Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Dulaski PE, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

plans SPRING BREAK Final report and plans Present final plans to community Final Presentations Figure 2 Transportation Capstone Requirements, by Week, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Transportation Concentration) – Northeastern UniversitySemester Outline – Task-BasedDuring the second week of the semester, the firms are given project descriptions. The projectdescriptions are “broad”. The “broad” descriptions are deliberate – they afford the students theopportunity to be creative in their approach. The projects are reviewed by the consulting teams.After the review, the students write two

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Rubrics that will be used to judge the quality of the presentations by guest speakers as well as students and to guide the reflections written on guest speakers and student presentations to help students learn to identify and judge entrepreneurial competencies. 4. A description and guidelines for playing and for writing reflections for the individual student online business game-which were transferred from the prior course. 5. A description and guidelines for participating as a team in the’$5.00 create a business game’ which is intended to help students integrate the content of the entire Principles course as well as focus on achieving the enduring understandings

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

judge entrepreneurial competencies. 4. A description and guidelines for playing and for writing reflections for the individual student online business game-which were transferred from the prior course. 5. A description and guidelines for participating as a team in the’$5.00 create a business game’ which is intended to help students integrate the content of the entire Principles course as well as focus on achieving the enduring understandings identified for the new Principles. The $5.00 game was transferred from the prior course without significant changes. From a sample of 100 students at a private midwest university, the student mix in thepredecessor

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University; Barry Wayne Peddycord III, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

open-ended work. This includes writing exercises,13 designproblems, and program code.14 Available peer-review tools include Calibrated Peer Review, PeerScholar, Sword, and the author’s Expertiza15 system. If assignments are done in teams, one cangauge the contributions of various members by having the students assess each team member’scontribution to the project. The CATME application16 is useful for this.New pedagogiesIn the last twenty years, a variety of techniques have been developed for helping students towork in groups. Their purpose is to promote active learning, but they also serve to discourage Page 23.1151.8

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

“somewhat successful” or “very successful” with theirimplementation. Those respondents who did not use active learning were unsure how to usethese methods in their specific class, believe that their teaching responsibilities did not allowthem to use these approaches, or did not feel as though active learning was necessary. Thispaper examines these responses further to determine whether or not their teachingresponsibilities, their confidence with a variety of teaching-related tasks (e.g., lesson planning,working with students, etc.), and use of teaching peer mentors influence their decisions toincorporate active learning into their teaching practice. Recommendations for faculty supervisorsand TA training program organizers are provided.1

Conference Session

ETAC/ABET RELATED OUTCOME BASED ISSUES

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel K. Jones P.E., SUNYIT; Mohammed Abdallah, SUNYIT

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

mid-semester and final oralpresentations provided additional insight. However, the peer-assessments were student biased,and so instructor’s evaluation involved some speculation. An additional teamwork assessment isrecommended in other classes. Also, a single final report was submitted by each group, and so itwas not possible to assess the individual performance for written communication. A more validapproach would be to assess writing skills for individual laboratory reports from other classesduring the senior year. The new rubrics would be much more effective if used in a variety ofcourses.ConclusionA pilot study has been conducted for three new rubrics to assess communication and teamworkskills. Results have been summarized and evaluated

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

). The tenth week is devoted to work on projects, typically a filter design using SMDand/or microstrip techniques. Weekly lab activities include: characterization and modeling ofSMD components; using TDR response to determine line properties (2 weeks); examiningreflections using TDR and VNA; designing and testing λ/4 and single-stub matching circuits;two-port measurements on VNA; deembedding of fixtures. During the 9th week students areasked to watch a webcast on a technical topic and write a summary. During the term studentsalso work on two simulation assignments which utilize Agilent ADS software.The second quarter deals primarily with active circuits, including: passive power combiners;active devices, gain, and stability; design for gain and

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R Conty, Editor On Behalf of You

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

increase their odds of success by offering ”pre-signing” development – for which no fee is charged to the author, as publisher pays the fee. For Momentum Press, I recruit academic Collection Editors in Mfg. Processes, Mechanical, Industrial, Instrumentation, Design & Graphics Engineering; then collaborate with these CE’s to develop their Collections by seeking academic author ”experts” to write short (150- page) applied focused titles within larger subject areas – Collections overall are for engineering libraries; individual titles in both digital & paperback formats are for advanced Engr. & Engr. Tech student purchase (via adoption or single copy) for research & course study. Have set foot on over 1200

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cate Samuelson, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

identifies four main areas whichunder-represented minority students in engineering described as helpful to their development of asense of community and belonging: co-curricular/extracurricular involvement, peer support,faculty and department support, and residence programs. The study demonstrates that under-represented minority engineering students were able to derive a sense of integration, communityand belonging using multiple means, and that the support mechanisms they used changed a bitover time. By understanding the different ways that under-represented minorities are able tointegrate into their college campuses and ultimately find a sense of community and belonging,engineering programs can work to develop strategies to better support under

