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Michael L.W. Jones, PhD Candidate Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

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Paper ID #7671From Serious Leisure to Knowing Organizations: Information and Knowl-edge Management Challenges in Project-Based Learning Student Engineer-ing TeamsMr. Michael L.W. Jones, PhD Candidate Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Michael Jones is a program coordinator of Communication, Culture and Information Technology at Sheri- dan College, and a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Michael’s research interests include applied project-based learning, organizational learning and knowl- edge management, and the sociological study of applied science and engineering

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Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California Davis in 2006. Dr. Schmitz spent four years as a post-doctoral researcher and project scientist at Davis before coming to Penn State. He is an expert in rotary wing aerodynamics with an emphasis on vortical flows. His research program embraces the areas of wind turbine aerodynamics and rotorcraft aeromechanics. Current activities include wind farm wake modeling, icing on wind turbines, rotor hub flows, and rotor active control. Page 23.170.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

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Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado Boulder

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mentoringexperience.YOU’RE@CU, now entering its third year of operation at the University of Colorado Boulder,pairs graduate students with 1st or 2nd year undergraduate engineering students to conductresearch. The undergraduate mentees, or novices, benefit from exposure to a research communityand the process of doing real cutting-edge engineering research, while the graduate studentmentors benefit from the experience of being a mentor, defining a project and guiding a noviceengineer through the ups and downs of doing research.Participating undergraduates enroll in a one-credit course which includes a weekly seminar on Page 23.146.3the fundamentals of research, like

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Tobias Ortega-Knight, University of the Virgin Islands; Charles Huang Chen, Michigan State University; Danny Lynch, University of the Virgin Islands; Kathleen Anne Fitzsimons, Michigan State University; Crystal D Alton; Juan L. Mena Lapaix, Michigan State University; Joshua Drost, Michigan State University; Garrett Kohler

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Page 23.580.2describes the structure of the EnSURE summer program, which was the broader context for thisstudy, and the process of developing the self-study.Summer Program Structure and Prior ResearchEnSURE is a 10-week program coordinated by the College of Engineering at MSU. Applicationsare open to undergraduates from any major and institution, and at any level of experience, with a3.20 minimum GPA. Faculty members submit a brief research project proposal and select theirown research assistant from the applicant pool. During EnSURE, students engage in full-time,faculty-mentored research in one of six Engineering departments. In addition, students participatein weekly professional development seminars designed to help them prepare for

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Joi-lynn Mondisa, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mel Chua, Purdue University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Roberta J Herter, California Polytechnic State University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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change agents who are their own models of change. These Changemakersare university and college educators, administrators at educational institutions and governmentagencies, philosophers, and educational consultants. These Changemakers have participated inreforming engineering education policy in government and educational institutions, expandingand exploring new scientific fields, and initiating engineering service programs andenvironmental policy. Each of the authors had our own reasons for participating in the project. For some it wasan opportunity to learn how to conduct qualitative research; for others the topic itself wascompelling. Through iteratively reading and discussing these transcripts, we are learning aboutthese Changemakers

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Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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curriculum development project. This reflection was guided by three overarchingquestions: 1) how were theoretical course concepts applied in the development of a newgraduate-level online engineering course, 2) what were the challenges in developing this course,and 3) what lessons were learned that will aid in the development of future courses? Thesequestions were answered by examining the contributions made by different bodies of literature,and how these were synthesized during the development project. This paper is intended toprovide graduate students new to curriculum development with insights on the process andchallenges of developing their first course. II. Contributions of CAP Course and LiteratureThe CAP course was

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Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching in- terests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the de- velopment of engineering education assessment tools. She is a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CAREER) award winner and is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).Prof. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux

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Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech

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use a group Think-Pair-Share15 to increase student-student interaction(during the Pair) and student-teacher interaction (during the Share). For this type of activity,students first think on a topic by themselves, pair with a partner discussing their thoughts todiscover similarities and differences, and finally, share their findings with the entire class.Incorporating informal collaborative moments such as this into a class can have a great effect interms of increased interaction. More formal implementations could involve a multi-week groupassignment with several teacher-team advising sessions. Such projects could include eitherproblem-based or project-based learning assignments16. These implementations would providefor more student-student

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James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #5730Assembling the Ideal Doctoral Dissertation Committee in Engineering Edu-cationDr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach James J. Pembridge is an Assistant Professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, M.A. Education in Curriculum and Instruction, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. His research has focused on mentoring as pedagogy for project-based courses and understanding the adult learning characteristics of undergraduate students.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech Dr

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Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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, Minority, and Energy Conversion and Conservation Divisions; presenting all of them with the exception of one paper in 2010 when she was double-booked. Albers most recently held the position of project coordinator for the ARRA funded Student Energy Internship Program in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at NCSU. She mentored and coordinated 60+ interns with energy professionals in the private and public sectors and recruited interns to volunteer at Family STEM Nights. Prior to this experience, she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow in K-12 Education working under the direction of Liz Parry, Dr. Laura Bottomley and Dr. Karen Hollebrands in the RAMP-UP program at NCSU. During this

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Daniel P. Dempsey, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Joey Mead, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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their specific needs. After considerableconsultation with industry human resource representatives, university professors, and theuniversity’s career counselors, a professional development program was formed to address threemain areas of interest: the improvement of core research abilities, the development of skillsrequired for transition from academia to industry, and the necessity of projecting a professionaldisposition in the workplace. The graduate students organized a yearlong series of workshops inwhich university and industry professionals addressed each of the three areas of interest. Theprogram was evaluated through a combination of peer and self-reviews, writing improvementrubrics, and industry representative criticisms. The results