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Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2010-247: SCHOLARLY CREATIVE ENGINEERING DESIGN?Robert Fleisig, McMaster UniversityHarry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design Page 15.1052.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Scholarly Creative Engineering DesignAbstractMcMaster University has initiated a new Master of Engineering Design degree inengineering practice aimed at educating tomorrow s leaders in engineering designGraduates of engineering schools are well versed in first-principles approaches totechnology application and must acquire new skills and competencies in innovation anddesign in order to become global leaders in their field. The leading thinkers in engineeringdesign must be

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Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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academic supervisor23. Such programs exist in the United States, Sweden,Denmark and the United Kingdom (U.K.)21, 23-28. More literature is available on the programs inthe U.K., thus is the focus of this section. Universities in the U.K. have been partnering withindustry for approximately twenty years with support from U.K.’s Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council (the U.K.’s equivalent to the National Science Foundation). Inaddition to technical coursework, students take courses in strategic management, finance andhuman resource management. Students completing the program earn a research basedengineering doctorate 25.Students in the United Kingdom’s program transition through four roles: consultant, researcher,innovator and entrepreneur

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cox, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Sara Branch, Purdue University; Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; James Cawthorne, Purdue University; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University

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Page 15.952.3tripled from 10,000 to 31,867. This number remained stable during the late 1970s and throughthe early 1980s. After a second period of growth in the mid-80s, 42,637 research doctorates wereawarded by 1986. From 1998-2002, the number of doctorates awarded each year generallydeclined and reached a low point in 2002.By 2006, an all-time high number of doctorates was awarded in the U.S.5 In science andengineering (S&E) fields, this growth was due in large part to degrees awarded to internationalstudents, many who came to the U.S. to study following World War II6. In 2006, U.S. citizensreceived 63% of all research and 56% of S&E doctorates. The percentage of U.S. citizens whoearned a doctorate in engineering was the lowest with

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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beenintroducing the student participants, who are earning Ph.D. degrees in research Page 15.532.2universities, to the possibility of more teaching-focused careers in institutions servingundergraduates. At UC, practical experience and mentoring in a teaching-focusedprogram could be obtained by PFF participants in the University's College of AppliedScience, which offers two-year and four-year technology degrees in many fields. Butchanges in career prospects for new engineering Ph.D.'s, along with major changes inacademic programs at UC, are providing the impetus for changes in the PFF program.We describe some motivating factors in the changes we have made and are

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Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport

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cases, and these provide theoretical and practical background in conducting experiments.References1. I. M. Abdel-Qader, B. J. Bazuin, Real-Time Digital Signal Processing in the Undergraduate Curriculum, IEEETransactions on Education, vol.46, no.1, February, 20032. D. Jacoby and R. Saint-Nom, Nice experiences teaching SP in Argentina, Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing,IEEE International Conference on acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2689-2692 vol.5, 20013. J. P. Frantz, H. Choi, R. Baraniuk, DSP Education at Rice University,4. S. Gallardo, F. Barrero, S. L. Toral, M. J. Durán, eDSPlab: A remote-accessed instrumentation laboratory for digitalsignal processors training based on the Internet, IEEE Industrial Electronics, IECON 2006

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Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Brooks, Temple University; Tony Singh, Temple University; Hossein Rostami, Philadelphia University; Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Amithraj Amavasai, Temple University

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. “Improvement of Graduate Students’ Performance in Design, Discovery, and Learning”. 2009 ASEE Annual Conference, Austin TX 3. Brooks, R. (a.k.a James Matthews) and Jahanian, S. “A Pedagogical Strategy for Gradual Enhancement of Creative Performance of the Students”. European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1999. 4. Davalos, J.F., Moran, C.J., and Kodkani, S.S., “Neoclassical Active Learning Approach for Structural Analysis” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburg, PA 5. Bonwell, C.C. and Eison, J.A., “Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom,” The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development, Washington, D.C., 1991. 6. Roberts, S.C., Hollar, K.A., and

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Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Miquel Barcelo, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Didac Balas, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Maria Ribera Sancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Jordi Garcia, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

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15 cr/30 ECTS Politècnica de Cataluña Figure 2. Program Credit Allocation ModelWe envision program mobility to be largely determined by language capability. This means thatwe will structure mobility to maximize preparatory study of the Spanish or English language(whichever is the second language) so that when students actually go for their semester (s)abroad in their second language that they will have already studied that language for at least twosemesters. The semester program model as depicted in Table 1 presents a typical study programenvisioned for Purdue University student entrants. DIT entrants would study semester 1 at DITfollowed by Semesters 2

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Brooks, Temple University; Naji Khoury, Temple University; Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Tony Singh, Temple University; Hossein Rostami, Philadelphia University; Amithraj Amavasai, Temple University; Keerthi V. Takkalapelli, Temple University

