, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Jung Oh, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Raju S. Dandu, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus

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Graduate Studies

transformative change in the graduate program arenafrom a traditionally prevalent Master of Science program is a Professional Master of Science orTechnology program (PMS or PMT). At a college in a mid-western land grant university, the PMTgraduate degree is designed to help advance, or even change, the career path of professionals to reachtheir professional goals. The objective of PMT is to leverage the real-world experience and sharpenprofessional skills while providing the educational credentials sought after highly by industry. Thus, theProfessional Master of Technology program (PMT) at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is aninnovative interdisciplinary graduate degree program that helps working professionals and studentsexpand their

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Chris Venters, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

& Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Borrego’s engineering education research awards include PECASE, CAREER, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. Her research interests include engineering fac- ulty development, specifically how faculty members decide to apply the results of educational research, and interdisciplinary graduate education in STEM. She is an editorial board member for Journal of Engi- neering Education and Chair of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Educational Research and Methods Division. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engineering educa- tion

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liesl Klein, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

. I started the #AcademicsWithADHD hashtag on Twitter to find other scholars with ADHD. This community has been really helpful for me! I post about ADHD, anxiety, and being an early career academic across Twitter (@), Instagram (@), and on my blog. You’re also welcome to subscribe to my "Academics with ADHD" Twitter list! #AcademicsWithADHD #ADHDAcademic #PostDoc #ADHDDiagnosis #PhDBalance #GeneralAnxietyDisorder100 Hi! I'm Amy Coolidge (@), and I am the COO of PhD Balance. coping mechanism life stressors/disability 8.33 Slated for graduation in 2020 (fingers crossed), I am a PhD Candidate in coping life stressors

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Ruete, Universidad Andres Bello; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello ; Danilo Leal, Universidad Andres Bello; Pilar López Lira, Universidad Andres Bello; Lilian Pamela San Martín Medina, Universidad Andres Bello; Margarita Ercilia Aravena, Universidad Andres Bello; Giannina Costa, Universidad Andres Bello

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Graduate Studies

used inputvariables such as gender, residence, work experience (demographic variables), educational level,multiple-choice test score, career, project submission date, section activity (previous academicperformance variables). They measured model performance with accuracy, precision, andsensitivity metrics.Martinho et al.[16] presents a model based on a Fuzzy-ARTMAP neural network using onlyenrollment data collected for seven years. The model performance results showed an accuracy ofover 85%.Mubarak et al.[17] used Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and sequential logistic regression togenerate the predictive model. The dataset comprises variables such as mean number of sessionsper participant per week, access number behavior, problem, video wiki

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

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Graduate Studies

they can develop the knowledge, skills, and relationships needed to be aresearch engineer. Another initiative seeks to develop a Research Engineer Network (REN) ofindividuals that will impart skills and mentoring to graduate students, that may not available to them fromtheir own major professor and her/his research group. The network will be composed of graduatestudents, select major professors, select faculty from R1 universities, and representatives from corporateresearch and federal research laboratories. The REN will have three tracks of activities: ResearchProgression Skills (REN-RPS), Research Networking Skills (REN-RNS), and Career Preview andPreparation (REN-CPP). Each track of activities will be offered in Fall and Spring. The REN

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

2006-16: ON THE STRUCTURING OF THE GRADUATE ENGINEERINGDISQUISITIONDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been a manufacturing engineer for over four decades, roughly equally divided between industrial and academic employment. He has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. Prior to this appointment, he served in a manufacturing engineering and education post at Focus: HOPE for six years and on the faculty of University of Cincinnati for fifteen years. His early career included some twenty years in research and development, manufacturing engineering and production management in the power generation

