Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

distinguished from research in the humanities and sciences. In describing a framework for the disquisition, the paper outlines an approach to scholarship that is expressly focused on engineering and its societal responsibilities. The structure presented has been employed with the graduate students supervised by the author. An eight-chapter disquisition outline is presented, along with supplemental procedures for managing throughput and for composition of the supervising committee that includes knowledgeable practitioners, as well as faculty. Some examples of successful disquisition topics and committees are presented. The paper concludes with a reflection on the opportunities for and barriers to wide-spread adoption of an engineering disquisition

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

assignments, which consisted of weekly in-class exercises centered on the course topics, • Contributions to an online discussion board whereby students were required to answer questions or make comments on a given topic, • Entry into a weekly reflection journal, designed to document the student’s pre- reading ideas or beliefs based on personal experience, readings, discussions from the previous class sessions, or ambiguous issues discussed during the course, • A group semester project (3-4 students per group), which consisted of developing a plan to implement training in a fictitious business unit and an example of a complete training module to

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Norton, University of Michigan; Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

that will attract interest and participation by the CoEgraduate student population. The second line of thought is that we need to drop the “serviceorganization” focus which lead to success in the past and instead direct our energy towardsactivities which might directly lead to self improvement.Reflections from current student chapter membersThe following are reflections from two current members who are very active in the studentchapter. Page 11.1429.5 “The future of the group should be to continue to provide seminars/workshops that students need and that the college has not offered. I think we should

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest McDuffie; Elaine R. Milliam; Robert Kavetsky; Ronald Bennett; Eugene Brown

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, to join in an afternoon session ofdefining the critical components of effective leadership. Theywere able to join in small groups to discuss their own experiencesof working with inspiring, admirable leaders and the impact thoseleaders have had on them. By the end of the first day, the grouphad developed a full set of characteristics they felt reflected theideal leader of the future and were able to consider which of thesecharacteristics matched the image they would embrace for theirfuture.The following two days, students spent time individually, in smallgroups and as a large group, learning about their assessmentresults, synthesizing the data and developing a short and long-range plan of action. Through interpretations of the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy Noonan, Purdue University; Jaemeen Baek, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sangil Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ulas Tezel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Grant Michalski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Chia-Hung Hou, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

have existed degrees of biases due to the lackof privacy felt by respondents by having a relatively small student population.Unlike the study performed by Puerzer and Rooney7, this study did not have the advantage ofrespondents with a normalized perspective as that of alumni. This study involved sensitive Page 11.130.6topics current to the respondent, so it was considered possible that the respondent might be morebiased without the advantage of reflective perspective. For instance, a respondent in the secondyear-of-study may have believed he/she was prepared for research, but that respondent wouldperhaps believe that he/she was not prepared at