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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

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Graduate Studies

can be completedin one year. Typically, these degree programs emphasize coursework, and advanced trainingin an area of technical specialty. Typical graduate engineering curriculum consists of a set ofcore courses which address critical competencies needed to enhance technical skills, followedby course technical electives in a concentration area. However, most of the programs aredeveloped without any direct involvement or collaboration of an external industry. As a result,the specialized programs are not effective.Curricula structured around traditional disciplines can be easily developed without anyindustry involvement. However, trans-disciplinary programs in specialized fields can beenhanced by harnessing industry collaboration. By bringing

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New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daphene Koch, Purdue University; Orczyk Joseph, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2009-2476: GRADUATE EDUCATION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT:SUCCESS ON LINEDaphene Koch, Purdue University Daphene Cyr Koch, PhD, Is an assistant professor in the Building Construction Management Department in the College of Technology at Purdue University. She has over 8 years of teaching experience and over 10 years of industry experience specializing in industrial and mechanical construction.Orczyk Joseph, Purdue University Joseph Orczyk, PhD is an associate professor and coordinator for graduate students in the Building Construction Management Department in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He has many years of industry and teaching experience that is integrated into the

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Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Graduate Studies

AC 2009-1468: MANAGING COURSE OFFERING RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS INNEWER GRADUATE PROGRAMS THROUGH SPECIAL TOPICS COURSESBimal Nepal, Texas A&M UniversityPaul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Page 14.858.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Managing course offering resource constraints in newer graduate programs through special topics coursesIntroductionMost new graduate programs face many challenges including lower initial enrollments, limitededucational resources such as laboratory equipment, faculty lines, and under developed or“work-in-process” curriculum. While the institution has its resource constraints, the studentsmay

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jin-Hwan Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

realize that mentoring can be extremely rewarding. The challenge of being a teacheris to explain concepts as clearly, precisely, and simply as possible.I had a chance to give a talk entitled “Integrated Multi-Analyte Microelectrode Sensors for InSitu Biological Applications” at the ECE Department seminar and to discuss my research withgraduate students. As an international student, I found that the teaching mentor’s feedback andrepeat-practice improved my English skills and self confidence for presentation and discussion.These mentored teaching activities were completed over the course of two years. Since I joinedthe PFF program after successfully defending my Ph.D. proposal and being admitted intocandidacy in my third year of graduate studies

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

. Develops a strong continuity for the development and progression of engineering talent for leadership roles in America’s industry. Provides an effective world-class mechanism for accelerating the generation, development, and innovation of new, improved, and breakthrough technology through regional graduate centers for advanced professional graduate education that integrate advanced studies, relevant engineering projects, with the engineers experience and on-going creative engineering work in industry: ◦ Estimate 100 – 300 graduate-engineer practitioners engaging in advanced studies and relevant engineering development projects in industry per industry-university regional graduate center. ◦ Estimate 100 – 300

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynita Newswander, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

engineering. She has an NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for this work. Page 14.683.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 IGERT Funding and the Institutionalization of Interdisciplinary Graduate EducationAbstract Interdisciplinary graduate education is key to the preparation of tomorrow’s engineers,researchers and faculty. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate EducationResearch Traineeships (IGERTs) provide funding to train students in interdisciplinary scienceand engineering

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

the premier place in the world to innovate.” Rising Above the Gathering Storm Committee - 2006 National Academy of Sciences AbstractThis is the first of four invited papers prepared for the special panel session of the ASEE-NationalCollaborative Task Force for Engineering Graduate Education Reform. This paper presents an overviewof the initiative. The paper reaffirms the National Collaborative strategy that the present and futureindustrial strength of U.S. technology for economic prosperity and national security is ultimately reflectedin the strength and

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Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program. in 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2008.2. Torvi, D.A., Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistant Instructional Programs: Training Tomorrow’s Faculty Members. Journal of Engineering Education, 1994. 83(4): p. 2-5.3. DiBiasio, D., J.E. Miller, and J.E. Groccia. Managers of the Learning Process: Preparing Future Faculty to Teach Productively. in 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. 1996.4. Dziedzic, M., P.R. Janissek, and M.J. Tozzi, A Graduate Course in Faculty Development, in 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. 2007, Milwaukee, WI.5. Kane, R., et al. An Integrated Approach to Teaching Assistant Training and Orientation. in 2007

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Graduate Studies

enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. Page 14.253.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessment of Engineering Education based on the Principles of Theodore Marchese Mysore Narayanan, Miami University, Ohio.AbstractAssessment is a process in which rich, usable, credible feedback from an act of teachingor curriculum comes to be reflected upon by an academic community, and then is actedon by that community, a department or college, within its commitment to get smarter andbetter at what it does (Marchese, 1997, page 93). All of which is to say, assessment ismore than data