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University; Rene Alexander Soto Perez, Purdue University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University; Michael C. Loui, Purdue University; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Graduate Studies

noted thevalue of student-student and student-faculty interactions. They have commented on the richnessof discussions with their classmates and the instructor. Most participants are Ph.D. students inengineering who expect to pursue a career in academia. They have a variety of backgrounds.Some have many years of teaching experience (at the college or pre-college level, in the UnitedStates or abroad) and are returning to campus to earn a Ph.D. Some have been in industry andwant to move to a faculty position. And many have come to graduate school directly from anundergraduate engineering program. They come from almost every engineering discipline anddozens of different countries. Students also appreciate that most of the certificate coursesinvolve

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Megan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe B. Manning, Pennsylvania State University; Margaret June Slattery, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

and SurgeryDr. Margaret June Slattery, Pennsylvania State University Margaret Slattery Ph.D., has been a faculty member at Penn State University in Biomedical Engineering since 2007 and her career has focused on undergraduate students and their academic experiences. She currently is directing a new office within Undergraduate Education aimed to increase the visibility and support for General Education while helping to implement a new General Education program for all PSU undergraduates. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Impact of a Creativity-Focused Biomedical REU on Students’ Conceptions of Research and CreativityAbstract: Research

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

; increased leisure time; non-sequential learning formats; movement across educational systems; increased life expectancy;increased rates of mid-career changes; new trends in occupational licensing requirements; andeconomic restraints [12]. In articulating the growth of distance education, Ferguson [12] highlightsthe distinction between what Toffler [13] called “second wave” and “third wave” civilization.Second wave “industrial” citizens, having experienced the clashes and technological developmentsthat came with the First and Second World Wars, were more inclined to accept factory jobs andseek less education beyond what was needed for the majority jobs of in the U.S. On the other hand,influenced by the list of societal changes noted above, “third

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

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Graduate Studies

, the minimum number of credit-bearing hours required toward degreeattainment is 66 (beyond master’s degree). After twenty-one years of practice and 165 graduates,the program is successful despite many administrative difficulties, built into the curriculuminefficiencies, and program procedural issues.Currently, the Consortium has 126 students, but the number of active students is less, because ofthe nature of the students. Enrolled students are allotted nine years to complete the program.Though nine years may seem a bit too long for typical doctoral program students, the averageage of students in the Consortium program is 46. Typically, these are students alreadysuccessfully engaged in careers who have decided to pursue this significant

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. Page 23.647.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ETD

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Technology, Graduate Studies

capableengineering professionals that are readily absorbed by technical industries. Simply consider thefrequent news in 2011 describing the urgent need to curb job outsourcing and the subsequentdecline in national manufacturing capacity; the increased reliance of our society on serviceindustries responsible for over 70% of the monthly paychecks in the U.S.; the shortage ofengineering professionals; the impending reduction in the engineering workforce due to retiringbaby-boomers; and the profound difficulties in attracting the so-called millennial student toSTEM career choices. There continues to be misconception, miscommunication, and confusion regarding ETECand its relation to ENG programs and to engineering as a career. The fact that 2-year

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies, Student

investigate the experiences of GTAs in engineering by exploring howGTAs' feelings of autonomy relate to the types of teaching decisions they make. Teachingexperiences in graduate school may influence graduate students' career paths, so exploringmotivation and decision making can allow universities to better support graduate students.This study aimed to answer the following research questions: 1. How autonomous do graduate teaching assistants feel in their teaching duties? 2. How do graduate teaching assistants‟ descriptions of their teaching decisions relate to their perceptions of autonomy?Background and Situation in the LiteratureThe employment of graduate teaching assistants, or GTAs, has been largely motivated by thedesire to allow

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies

”, “always use a check list and criteria”,“be especially careful about the interaction between the students and the teacher” and “watch outfor clues from when the students may have trouble following the teacher and how you improveupon that”. In answering the question, “do you plan to be a college teacher as a career goal?” in theposttest, 67% of the students said yes! Page 25.1436.8Conclusion and ReflectionThe instructor of the course integrated a peer observation project because students asked formore than one observation of their teaching. Initially one observation by the instructor wasprovided to each student who was teaching; and no observation

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, Purdue Building Construction Management Dept.

