Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Melvin, North Carolina State University

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Students Constituent Committee

, working with an advisor, andpublishing in addition to some more specific scenarios like teaching a course, landing a summerinternship, and dealing with the cancellation of a research project. For each topic presented, Iextrapolate valuable pieces of advice that have enriched my grad school experience in thecontext of personal stories and life lessons learned culminating with the opinion that althoughgraduate school is hard, it is manageable and has the potential to be some of the most rewardingyears of your life where you can learn and grow into the professional you want to be.IntroductionSimilar to the pages of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book for kids, the graduate schoolexperience is a virtual cornucopia of decisions, opportunities, and

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie Watson, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Kyle Prather, Louisiana Tech University; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Stanley Cronk, Louisiana Tech University

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Students Constituent Committee

, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs typically provideinsufficient instruction for doctoral students electing to pursue a career in higher educationinstruction. Often, doctoral students who teach classes are required to offer lectures or even fullcourses without any formal training1, 2. Therefore, a doctoral student’s transition to a facultyposition may raise concerns from a university administration concerned with maintaining thequality of its course delivery. This paper documents the account of three doctoral students andtwo engineering faculty members while co-teaching/teaching a project-centered first-yearintroductory engineering course. The implementation of a preparatory teaching program fordoctoral students in the

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Students Constituent Committee

projects and a student-run learning community (iCommunity). … iFoundry is also actively creating new courses at the University of Illinois to put in place experiences in the sophomore year in 2010 for the freshmen admitted in 2009.”1Many of the founding ASEE student chapter officers at the University of Illinois were firstinvolved in iFoundry. When a group of University of Illinois iFoundry student leaders attendedthe Summit on the Engineer of the Future 2.0 at Olin College in Needham, Massachusetts, somestudents expressed a desire for an engineering education student organization independent of the Page 15.1142.3college-led