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

: 1) Mid-term presentation to the project manager and other faculty members associated with the project 2) Final presentation to the faculty members in the department and to the sponsorsIn addition, clinic students with or without the assistance of graduate students may writequarterly reports, visit the sponsor and make presentations, and write peer reviewed conferenceproceedings and journal papers. The overall objectives of the clinic and the grading guidelinesare shown below. These objectives and the grading guidelines were developed by a committeeof faculty members and are applicable to all engineering clinics. The author has adopted theseobjectives and grading guidelines. In addition to the overall clinic objectives, project

Conference Session

Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Candace Mazze, Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Gary Bruce Gehrig P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #7573Enhancing Student Learning and Engagement in Construction Course usingService LearningDr. Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Assistant Professor Engineering Technology and Construction Management University of North Carolina CharlotteMs. Candace Mazze, Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte Ms. Mazze is a doctoral candidate in the Educational Leadership department at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has served as a graduate research assistant for Construction Management in College of Engineering. She has researched, gathered and analyzed data, and assisted in writing and

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; Barbra Steinhurst, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

lasting supportive cohort of peers among the Backstage Bucknell participants. 2) Students greatly valued activities such as academic preparedness sessions in mathematics and physics as well as time management workshops that were geared toward helping them develop useful and necessary skills for success in their first semester. Meaningful instruction in writing was difficult to execute in this compressed time frame. 3) Nearly all participants felt that the program was of an appropriate length to achieve the goals of the Backstage Bucknell and would recommend the program in this format to another student. Gains in the three focus areas of the program were possible

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

to bolster the transition and retention of our students. It is worthyto mention that no other states in the US have the same level of desperate need as Mississippi toincrease its STEM degrees. A September 2011report published in Industrial Engineer Magazinereveals that Mississippi ranked the lowest in preparing STEM students.As part of the initiative, we implemented several programs such as Let ‘em Know, Inter-Institutional Visits, Portfolio Tracking, 2+2 consortium, and Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL).Our Let ‘em Know program, (which is similar to the Catch the Dream program implemented atLake Michigan College) focuses on increasing transfer rates from CC to our university. Let ‘emKnow program provides first year STEM students with four year

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

academic unit focused on local and regional sustainability in support of WPI’s interdisciplinary degree requirement, the Interactive Qualifying Project. Rick also oversees WPI’s Global Perspective Program, a worldwide network of 35 Project Centers to which more than 700 students per year travel to address problems for local agencies and organizations under faculty supervision. Rick’s teaching and research interests include service and experiential learning, engineering design and appropriate technology, and internationalizing engineering education. He has developed and advised hundreds of student research projects in the Americas, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe. Rick has published over 55 peer-reviewed or

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liu Junhua, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Yue Zhang, Singapore University and Technology and Design; Justin Ruths, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Diana Moreno, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Innovations in Software Engineering Education: An Experimental Study of Integrating Active Learning and Design-based LearningABSTRACTSignificant advancements have been made in engineering education in recent years. An importantoutcome of these advancements is the integration and extension of fundamental pedagogies as part ofengineering curricula, as well as the need for continued research into the effectiveness of thesepedagogies on students’ learning within engineering knowledge domains. In this paper, we focus on anengineering educational research study in the domain of software engineering. This study considers theimportant research question of the efficacy of traditional lecture-homework-project teaching approachescompared to peer-to

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and documenting results had always been part of the course, but tended to beinformal. After assignment level integration, each project requires a written plan anddocumented results. Additionally, students are required to write a short reflective paper aftereach project summarizing what went well with the project, what might be improved in the future,and lessons learned. A similar approach is used for the semester long team project, but a longerpaper is required as part of the team project. This paper is the basis for a presentation at the endof the semester. Structured team planning, reporting and presentation, as well as peer reviewemphasize and reinforce the skills in item 4.Changes were also made in the lecture portion of courses within

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

student outcomes in introductory materials engineering Page 23.1204.2courses. The project is multifaceted and includes several interwoven components, all ofwhich are founded upon literature based best practices in STEM education research. Theproject components include: a detailed study of pre-course knowledge andmisperceptions, an investigation of student preparation influencing course outcomes, ananalysis of Index of Learning Styles (ILS) data, a switch to inductive teaching practiceswhich include collaborative, active learning modules and concept/peer learningopportunities, collaborative writing of research papers, low stakes quizzing, thedevelopment

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng.); Kevin P Drees, Oklahoma State University; Tom C. Volkening, Michigan State University; Carol A. Brach, University of Notre Dame; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bruce Neville, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

mentoring. Engineering Librarianship 101 isdesigned to capture the wisdom and expertise of ELD members and communicate best practicesin the profession.” 1In this paper, mentoring scenarios are discussed and some directions are highlighted that willprovide guidance and tips for new and practicing engineering librarians. It is envisioned thatengaging conversations, dialog and interactions after the presentation will generate ideas thatwill help the ELD Mentoring Committee develop new strategies for future activities.Literature ReviewFor the library profession in general, the literature shows several modes of mentoring. Theseinclude traditional, peer, and mentoring circles. In an article describing a community of practiceapproach which was developed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; David F. Bahr, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University; Kimberly R Schneider, University of Central Florida; John C Lusth, University of Alabama

