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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Developing Graduate Students' Competencies and Identities

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mirit Shamir, Kansas State University; Matthew R. Sanderson; Rebecca Cors, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Nathan P. Hendricks; Stacy L. Hutchinson, Kansas State University; Prathap Parameswaran, Kansas State University; Melanie Derby, Kansas State University

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to solve complex problems in the FEW nexus. These experiencesallow us to develop an integrated systems thinking curriculum at the graduate level.Course StructureThe NRT Integrated FEW Systems course introduces students to systems thinking, with specificapplication to the FEW nexus in Western Kansas. The course establishes a knowledge base thatstudents build upon through educational and experiential components of the NRT traineeship.Course materials integrate engineering, economic, and social sciences systems, with focus on theunique challenges of enhancing rural resource resiliency in FEW systems. This course is a one-credit hour required course to NRT students that meets once a week for 50-minute class. It hasbeen offered every fall

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Skill Development in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Britney Russell, University of Connecticut; Antigoni Konstantinou, University of Connecticut; Ayah Abdallah, University of Connecticut; Fayekah Assanah, University of Connecticut

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Paper ID #41713Cultivating Scientific Communication Skills through Professional DevelopmentCourse Series for the Graduate CurriculumBritney Russell, University of ConnecticutAntigoni Konstantinou, University of ConnecticutAyah Abdallah, University of ConnecticutDr. Fayekah Assanah, University of Connecticut Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 260 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3247, Storrs, CT 06269-3247. Dr. Fayekah Assanah is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Biomedical Engineering Department. She leads multiple initiatives in the university’s undergraduate and graduate curriculum and directs the

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yucheng Liu, South Dakota State University

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Paper ID #36688Development of an Online Phase-Field Theory Course for MechanicalEngineering Graduate StudentsDr. Yucheng Liu, South Dakota State University Dr. Yucheng Liu (PhD, PE, FASME, FSAE) currently serves as the Department Head of Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department at South Dakota State University (SDSU) and holds the Sander Professor of Entrepreneurial Engineering in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at SDSU. Prior to joining SDSU in the fall of 2021, Dr. Liu was an Associate/Full Professor in the ME Department at Mississippi State University (MSU) since the fall of 2014. In that department, he served as

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alana Teresa Smith, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Emi Aoki, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Mahsa Ghandi, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Jasmina Burek, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Charles Thompson Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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learning andresearch. This can involve seeking out opportunities for independent study and project work, workingcollaboratively with peers and mentors, and taking advantage of professional development workshopsand training programs.Similarly, in upcoming years, the engineering workforce will require particular skill sets that involvethe combination of discipline-specific knowledge and technology to address complex problems with theinvolvement of diverse field experts. Thus, co-creation is being proposed as an alternative learning andteaching method. This refers to the joint and collaborative effort between educators and students to de-sign and implement curriculum components, pedagogical approaches, and other educational initiatives.This approach

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Webb, Virginia Tech ; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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challenges in training interdisciplinary‬ ‭scholars; even in an established interdisciplinary program like IDR, developing interdisciplinary‬ ‭graduate students grapple with the influence of disciplinary microsystems– whether they were‬ ‭engineering or nonSTEM based, and often at the expense of their interdisciplinary work.‬‭Introduction‬‭ or at least two decades, U.S. agencies have called for a sustained source of interdisciplinary‬F‭researchers who can integrate research methods, theories, vocabularies, and cultures across‬ ‭fields. Researchers and educators have responded, aligning graduate settings and curricula to‬ ‭develop this interdisciplinary professoriate‬‭[1], [2], [3], [20], [21

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Graduate Student Experience and Decision-Making

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Torres-Sanchez ​CEng MEng PhD PGCert FHEA MIMechE, Loughborough University; Paul Conway FREng CEng, Loughborough University

