Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidar Malki, University of Houston; Michael Gibson, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Graduate Studies

basis.SummaryThis paper presented a multidisciplinary, technology-based Master of Technology degreeprogram. The program includes a multidisciplinary core, a technology-based concentration, andthesis/project practicum. The intent of introducing the program is to integrate different disciplineswithin the College of Technology and provide a degree program to integrate the knowledgecontent, skills, and experiences of today’s professionals.Bibliography1. Keating, D. A., Stanford, T. G. Dunlap, D. D., McHenry, A. L., DeLoatch, E. M., Lee, P. Y., Depew, D. R., Bertoline, G. R., Dyrenfurth, M. J., Tricamo. S. J., Palmer, H. J., Davis, I. T., Morrison, E. R., Tidwell, J. P., Gonzalez-Landis, S. J., O’Brien, J. O., Snellenberger, J. M., Quick

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy Noonan, Purdue University; Jaemeen Baek, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sangil Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ulas Tezel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Grant Michalski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Chia-Hung Hou, Georgia Institute of Technology

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groups due to thelow response rates. There are also other validity concerns that are more specific to particularstudies.Table 1. Responses generated by some recent engineering education survey studies. Author(s) Response Rate Napp2 109 21.8% St. Clair & Baker3 369 14.8% Zydney et al.4 155 43.7% Baker et al.5 45 40.9% Brawner et al.6 586 (511 usable) 36.2% Puerzer & Rooney7 96 46.2

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Graduate Studies

on a leadership role in their respective communities.The paper will conclude with a discussion of the results of anevaluation of the program which was used to gather both studentand teacher/mentor input at the symposium, a listing of lessonslearned, and plans for the future development and extension of theprogram. Page 11.959.1IntroductionNavy’s civilian science and technology (S&T) workforce numbersome 22,000 strong. Of those some 4,000 charge 50% or more oftheir time to actual S&T projects and are considered to be the corepractitioners of S&T for the Navy. Almost half of those 4,000 holdPh.D.s1 with about half working at the Naval Research Laboratory(NRL) and

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

2006-115: LEVERAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THEMANAGEMENT OF GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMSWayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology Wayne E. Whiteman is a Senior Academic Professional and Director of the Office of Student Services in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his BS degree from the United States Military Academy in 1979, a master?s degree from MIT in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1996. Whiteman is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army and completed 24 years of active military service. He served on the West Point faculty from 1987 to 1990, and 1998 to 2003

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Norton, University of Michigan; Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

under the moniker “Future Faculty Series” wasoriginally created by student chapter members and has been offered by the student chapter sincemid 1990’s. Recently the CoE instituted a program of their own, called Academic Careers inEngineering and Sciences (ACES) with very similar objectives and structure. The describedobjective of ACES is to prepare senior graduate students for careers at research-orienteduniversities and institutes. The student chapter found that ACES directly mirrored three of the Page 11.1429.2four Future Faculty Series sessions offered by ASEE. The student chapter was even approachedby the Dean of Graduate Students and asked

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi Marikunte, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Frances Harackiewicz, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lizette Chevalier, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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been reported thatthe proportion of undergraduate teaching assigned to graduate teaching assistants isbetween 25 to 38 percent.6 However, many graduate teaching assistants are not Page 11.268.2adequately prepared for their responsibilities. In order to address this concern manyuniversities across the country have implemented formal graduate teaching assistanttraining programs since 1980’s.7 - 10 Most of these training implemented are at theinstitution level and the program is generalized to include all disciplines.11 As a result thefocus of such programs are mainly on procedural issues (e.g., sexual harassment,diversity, campus resources, etc

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LaRuth McAfee, State University of New York-Stony Brook; David Ferguson, State University of New York-Stony Brook; LaRuth McAfee, State University of New York-Stony Brook

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Graduate Studies

expected to write proposals to externalagencies to fund their research projects. In other departments, a lack of funding meant that thestudents had to be teaching assistants frequently, and some even taught at other local collegesbecause there was significant competition for the few teaching assistant opportunities in theirarea(s) of expertise. For minority students, however, this issue of funding did not come up asmuch as it did for non-minority students. This is partially due to certain internal and externalfellowships available to minority graduate students. The offices that administer internalfellowships for minority students also organize events for the students in the program. Suchevents help to build a university-wide community among

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Graduate Studies

a new skill. Using role play enhanced the students’ interest in the course andafforded opportunities of how to apply training concepts in the corporate environment. Thestudents obviously enjoyed the use of role play as an instructional method, developed thenecessary skill set to design effective training programs, and highly recommended this course toother engineering graduate students. With the necessary planning and preparation, the use ofrole play in a graduate engineering course can be successfully implemented to provide a moreproductive student-centered approach to teaching and learning.Bibliography1. Andrianoff, S. K., and Levine, D. B. (2002). Role playing in an object-oriented world. SIGCSE Bulletin.2. Brady, K. M., Forton, M. B

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Janet Davis, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies

are much smaller in terms of attendance, so you should havemany opportunities to interact with the attendees.It is never too early to start working on your teaching philosophy statement. A teachingphilosophy statement is a document describing the way you approach teaching and learning andhow you put your philosophy into practice. Some teaching philosophy statements also includeteaching interests (courses and topics you enjoy teaching) and examples of courses that you havetaught.Think about forming relationships with faculty members other than your advisor(s). Forinstance, these could be professors for which you were a teaching assistant, faculty whocollaborate with your advisor(s), or mentors working in industry. Ask if your school