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Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

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Miguel Velez-Reyes P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Fenot Aklog, Columbia University; Dawn M. Horton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Yajaira Mejia, City College of New York; Ivonne Santiago P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Jorge E. González, City College of New York; Jeff Sivils, El Paso Community College; Harry Meeuwsen, University of Texas at El Paso; Fred Moshary, City University of New York; Joseph Barba, City University of New York

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Campus Coordinator for the NOAA Center for Earth Systems Science and Remote Sensing Technology. He was the Founding Director of the UPRM Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering, and Associate Director of the NSF CenSSIS ERC. His research interests are in integrating physical models with data driven approaches for information extraction using remote or minimally intrusive sensing. He has over 160 publications. He is Fellow of SPIE and the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico. Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers award from the US President in 1997. He chairs the SPIE Conference on Algorithms, Technologies and Applications for Multispectral, and

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Professional Development for Graduate Students

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Dennis W. Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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, economic, environmental, and societal issues [8].Students who have completed co-ops or internships readily distinguish between effective andineffective leaders. However, they typically do not recognize why lack of essential professionaltraits and activities cause leadership disasters and employee dissatisfaction. Making thisconnection is imperative if students are to appreciate the need for and development of soft orprofessional skills. In addition, students need to know that effective engineering leadershipapproaches are somewhat fluid in that they depend upon the career stage, personalities involved,and organizational culture within specific situations [9].Leadership Course or Workshop Content and MethodologyThe lack of leadership training and

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Professional Development for Graduate Students

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Astri Briliyanti, Michigan State University; Julie W. Rojewski, Michigan State University; Dirk Joel Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Paper ID #30953STEMAmbassadors: Developing Communications, Teamwork and Leader-shipSkills for Graduate StudentsMrs. Astri Briliyanti Astri is a graduate student in the Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University. She previously worked as a researcher and urban planner consultant in Indonesia, helping the government with the creation of spatial and development plan, as well as policy analysis and program evaluation. She is interested in program evaluation, sustainable tourism planning, and urban design.Julie W Rojewski, Michigan State University Julie Rojewski manages various career and professional

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Professional Development for Graduate Students

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Melissa Gavin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Randy Mentz, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Lori M. Wedig, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Christine H. Storlie, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Eric Herbst, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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variety of topicsrelating from leadership to career planning to soft skills. Feedback from the students showed thestudents valued the Scholar Spots related to soft skills. Knowing the Soft skills are a growingneed within STEM disciplines, the team initiated research to determine the effect these spots hadon a STEM student’s soft skill ability.The team worked with four subject matter experts (SMEs) in four soft skills defined areas—oralcommunication, written communication, active listening, and team or group work. The SMEsare recognized leaders—professionally or academically—in the topic areas. The SMEs eachhosted a one-hour live webinar about one of the four topics. The webinar lasted approximatelyforty-five minutes with fifteen minutes for

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Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

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Fantasi Nicole, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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indicates that it is vital for the individual URM tohave individual attitudes and experiences that aid in their retention within their STEM graduatedegree program. These personal factors were differentiated as internal motivation, identitydevelopment, perception of support, and “resilience toward stereotypes, bias, and previouslylived experiences” [1]. These factors presented themselves across several of the articlesreviewed during the analysis process.Internal MotivationQuite a few URM graduate students indicated that one of the factors of retention for them was aninternal motivation to remain in the program for their own personal reasons, which included anearly interest in science and math, a greater purpose, individual security, career

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Online and Professional Graduate Programs

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Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carmen Torres-Sánchez , Loughborough University; Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Charles M. Wolf, Texas A&M University

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- ufacturing and embedded intelligence systems.Dr. Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Director of Interdisci- plinary Engineering for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs.Charles M. Wolf D.Eng, PE, BCEE, Texas A&M University Dr. Charles ”Chuck” Wolf is a Professor of Practice in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University and Director of Texas A&M’s Doctor of Engineering program. He has spent the majority of his career in progressive industry leadership positions from project engineering and management to client development and organizational leadership. He has led teams in the delivery of

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Mental Health of Graduate Students

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Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

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explore human, technology and society interactions to transform civil engineering education and practice with an emphasis on understanding hazard recog- nition, competencies, satisfaction, personal resilience, organizational culture, training, informal learning and social considerations. The broader impact of this work lies in achieving and sustaining safe, produc- tive, and inclusive project organizations composed of engaged, competent and diverse people. The SRL is supported by multiple research grants, including a CAREER award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Simmons is a former project director of the Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at South Carolina State University and Savannah

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Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

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Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; Jasmine D. Crenshaw, University of Virginia

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Clobes, University of Virginia Dr. Amy M. Clobes is committed to supporting current and future graduate students as Director of Grad- uate Programs for the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. In her current role, Dr. Clobes collaborates to support existing programs and develops new initiatives in graduate stu- dent recruitment, training, education, and career and professional development. Dr. Clobes holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her combined experience in STEM research and education, program development, and student advising are key to her dedication and success in creating opportunities for

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Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

