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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
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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