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Paper ID #37227Why a PhD? An exercise with LEGO®. Using novel communication tools toexpress multilevel complex messagesProf. Carmen Torres-Sanchez CEng MEng PhD PGCert FHEA MIMechE, Loughborough University Carmen Torres-Sanchez is a Professor of Multifunctional Materials Manufacturing at Loughborough Uni- versity, England, United Kingdom, and the Executive Director of the Centre of Doctoral Training in Em- bedded Intelligence (CDT-EI). She is the architect of the novel Doctoral Transition Zone(TM) Training ethos. She has been working in industry-informed, academically-led education for more than 15 years. Her research

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larisa Olesova; Duoduo Liao, George Mason University; Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J. Foxwell, George Mason University

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provides evidence that it is beneficial for studentsto participate in course-based research experiences [15], [16], [17], [18], to our knowledge anidea of integrating research experiences in a sequence of courses throughout the curriculum in amaster's program so far has not been extensively studied in literature, especially in the BDAfield. Moreover, according to the thorough review conducted by PIs, a question on theeffectiveness of the innovative learning environment, including inquiry-based and activelearning, for this kind of student learning experiences has not yet been thoroughly studied. Ourproject fills this gap.Research learning experiences in higher education are often viewed as "high impact practices”that benefit students from different

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Engineering Graduate Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Aldridge, The Ohio State University; Nicole M. Else-Quest, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joseph Roy, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

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as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and data analyst, with research interests in spatial ability, creativity, engineering-integrated STEM education, and meta-analysis. As a psychometrician, she has revised, developed, and validated more than 10 instruments beneficial for STEM education practice and research. She has authored/co- authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering education, STEM education, and educational psychology. She has also served as a co-PI, an external evaluator, or an advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Graduate Student Experiences

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Julie Aldridge, The Ohio State University; Nicole Else-Quest, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joe Roy, American Society for Engineering Education

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Paper ID #42829Development of a Climate Survey for Engineering Doctoral Students from anIntersectional Approach: First-Round Validity EvidenceDr. So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati Dr. So Yoon Yoon is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Dr. Yoon received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a specialization in Educational Psychology, both from Purdue University, IN, USA. She also holds an M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a B.S

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Le Shorn Benjamin, University of Houston; Jerrod A. Henderson, University of Houston

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prepared to conduct effectiveeducational research on engineering curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and faculty developmentamong other topics. With the recency of these programs, there is significant opportunity to learnmore about what constitutes quality within this educational context. In this work-in-progresspaper, authors explore conceptions of engineering education PhD program quality as understoodfrom the lived experiences of the program directors who facilitate their delivery. Research intothe quality of doctoral-level programs is at an all-time high due to increased attention by nationalagencies, disciplinary bodies, and higher education stakeholders. These calls result from severalfactors but are most amplified by the inextricable link

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Audrey Rorrer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; David K. Pugalee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; H. P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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requirements to be fulfilled by researchculminating in a patent application. The Pathways to Entrepreneurship (PAtENT) model aims tobring greater alignment between doctoral degrees and the rapidly changing employmentlandscape. Given that seventy percent of PhDs exit academic careers within three years [1],creating doctoral pathways that align with multiple career options is an imperative. We describethe PAtENT model, rationale and goals. Components of the pilot program will be explainedthrough a curriculum alignment describing key activities that respond to recommendation forSTEM graduate programs identified by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering andMedicine [2]: developing scientific and technological literacy and conducting original

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Mentorship and Communication in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Magdalena G. Grohman, University of North Texas; Matthew J. Brown Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Nicholas Raphael Gans, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jeff Glenn Edwards, University of Texas at Dallas

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a strategy in which an expert provides the necessarysupport for a learner to accomplish a specific task, differentiated according to the learner’sability and situation. As the learner obtains more independence, the expert’s support is graduallydiminished. Typically, scaffolding is part of teaching strategy implemented at different levels ofinstruction (a task, a syllabus, a curriculum). But what we observed in MHR Lab occurredspontaneously and without formal planning or instructional design. We call this type ofinstructional strategy an “organically occurring scaffolding” and discuss it in more details in aseparate publication [37].Peer-to-peer learningPeer-to-peer learning, understood as partnering with more experienced lab members