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Discretion on Individual Creativity, Journal of Applied Psychology, 16, pp. 179-185. 7. RUNCO, M.A. & ALBERT, R.S. (1990) Theories of Creativity (New York, Sage). 8. BROOKS, R. (A.K.A JAMES MATTHEWS) & JAHANIAN, S. A Pedagogical Strategy for Gradual Enhancement of Creative Performance of the Students. European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1999. 9. LUMSDAINE, M. & LUMSDAINE, E. (1994) Creative Problem Solving: Thinking Skills for a Changing World (New York, McGraw Hill Text). 10. HALDAR, A AND MAHADEVAN, S. 2000. “Probability, Reliability and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design”, John Wiley and Sons, New York

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Graduate Student Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barrett Caldwell, Purdue University

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AC 2010-1950: CONSIDERING GRADUATE RESIDENCIES AND CO-OPS INHEALTHCARE ENGINEERINGBarrett Caldwell, Purdue University Barrett S. Caldwell, PhD Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics Phone: (765) 494-5412 E-mail: bscaldwell@purdue.edu; URL:https://engineering.purdue.edu/GrouperLab Prof. Caldwell is a Professor in Industrial Engineering, and Aeronautics & Astronautics, at Purdue University. His background includes undergraduate degrees from MIT in 1985 (one in astronautics; one in humanities) and a PhD (1990) in social psychology from the University of California-Davis. He is a research leader and innovator in human factors engineering

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Frehill, Self employed consultant; Amanda Lain, Freelance Consultant; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Postdocs in S&E”. These data are collected from institutions(not individuals as the dataset name might imply), and often provided by the institutionalresearch office, the same entity that completes many institutional data reports, including the(IPEDS) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System reports for the National Center forEducation Statistics (NCES). For the sake of simplicity, we present data separately by genderwithin three race-ethnicity and citizenship groups. The URM group consists of U.S. citizens andpermanent residents who were members of three underrepresented minority groups: AfricanAmericans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Hispanics. At NMSU, the vast majorityof URMs are of Hispanic descent with small numbers of

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Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cox, Purdue University; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phillip Dunston, Purdue University; Audeen Fentiman, Purdue University; Pamella Shaw, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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obtained a B.S. in Physics from East China Normal University, a M.S. in Optics from Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a second M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. Her primary research interests relate to the professional development and mentoring of engineering graduate students. She is a student member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Phillip Dunston, Purdue University Phillip S. Dunston, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. He obtained his degrees (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) in civil engineering from North Carolina State University and then joined the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at the

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Graduate Student Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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%)Teaching course(s) 83 (28.8%) 75 (90.4%) Although this seemingly high number of available opportunities appears to contradict theidea that doctoral students are not getting adequate preparation for teaching careers, it isimportant to note that a very small percentage of grad students participate in such programs.One of the authors of this paper with experience with teaching certificate programs and coursesat three separate universities estimates that less than 5% of the graduate students at anyuniversity participate in such opportunities, suggesting that these programs are a good first stepbut need to become integral to graduate education to really make a difference. In addition, thePFF

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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. Keating, T. G. Stanford, A. L. McHenry, E. M. DeLoatch, D. R. Depew, N. Latif, G. R. Bertoline, S. J. Tricamo, H. J. Palmer, K. Gonzalez-Landis, E. Segner, J. P. Tidwell, D. H. Quick, J. M. Snellenberger, R. N. Olson, J. O’Brien, L. A. Hammon, J. Spencer, J. Sargent, “Enabling a Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce for Leadership of Technology Development and Innovation in Industry: Critical Skill- Sets for Early Career Development Leading to the Professional Master of Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2006 National Meeting of ASEE, Chicago, IL, June, 2006.5. Dunlap, D. D., D. A. Keating, T. G. Stanford, A. L. McHenry, E. M. DeLoatch, P. Y. Lee, D. R. Depew, G. R. Bertoline, M. J. Dyrenfurth, S. J. Tricamo, I. T. Davis, J. P

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Amr Safwat, The University of Cincinnati

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STEP Fellows from 2006 to 2009 elucidates the role of the university graduatestudent in the STEP program. Each Fellow stands in a unique position as a kind of pivot pointamong high school and university educators, high school students, and the university researchenvironment. Effects of the experience, voiced through the mouths of the participants, rangefrom purposeful enthusiasm to the need for resolution. For most of the Fellows, STEP is an “eye-opener” into teaching, and most (67%) Fellows state that they want to teach at some level in thefuture. One Fellow states that STEP “help[s] me see and understand realities of teaching.” STEPhas an overall positive effect on the majority (70%) of Fellows based on the online survey asshown in Figure 4

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Rafael Hernandez, Mississippi State University

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(Hernandez)5) Research: Proposition structure and substance (Hernandez) a. Students serve on a review panel (NSF proposals)6) Writing styles: informative, concise, and complete (Minerick)7) Reverse engineering of a proposal (from articles in 3a) (Minerick) a. DUE: 3 page proposal8) Advisor expectations of graduate student assistants - communication (Hernandez)9) Finalize research topic for your proposition (Hernandez) Page 15.630.4 a. DUE: Student’s 1-page proposition with clear proposal objectives10) Proposal Budgets (S. Denson) a. DUE: First draft of Budget, Budget Justification11) Discussions with Instructors: Feedback