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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Sarah Catherine Lilly, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.[24] N. H. Choe, M. Borrego, L. L. Martins, A. D. Patrick, and C. C. Seepersad, “A quantitative pilot study of engineering graduate student identity,” presented at the 2017 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, Jan. 2017.[25] B. M. Capobianco, B. F. French, and H. A. Diefes-Du, “Engineering identity development among pre-adolescent learners,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 698–716, Oct. 2012.[26] H. M. Matusovich, B. E. Barry, K. Meyers, and R. Louis, “A multi-institution comparison of students’ development of an identity as an engineer,” presented at the 2011 American Society of

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

graduate students in technicalfields, where teaching is often perceived to be secondary to working on research. In contrast, theparticipants described in much of the identity literature related to educator development comefrom fields where teaching is the main focus of preparation for future careers(e.g., 6, 9). A fewstudies have been done in engineering on teaching(e.g., 11), but the research is very limited.SummaryEducational researchers have taken multiple approaches to exploring student identitydevelopment. While most of the research methods have been qualitative in nature, few studies Page 24.652.3have adopted quantitative approaches. The

Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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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

between gender and/or ethno-racial identity and the stereotype ofengineering as a field appropriate for white males can impede the development of STEM identities amongwomen and minorities. With the increasing importance of innovation, students who pursue engineering graduate degreesoften seek to build skills in conducting research (Brown and Linden, 2008). The social psychologicalconstruct of identity has emerged as a relatively new metric for assessing graduate student retention andsuccess. Studies suggest that graduate students’ identities correlate with their competency levels as wellas their professional and academic motivation (Alexander, 2011; Silver, Garver, and Watkins, 2011;Virgil, 2016). Importantly however, the literature

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Research and Graduate Studies

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan ; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L Peters, University of Michigan; Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

andMotivations Survey as well as data collection and analysis outcomes of the subsequent phases ofour study will be topics of future publications.References1. NSF/NIH/USED/USDA/NEH/NASA. (2009). Survey of earned doctorates.2. Baker, S., Tancred, P., & Whitesides, S. (2002). Gender and graduate school: Engineering students confront life after the B. Eng. Journal of Engineering Education, 91(1), 41-48.3. National Science Foundation. (2012). Research in engineering education solicitation. Retrieved September 26 th, 2012 from http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503584.4. Finke, R. A., Ward, T. B., & Smith, S. M. (1992). Creative cognition: Theory, research, and applications. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.5

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lokesh Padhye, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gretchen Goldman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nadia Szeinbaum, Georgia Institute of Technology; Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Recep Goktas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Zohre Kurt, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

improve an engineeringgraduate program as demonstrated by recent, documented survey studies conducted in anenvironmental engineering graduate program. We extended the work done in prior studiesemploying paper surveys by conducting an online student assessment for the first time in theprogram history. With regard to survey design and analysis methods, we mostly adopted themethods established in the prior studies.The online format was adopted primarily to increase the accessibility of the survey to students inour graduate program. Other benefits of the online format include a more efficient distributionprocess and an increased ability to preserve confidentiality in comparison to the paper format.The online format also allowed us to compile and

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janie McClurkin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Velvet Fitzpatrick, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Engineering’s Leadership Minor at Purdue University. She also serves as the Executive Director of the International Institute for Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained 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 Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF

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Research and Graduate Studies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rachel A. Louis, Virginia Tech; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brook Sattler, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies

teaching for ENGE 1024, is an ENGE Ambassador, is actively involved in the Graduate Engineering Education Consortium of Students (GEECS), and is serving as the secretary for the VT ASEE Student Chapter for the 2011-2012 school year. Her current research interests focus on graduate teaching assistant (GTA) motivation to teach and GTA teacher identity development in first-year engineering courses.Mrs. Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursuing a M.S. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education.Ms. Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ida Ngambeki is a doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering Education

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Graduate Studies

working outside of academia for five or moreyears. In the first phase of a three year NSF-funded study that aims to characterize the populationof returning engineering PhD students, explore the interactions of their previous workexperiences and their academic work, and investigate stakeholder views and institutional policiesrelated to returning PhD students, we developed the nationally distributed Graduate StudentExperiences and Motivations Survey (GSEMS) to compare experiences and perspectives ofreturners and direct-pathway students (those who progress through to the PhD without a 5 year ormore gap). The survey included, among other topics, questions relating to students’ relationshipswith their advisors.The advising relationship is a critical

Conference Session

Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Milana Trifkovic, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Karen Andrea Canon-Rubio, University of Calgary; Stephanie Hladik, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Program for Post Graduate Studies in EngineeringAbstract - This paper describes a 5-year project in which we defined a gap in development ofprofessional skills in postgraduate engineering education, identified effective methods fordeveloping students’ professional skills, implemented a series of two required courses to developthem, and evaluated the effectiveness of the program. The courses content, assessments, teachingmethodologies, and outcomes are discussed in this paper. Our 5 years of program evaluation aresummarized. We describe how our program has been extended to multiple departments in thefaculty of engineering and evolved from the model of individual to joint classes and team-teaching. Finally, we discuss effectiveness of those modes

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Page 24.190.9corresponding dimension.Second, by focusing on the Chinese students, this study facilitates our current understanding onsaid students’ learning experiences in U.S. engineering doctoral programs from an integratedperspective. Our preliminary results suggested that being exposed to U.S. engineering doctoraleducation has allowed said students to approach problems through multiple perspectives, whichpotentially have helped their development towards self-authorship. Considering the largerepresentation of international students in the U.S. engineering graduate programs, this workserves as a pilot study for applying self-authorship theory among other ethnical groups.Third, our findings also indicated that the three dimensions of self

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Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

, anddiversity is an asset that leads to innovation14.Lack of role models and mentors in the already low critical mass of URM faculty exasperate the Page 25.68.4problem. Minority students in search of PhD granting institutions usually wish for faculty rolemodels in the classroom who can inspire them for graduate studies and ultimately becomefaculty members. In their recent study on these issues, Nelson and Rogers 13 concluded that the“presence of science and engineering minority faculty is a crucial factor in encouraging andensuring the continued interest of young minorities in science and engineering.” It was noted thattheir presence is equally