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April A. Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Valerie E. Kerr, University of Pittsburgh; Susan K. Fullerton Shirey, University of Pittsburgh; Götz Veser, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh

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throughout theentirety of the graduate student experience. Based on the assessment outcomes, the model is revised.Thus, the innovation lies in integrating the components into a department-wide model that (1) mutuallysupports an individualized, student-centered educational strategy and (2) deploys rigorous assessment toquantify the impact of our approach on students and faculty. We are undertaking a sweeping overhaul ofSTEM graduate education while documenting the process and outcomes, establishing the potential foradoption across our school and nationwide.The model is derived from the five principles of personalized learning by Watson and Watson[14] andcomprises the following key components: (1) establishing Instructional Goals for each student

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: International Perspectives in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Kathryn Bedette AIA, Kennesaw State University; Giovanni Loreto, Kennesaw State University

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broader context of higher education commercialization. Tas(2013), [7] emphasizes equal treatment and integration of international and domestic students inacademic and non-academic aspects, recommending the full incorporation of the InternationalStudent Office in all campus activities and the development of comprehensive orientationprograms by the ISO and Campus Life to foster diversity and enhance retention [7].Adapting to new academic environments, which requires negotiating multiple teaching methods,curriculum systems, and classroom dynamics, is one of the most difficult hurdles newinternational students face. Language obstacles, particularly in English proficiency, have beenshown in the literature to have a major impact on academic success and

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Graduate Student Pipeline and Workforce Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Gross, Sam Houston State University; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

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about the online experience and the efficacy of it.In the further comments section of the survey that was distributed to respondents, they had manycomments about their graduate experience. The following comments were specifically related toonline coursework: Student 1: My wife is in the military so having a flexible 100% online curriculum was the most important to me. Student 2: Engineering online is a great program for engineers looking to complete a masters degree while working full time. I have really enjoyed it and can say nothing bad about the program. Student 3: This is my first online degree that I'm taking, so it is an interesting learning curve compared to physically being in class

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Advising in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zilong Pan, Lehigh University; Anand Jagota, Lehigh University; Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University; Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University

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, Formal MentorshipPrograms, Industry Internships, Professional Networking Events, Curriculum Integration, CareerCounseling Services, Cross-disciplinary Collaboration, Faculty Development, AlumniEngagement, Industry Research Collaborations, and Academic-Industry Forums), only tworesources, Industry Internships, and Industry Research Collaborations, stood out as 'Very helpful'(see Fig. 7). This finding reveals that faculty are interested in building stronger ties to industrybut are not able to realize them. For the remaining nine resources, eight of them were ranked as'Helpful' in the largest proportion, whereas one resource, Curriculum Integration, was considered'Moderately helpful' by the largest fraction of faculty.When asked about additional

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Advising in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hayden Ross Asbill, Campbell University; Mitchell Ann Letchworth, Campbell University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Christina A. Pantoja, Campbell University

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Kanazawa Technical College and Future Faculty Fellow teaching First-Year Engineering at Purdue University. She focused on integrated STEM curriculum development as part of an NSF STEM+C grant as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant through INSPIRE in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her current research interests focus on pathways into engineering and identity development.Dr. Christina A. Pantoja, Campbell University Christina Pantoja is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Engineering at Campbell University. Her research interests include career choices, pathways, and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering. Her other interests include the topics of mentoring, job

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Developing Graduate Students' Competencies and Identities

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelli Cargile Cook, Texas Tech University; Fabiola Liliana Carrion-Anampa, Texas Tech University; Diego Alejandro Polanco-Lahoz, Texas Tech University; Jennifer A. Cross, Texas Tech University; Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Nanyang Technological University