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Graduate Studies

courses. It is likely that the synchronous nature of the courseworkhelps to pace the student’s work which in turn leads to course completion. On the other hand, thedirected project is a self-paced independent project without a pacing mechanism. The studentsenrolled in the distance MS program have family and career obligations competing for their time.After four semesters of intense coursework the students see the directed project as an obligationwithout a firm deadline. Distance education appeals to busy people. However, the burden can beoverwhelming. “Distance-education students tend to leave us because they are very busy, theirlives are crammed full of things, and suddenly they find themselves in a situation of having torethink their priorities

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Paige Smith, University of Maryland; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

ethnicity, were a significant factor inwomen engineering students' persistence in engineering careers.As for academic programs, one large study15 surveyed over 4,000 Ph.D. students from avariety of disciplines in 1999 to get their perspective on doctoral education. Resultsindicated that students were often dissatisfied with the doctoral programs they were inand did not think that their training really prepared them for the jobs they were seeking.Thus for these programs the perceptions of the faculty and of the students were verydifferent. A recent study conducted by the University of California16 indicated thatfaculty careers, in engineering or other disciplines, are not very attractive to currentdoctoral students. It may be that such attitudes are

Conference Session

Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Johnson, University of Alabama; Philip Johnson, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Joan Barth, University of Alabama; Bettie Aruwajoye, University of Alabama; Hannah Beatty, University of Alabama; Kendrick Gibson, University of Alabama; Sarah Dunlap, University of Alabama

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Graduate Studies

experience will -feel well-traveledbe useful to you in your future -hands on engineering experienceengineering career? -experience with the culture; might like to work there long-term -experience dealing with unusual or unfamiliar obstacles -ingenuity and thinking outside the box8 What skills do you think it takes to -being nice and approachable goes a long waywork in a different culture? -being accepting of differences; open-minded(communication, teamwork, leadership, -communicating not only in general but communicating engineeringappreciation for other cultures

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Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhaval Gajjar, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan PhD, Arizona State University; Jacob Shizuo Kashiwagi; Joshua Jason Mischung

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

to theculture and the expectations of the United States. The university has observed that academicsuccess is tied to the student’s ability to be accepted in the culture and feeling a sense ofbelonging.The transitional challenges like challenge to socialize with American peers, feeling of inferiorityor “second class citizenship” and interaction with the faculty affect the student’s ability tounderstand the new culture and socialize with American students. In order to help the firstcoming Indian graduate students in the construction department, the department not only needsto be involved in their academic career success, but also the success in student’s social life. This

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University; Michael Clare, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; John D. Graham, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

2006-1509: ACADEMIC CAPABILITY PRODUCING ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT: A SUCCESS STORYPhillip Sanger, Western Carolina University Phillip Sanger is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology and serves as the Director of the Center for Integrated Technologies at Western Carolina University. He holds a B.A. in Physics from Saint Louis University and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Technology development including MRI magnets and SiC power devices plus economic development has been his career foci.Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University Aaron K. Ball is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director in

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies, Student

mentor and mentee gender affect the development and mode (supervisory vs. coaching) of the mentoring relationship?Implications of the two emerging models of research mentoring are discussed both in the localcontext of administering the mentoring program and in the broader context of mentoringprograms overall and other types of research-focused mentoring relationships.BackgroundYOU’RE@CU Program DetailsThe YOU’RE@CU mentoring program has three main goals: (1) increase retention ofundergraduate students in engineering with particular focus on women and underrepresentedminorities, (2) expose students to engineering research careers in academia and industry, (3)encourage graduate students to develop mentoring skills through a hands-on

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Dale Pokorski, Virginia Tech; David Bailey, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

information technology and desktop support, and software support for Engineering students. Additionally Dale coordinates information technology efforts that benefit the entire college and facilitates all college level information technology projects. Prior to joining Virginia Tech She began her Air Force career as Financial Systems Analyst shortly after graduating from Smith College with a degree in Computer Science. While in the Air Force, Dale earned her MBA from Auburn University in Montgomery.David Bailey, Virginia Tech David Bailey is an industrial and systems engineering graduate student at Virginia Tech. He worked in the telecommunications/IT industry as a network management

