Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

ethic that is inherent in these teams.In the Fall semester of 2005, student 5 transferred to our university in her senior year. Sheimmediately demonstrated a strong mathematical background. She also indicated an interest ingraduate studies. Because of her math aptitude, we thought it appropriate to find a simulationproject for her. With our encouragement, she decided to work on the development of imageprocessing techniques for facial recognition. This effort resulted in a presentation at theNational Conference for Undergraduate Research [6].In the Fall semester of 2006, student 6 transferred to our university in his senior year and likestudent 5 immediately demonstrated a strong mathematical aptitude. He also expressed aninterest in graduate

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

Level Policy LevelCore-Competence Skills Core-Competence Skills Core-Competence Skills• Systems Engineering • Systems Engineering • Technology Policy Making• Project Management Management • Strategic Decision Making• Economic Issues of • Technical Program - Assessment of Core Areas Technology Innovation Management for Technology Improvements • Creating Cultures for and Breakthroughs• Engineering Ethics • Evaluation of Risk / Return Case Studies and Canons of

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

baccalaureate represents for the engineer entering theprofession a challenge to continue the educational process. At the same time, it is an oldparadigm based on an understanding of the educational process in general.Practicing engineers perform at the highest levels of creativity. Consequently, professionaleducation for practicing professional engineers must be focused on the highest categories of thecognitive domain in the taxonomy of educational objectives as shown in Figure 1.1,2,4 Inaddition; it must include important areas such as ethics, team building, and effectivemanagement of professionals that clearly fall within affective domain in the taxonomy ofeducational objectives. Further, because technologies change so rapidly, the educational

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

(systematic engineeringmethod), and an ethical value system for the continuous creation, development, and innovation of new /improved / breakthrough technology to responsibly meet the hopes, wants, and needs of people foradvancement of the quality of life for human betterment. And as Rogers, noted about the nature ofengineering thought, “No other one thing ties the engineering profession more closely together than thisway of thinking.” 12The Task Force notes, whereas scientific research is frequently needed in complex systems engineeringdevelopment projects to gain a better understanding of phenomena, arising or anticipated in the course oftechnology development, it is not the primary driving force for the creative profession and the practice

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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Graduate Studies

supportive learning environment: ethic of cooperative support between participants, faculty, and administration; strengthened by social gatherings and informal discussions outside the classroom; a trusting environment for students to challenge and consider alternative perspectives, and engage in new learning activities. • Immersion-type experiences for students (and faculty) to work closely and build camaraderie and provide a forum to develop cohort groups, nurtured by an environment of continual interaction (classroom, lunch discussions, intensive team-based projects, external organized activities such as business trips). • Committed students with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Listening to and

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jerome Paris, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Janet Bodner, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Learning Assistance Program at NJIT. She is active, and a former Board Member, in the Hispanic Association for Higher Education (HAHE) and has presented at previous ASEE meetings.Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Michael Kerley has been a professor at NJIT for the past eleven years. He currently is Coordinator of The Teaching Assistant Instructional Program (primarily for International students), and also teaches Engineering Ethics, Technical Writing, Oral Presentations each semester. Dr. Kerley’s background is in Theatre and Media Education, having his Masters Degree in Theatre Directing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his doctorate in

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anderson Prewitt, University of Florida; Wanda Eugene, Auburn University; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

they tend to bemore successful. As one of the mentoring program participants (P1) indicated when asked aboutthe influence of the program on him: [The Mentoring Program and NSBE] allowed me to set more specific goals for myself Page 12.1072.10 b/c I had a better idea of what I was after. Seeing my mentors' community [and] organizational involvement, resumes, and work ethic gave me an excellent model for what I strived to be.Beyond StratusAs mentioned previously, there are numerous programs that contribute to the development ofbonding and bridging social capital in the National Society of Black Engineers. The Table