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graduate students to extend beyond this professionalidentity in order to develop identities as engineering researchers. This identity turn requires thedevelopment of a researcher identity [2], [5], [6]. Three studies, in particular, have devisedframeworks for describing this transformation. The GRADs project proposed an identity-basedmotivation model by integrating the future time perspective and identity frameworks; this modeljoins the future time perspective framework and adds the influences in the past (how identitieswere developed) on goal-setting processes [7], [8]. In 2021, Bahnson et al identified threeidentity references to understand identity development: engineer, scientist, and researcher [2]. Athird framework, the Role Identities of

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Joshua E Katz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Emma Kirby, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her current interests include recruitment and retention of under-represented students in STEM, K-12 outreach, integrative training for graduate teaching assistants, service learning, and curriculum innovation for introductory computing courses.Prof. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, measurement science, engineering education, engineering leadership, and

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Kourtney Rogers Gruner, Texas A&M University

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solution and evaluate the desirability of the solution. 6. Deliver results from the study through a professionally structured document and an oral presentation based on the research to stakeholders.Capstone Project EvolutionWhile the capstone project was always a part of the program for over 20 years, the structure,format, and process has evolved. The program went through a complete curriculum update in2019-2020. Several courses were fully updated. One of the major changes in the capstone formatwith a unified syllabus, deliverables, and due date across all advisors. The second upgrade wasthe content (presentations and resources) and support system for the student. A staff capstonecoordinator support was added to help manage the LMS, student

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany; Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Paper ID #43390Increasing Teaching Efficacy in Engineering Graduate Students through theDevelopment and Facilitation of Summer Middle and High School STEMExperienceDr. Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is a faculty member in the Engineering and Computing Education Program. She is the Associate Director STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT). She also serves as the Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate school. Her research is focused on solving problems relating to

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Advising in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut; Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi, University of Connecticut

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promising findings of this research and the encouraging feedback of the student community motivated him to pursue this line of research in his NSF CAREER award in 2017. Since then, he has built a coalition within the university to expand this work through multiple NSF-funded research grants including IUSE/PFE: RED titled ”Innovation Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. Because of the importance of neurodiversity at all levels of education, he expanded his work to graduate STEM education through an NSF IGE grant. In addition, he recently received his Mid-CAREER award through which, in a radically novel approach, he will take on ambitious, transdisciplinary research integrating

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tess Bisbee Meier, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yunus Doğan Telliel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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effectively ona team, integrate information from multiple sources, communicate with written and visualmaterial, and make connections across disciplines 18 .PBL is not inherently transdisciplinary or convergent, but PBL can be used to teach and addressconvergent problems. While PBL is not the only way to learn convergence methodologies, it canbe an efficient “means” to the “end” which is understanding and implementing convergencemethodologies. It emphasizes the process of question identification and framing as much asproblem solving, encouraging students to iterate and seek feedback, and to reflect on theirapproach and proposed solution. Additionally, outcomes of PBL are similar to the skills neededfor the future of convergence research in industry

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mirit Shamir, Kansas State University; Jonathan Aguilar, Kansas State University; Rebecca Cors, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ryan Robert Hansen, Kansas State University; Nathan P. Hendricks, Kansas State University; Gaea A. Hock; Stacy L. Hutchinson, Kansas State University; Prathap Parameswaran, Kansas State University; Matthew R. Sanderson; Melanie Derby, Kansas State University

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2021 and spring 2023. In the NRTCapstone course, trainees built upon the systems thinking framework taught in the IntegratedFEW Systems course. The NRT Capstone integrated theory and practice. Students worked ininterdisciplinary teams and learned how to integrate research across disciplines. For a finalproduct, students completed an original interdisciplinary research paper in one of the NRT threeresearch themes: innovations for soil, water and microbial systems in the face of drought;hydrologic science and water conservation systems for efficient food production; and anaerobicbioreactors to transform animal waste into usable energy, water, and/or fertilizer.NRT students could also work towards a graduate certificate on Innovations at the