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

the needs of creative engineering practice in industry toenhance U.S. technological innovation and competitiveness. This paper implements the findingsof the National Collaborative as a model pilot effort at a major university. The Masters forEngineering Professionals to be introduced at New Jersey Institute of Technology is reflective ofthe skills, knowledge and actions required for early career development in developingengineering leaders for the first stage of Direct Leadership [Levels 1-3 Engineering]. Thepostgraduate engineering curriculum has been designed as a matrix of advanced studies versusskills, knowledge and actions required for Level 3 engineering. Program emphasis is placed uponengineering creativity, innovation, and its

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fleisig, McMaster University; Harry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design

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Graduate Studies

creative engineering design for academia,business, and the engineering profession is a much greater challenge than was originallyimagined by the founders. The ideal product of the program is an individual with traits thatstretch beyond conventional engineering education norms to include commitment to Page 15.1052.2creating value, creativity, risk-taking, strong communication and interpersonal skills,business acumen, ability to integrate ideas, capability to explore ideas, and a capability tocollaborate with other professions, in addition to technical competence. This individual, indue course in their career, would show adeptness at creating higher

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

content and the major assessments as well as the connections betweenthe different course topics and the students’ overall professional development. Moving forward,additional scaffolding (such as a course concept map and an individual professional developmentplan) will be used to help frame the course and the assessments to help students see thealignment within the course as well as alignment with their graduate careers and overallprofessional development.3) What are the challenges that instructors reported in teaching the course and what are thestrategies to resolve the challenges? All three professors agreed (in their interviews) that the implementation went well for thefirst time, pilot offering. However, three major challenges were

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Connolly, University of Texas - Austin

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Graduate Studies

improve undergraduate engineering education. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Connolly worked as a systems integration engineer on the Space Station and Space Shuttle programs at the NASA Johnson Space Center, and as a reliability engineer on the B-2 Stealth Bomber program for the Depart- ment of Defense. Dr. Connolly earned a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, an M.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, both from UT Austin. He served as a graduate teaching assistant for six years during his graduate studies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant Certification as a

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

directly from their undergraduate semesters, armed with Bachelorsdegrees, but unhappy with the job market and their career prospects.Just as their motives for being in this class are diverse so are their academic backgrounds for theCSE graduate students. Many students have undergraduate degrees in mathematics orengineering, whereas some have majored in Biology, Business, Physics, agricultural sciences.Their level of knowledge of statistics is also varied, although, most have had at least someelementary statistical theory. Teaching statistics to students from different backgrounds is notdifficult, statistics is, in essence, an applied science and lends itself well to most disciplines thancan be quantified. However, all the different backgrounds and

Conference Session

Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Paul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Graduate Studies

fortheir Master’s Project. In other words, they will provide them with the opportunity to exploretheir potential research areas for their MS Project. Furthermore, having an additional course inthe same area as their field of interest will provide them with sufficient time to accomplish ascholarly work. Consequently, such courses will better equip them for post graduation career inthe today’s competitive world.MS Tech Program at IPFWThe Master of Science in Technology at the Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne(IPFW) was formally launched in the Spring Semester of 2007 with an enrollment of six fulltimes students. The enrollment since then has increased almost four fold but the actual activestudent number is slightly less because of

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York; K. Shahrabi, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Beverly Kahn, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York

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Graduate Studies

Engineering Education, 2009 The Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Degree in Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Degree in Engineering Technology (ET) is a newdegree option created to meet growing industry needs for technologists with broad backgroundand experience to provide rewarding career and academic opportunities for undergraduates inscience, technology, business and health majors. According to the Council of Graduate Schools(CGS), this program involves not only advanced disciplinary study in engineering andtechnology, but also an appropriate array of professional skill-development activities to producegraduates highly valued by employers and fully prepared to