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Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

, developmental factors in engineering pedagogy, technological literacy, and human- artifact interactions.Ms. Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cyndi Lynch is the Director of Fellowships and Graduate Student Professional Development for the Grad- uate School. Lynch is a registered veterinary technician, focusing on animal behavior. She holds a bache- lor’s degree in animal science and a master’s of science degree in curriculum and instruction from Purdue University. Lynch administers the fellowship program for the university, counseling students on fellow- ship applications and fostering positive experiences for fellows. In addition to the fellowship responsi- bilities, Lynch directs the Graduate Student

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig T. Evers P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

sales, manufacturing engineering manager, and supplier development engi- neer working with companies in North America, Europe and Asia. I am a registered Professional Engineer (Indiana) and a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. I have also taught at Purdue University in their Mechan- ical Engineering Technology program and Auburn University in their Industrial and Civil Engineering departments. BSME (Manufacturing Engineering) Utah State University, MIE (Occupational Safety & Ergonomics) Auburn University and PhD (Ergonomics) Auburn University. Page 22.1661.1 c American Society for

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Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Guillermo J. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia In- stitute of Technology, Atlanta, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Puerto Rico. His current research interests include data converters, voltage/current references, oating-gate MOS transistors, and micro-energy harvesting circuits systems. Page 25.272.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Broadening

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Amithraj Amavasai; Jyothsna Kavuturu

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

established in two ways. A significant portion of faculty in engineering,technology and science colleges give only one half of the credit to students who providenumerically wrong answers even though their procedures are complete and correct. There aremany instances where complex semi-empirical equations are needed at the beginning of thesolution. From the experience of the instructor, the majority of graduate students (taking coursescontaining several semi-empirical equations) could not obtain correct answers in closed bookexaminations.The National Council of Examiners For Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) follows the abovephilosophy (penalizing students heavily who go do not provide right answers even though theyfollow/demonstrate the correct and

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Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

K-12 pipelineresults from fewer students graduating from college and transitioning to graduate school. Third,at the academic professoriate level is the graduate pipeline challenge resulting from fewergraduates completing PhD in the STEM areas and transitioning to academic careers.Studies sponsored by the National Science Foundation show that although the preparation forcollege is improving for African American students, the percent of high school graduates whoenroll in college has not increased due to deficiencies in quantitative literacy in K-12 curriculaand the lack of activities that relate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) toreal world experience4. The American Association for the Advancement of Science Project

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ben Mason, University of California, Berkeley; Nicholas W. Trombetta, University of California, San Diego

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

is currently a fifth-year PhD candidate in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineer- ing at the University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests are geotechnical earthquake engineering, soil-structure-interaction and physical modeling. Ben completed his undergraduate degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006.Nicholas W Trombetta, University of California at San Diego Nick Trombetta is a third-year PhD candidate in the department of Structural Engineering at the University of California at San Diego. His current research interests include soil-structure interaction, earthquake en- gineering, and seismic design. Nick completed his B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of