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Onboarding and Community Building in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashton Garner Ward, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Casey Kidd, Louisiana Tech University; Lindsay K. Gouedy, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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education.At the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year, two professors, Professor A and B, decided topilot a new STEM Ed version of the course. Three engineering education students, Students A,B, and C, enrolled in the seminar course. A description of each is provided in Table 1. Table 1. Description of each participant in the STEM Ed seminar course. Participant Description Professor A Professor A is a tenured faculty member who is the engineering education Ph.D. program coordinator and director of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC). Professor B Professor B is an early-career, tenure-track faculty member who completed the STEM education Ph.D. program at Louisiana Tech University in

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Skill Development in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Qing Li, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, University of Dayton; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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program and their current use of PM skills?Literature ReviewProject management is valued by employers [7], specifically in STEM [3]. Research focused onthe development and implementation of PM training suggests that integrating PM training intothe undergraduate curriculum can be beneficial for prepping their future career [8], [9], [10],[11], [12]. Specifically, some studies highlighted their curriculum designs in helpingundergraduate students to gain PM experiences [8], [9], [10], and assess and understand students’learning experiences with PM knowledge [9], [11]. However, there’s a lack of studies that werefocused on STEM (e.g., software engineering [9], chemical and biological engineering [10]).Castañón–Puga et al. [9] assessed students' user

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Onboarding and Community Building in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University; Samhita Rhodes, Grand Valley State University

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startedlooking into the feasibility of making the graduate engineering program more accessible. Thiswould not only allow us to meet the growing demand for engineers in West Michigan, but itwould be well aligned with our program’s student-centric focus. To prepare the students for thegraduate-level engineering work, an exhaustive list of prerequisite undergraduate classes thatstudents must take has been approved. While each applicant’s curriculum is tailored, GVSU’sSchool of Engineering developed a general plan to onboard students from a variety of non-engineering undergraduate backgrounds. Applicants are granted conditional admission to thegraduate program predicated on completing the prerequisite classes with a B or better grade.These plans allow the

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa V. B. Santos, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah J. Boehm, Pennsylvania State University; Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Tiffany A. Mathews, Pennsylvania State University

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, where $3000 wasgiven on day 1 of the program. The overall goals were to provide (1) Resource Recognition by introducing students tothe various academic and personal resources available on campus, (2) Personal Preparationthrough programming on subjects such as personal finance and mental health, (3) CareerPreparation through writing workshops and curriculum vitae editing, and (4) Network Buildingby connecting students with current graduate students. Students were also matched with facultyto conduct summer research in their field of interest. After a successful pilot in 2021, theprogram was conducted with a larger group of students in the summer of 2022.Program Structure:GREaT GradS Timeline – GREaT GradS runs on an accelerated

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University; Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University; Anand Jagota, Lehigh University; Zilong Pan, Lehigh University; Nathan Urban, Lehigh University

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IIT Delhi for undergraduate studies and Cornell University for graduate work. He worked for nearly 15 years as a materials scientist at the DuPont company and moved in 2004 to Lehigh University. His research interests are in interfacial mechanical properties.Zilong Pan, Lehigh University Zilong Pan is an assistant professor of teaching, learning and technology, his research focuses on emerging educational technologies and innovative methodological approaches in educational practices and studies in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) disciplines.Nathan Urban, Lehigh University Nathan Urban is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lehigh University. Urban earned his PhD

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Claudia Calle Müller, Florida International University; Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University

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failure: An introduction to forensic structural engineering,” Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1–9, 2010, doi: 10.1080/13287982.2010.11465051.[3] C. Reynolds, “Rewriting the Curriculum: a Review and Proposal of Forensic Engineering Coursework in U.S. Universities Background,” Forensic Engineering (2003), pp. 307– 319, 2003.[4] N. Delatte, “An approach to forensic engineering education in the USA,” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Forensic Engineering, vol. 165, no. 3, pp. 123–129, 2012, doi: 10.1680/fen.[5] S. E. Chen and R. Janardhanam, “Forensic Engineering Education Reform,” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Forensic