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Locke Davenport Huyer, University of Toronto; Neal I. Callaghan, University of Toronto; Dawn M. Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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fellow in Immunology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. She sub- sequently worked for four years as a Senior Research Specialist at the Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Re- source (CISR) microscope facility before joining the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineer- ing (IBBME), University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor. She is currently the Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs at IBBME as well as the Associate Chair, Years 1 & 2 in the Division of Engi- neering Science. She serves as faculty supervisor for the Discovery initiative and is program co-director for the Igniting Youth Curiosity in STEM Program. Dawn was a 2017 Early Career Teaching Award recipient at U of T and was named the 2016

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Mental Health of Graduate Students

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Amanda C. Arnold, Arizona State University; Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts Boston; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Madison Natarajan, University of Massachusetts Boston; Ashley K. Randall, Arizona State University ; Roxanna Francies, Arizona State University; Chinwendu Elyse Okwu, University of Pittsburgh

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dissemination of an online resilience and interpersonal communication training program.Prof. Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University Bianca L. Bernstein, Ph.D. is Professor of Counseling and Counseling Psychology in the College of In- tegrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University. Dr. Bernstein guides the CareerWISE research program, supported by the National Science Foundation since 2006. Her over 250 publications and pre- sentations and over $4 M in external support have focused on the application of psychological science to the career advancement of women and underrepresented minorities and the development of effective learning environments for graduate education. She is a fellow of the American

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Preparation for Graduate Research

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Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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review was conducted, focusing on what it means to becomea professional, and why becoming a professional is difficult, especially for students. Severaltheories were considered until one, an ontological approach called ‘ways of being’ was selectedwhich explains why students find it difficult to become a professional. Application of thisframework, in the form of a review of the literature of the engineering Ph.D. researchexperiences, identified the five ontological aspects that are most important for career preparationand should be measured by the assessment; viz. (i) working as a team member, (ii) exposure tocollaborator’s form of practice, (iii) exposure to relevant professional practice, (iv) modeling andsimulation tasks, and (v) practical

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Preparation for Graduate Research

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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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they can develop the knowledge, skills, and relationships needed to be aresearch engineer. Another initiative seeks to develop a Research Engineer Network (REN) ofindividuals that will impart skills and mentoring to graduate students, that may not available to them fromtheir own major professor and her/his research group. The network will be composed of graduatestudents, select major professors, select faculty from R1 universities, and representatives from corporateresearch and federal research laboratories. The REN will have three tracks of activities: ResearchProgression Skills (REN-RPS), Research Networking Skills (REN-RNS), and Career Preview andPreparation (REN-CPP). Each track of activities will be offered in Fall and Spring. The REN

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Online and Professional Graduate Programs

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James Nevin McKirahan Jr., Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University

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, the minimum number of credit-bearing hours required toward degreeattainment is 66 (beyond master’s degree). After twenty-one years of practice and 165 graduates,the program is successful despite many administrative difficulties, built into the curriculuminefficiencies, and program procedural issues.Currently, the Consortium has 126 students, but the number of active students is less, because ofthe nature of the students. Enrolled students are allotted nine years to complete the program.Though nine years may seem a bit too long for typical doctoral program students, the averageage of students in the Consortium program is 46. Typically, these are students alreadysuccessfully engaged in careers who have decided to pursue this significant

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Preparation for Graduate Research

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Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Bruce Gluckman, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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content and the major assessments as well as the connections betweenthe different course topics and the students’ overall professional development. Moving forward,additional scaffolding (such as a course concept map and an individual professional developmentplan) will be used to help frame the course and the assessments to help students see thealignment within the course as well as alignment with their graduate careers and overallprofessional development.3) What are the challenges that instructors reported in teaching the course and what are thestrategies to resolve the challenges? All three professors agreed (in their interviews) that the implementation went well for thefirst time, pilot offering. However, three major challenges were

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Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

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Kara Danielle Fong, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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and graduate students through their engagement in laboratories,discussion sections, and mentoring activities. It is essential to train graduate students in effectivepedagogy, including teaching methods that promote student-centered learning, reflective teachingpractices, and engagement of a broad diversity of students. This investment in graduate studenttraining pays dividends in an enhanced learning environment for students now and in the future asgraduate students go on to careers that often include teaching and mentoring as core skillsets.This paper details an instructional improvement project targeting a pedagogy course for first-yeargraduate students in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at a large, public, research

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Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

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Chang Kyoung Choi, Michigan Technological University; Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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. Additionally, researchhas shown that one of the best ways to teach professional skills such as communication is withindisciplinary courses; this strategy makes the material more relevant to students' career goals. Thispaper will explore the first phase of a multi-year study on the use of an active learning approachcalled student-centered learning to build communication skills in a graduate-level nanotechnologycourse offered in a department of mechanical engineering. In the course, students developpresentations as a means of understanding current trends, emerging research topics, relevantapplications, and fundamental science and technology concepts related to nanotechnology.MotivationThe aim of this research is to determine the efficacy of peer

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Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

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Adrienne K. Scott, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madalyn D. Kern, University of Colorado, Boulder; Julie E. Steinbrenner, University of Colorado, Boulder

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at University of Colorado Boulder, where she teaches Senior Design, Mechanical Engineering as a Profession, and thermo-fluids courses. She has also developed new curriculum and programming for student professional development and career exploration which have strengthened connections between students, alumni and industry part- ners. She serves as chair of External Relations for the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder. She has been the Wolenski/Roller Faculty Fellow since 2017. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Increasing communication avenues between Mechanical Engineering doctoral