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

difference between popular, textbook, and peer reviewed literature,reading and analyzing scholarly articles, laboratory notebooks, responsible conduct of research,intellectual property rights, effective presentations, writing a literature review, and careeropportunities.The semester long seminar (SLS) is adapted from work done by The University of Wisconsin [1]as part of their Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) activities while theweek-long faculty led boot camp (FLBC) was developed at Washington State University (WSU)[2] and the 2½ day peer mentor led short course (PMSC) was developed at the University of Page

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Heidar Malki, University of Houston (CoT); Gangbing Song, University of Houston (CoE)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

23.184.2Many of these students came from historically black or minority serving universities andcolleges. Figure 1 shows the REU cohorts and their faculty advisors for 2008-2010.Methods and Activities Besides their researchprojects, the fellows participatedin activities to improve theirresearch skills throughout the 10week experience. Once the fellows reported tocampus at the beginning of thesummer, they attended a half-dayorientation during which timethey were introduced to eachother, their faculty advisor, andpresented with generalinformation about the hostingdepartment and university. Theywere mandated to attend theresearch methodology seminarsdesigned for undergraduateresearch students at theuniversity, covering topicsincluding writing a

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

deviceslike PDAs, laptops and phones.Some of the protocols employing WPAN include Zigbee, Bluetooth, Ultra-wideband, andinfrared Data Association (IrDA).Each of these is optimized for particular applications ordomains. ZigBee, with its sleepy, battery-powered end devices, is a perfect fit for wirelesssensors. IEEE 802.15.4 is a packet-based radio protocol. It addresses the communication needsof wireless applications that have low data rates and low power consumption requirements. It isthe foundation on which ZigBee is built. It supports star and peer-to-peer topologies. The ZigBeespecification not only supports star but also mesh and cluster tree kind of peer-to-peertopologies

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh V Shende, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

collaborative learning activities gives students more opportunities in developingconceptual learning through social interactions among peers. This we can refer to as conceptgroup learning activity.In a group environment, conflicts and controversies are resolved through proper explanation,justification; reflection and search for new knowledge.8 Student groups often come up withmutual support or solution via elaborative help that stimulates reorganization of thoughts andidentification of knowledge gaps thereby generating solution seeking ability among the studentgroup members. These circumstances also help students developing elaborate conceptualunderstanding by making use of new analogies, revisiting and reformulating their knowledge,which becomes more

Conference Session

Design Based Energy Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oxana S Pantchenko, University of California at Santa Cruz; Tiffany Wise-West P.E., University of California Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ali Shakouri Shakouri, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

 for each team member, credit was given for inclusion of a description ofeach student’s work contribution.  Engineering curriculum designers often struggle to include meaningfulwriting assignments in undergraduate programs [8], yet scientific writing is a highly valued skill in theengineering sector [9].  In their teaching experience, the authors have observed that students often arechallenged by writing assignments hence the inclusion of the checklist requirements to prepare a logicallyflowing and well­written final proposal with proper formatting and appropriate citation of crediblesources.  It was highly suggested that groups perform peer editing and utilize the on­campus writingtutor program.Discussion & ResultsConsultations &

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Palmyra Catravas, Union College; Michael E Hagerman, Union College; Brian D. Cohen, Department of Biological Sciences, Union College; Samuel Amanuel, Union College; Rebecca Cortez, Union College; Kevin Bubriski, Green Mountain College; Amin Meyghani; Seyfollah Maleki, Union College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

. The images shown in this paper were acquired with a Zeiss EVO-50 scanningelectron microscope and an Asylum Research MFP-3D atomic force microscope.Bridges between the classroom and undergraduate researchBridge 1 – Students learn to read and comprehend technical papers from theprimary literature through a novel writing assignment – the NanoTracts paperThe process of reading and acquiring an in-depth understanding of peer-reviewed articlesfrom the scientific literature is an essential research skill that is out of the comfort zone ofmost undergraduate students. These skills are developed with time and practice, andproficiency ameliorates potential for success with research endeavors over their futurecareers. A term project has been incorporated

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

achievement test at the end of the academic year includedgrammar, writing, and an oral lecture presentation in English. Out of the 50 faculty, 37persevered through the whole program and showed significant improvement in Englishproficiency. Information about this program spread around the university by word of mouth,and many more faculty members showed interest for the academic year 2012-13 with anenrollment of 170 faculty (out of 150 planned) and 15 study groups. After one semester, theprogram has achieved 100% retention with all members still attending the courses.This paper describes the program created at Kazan National Research TechnologicalUniversity to improve the English language skills of their faculty and will focus on analyzingthe academic

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Carlson-Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gregory W Harrington, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

earlier in their college career – ideally their first year.In response to this feedback, with the support of the Pieper Foundation(srpieperfamilyfoundation.com), and under the leadership of an endowed professorship forServant Leadership, we created and launched a pilot course in Fall 2011 for 25 incomingfirst year students. One course enrollment slot was open during each summer orientationsession until the course filled. Quickly we had a waiting list of additional students wantingto enroll, so in Spring and Fall 2012, the enrollment cap expanded to 35. Each time thecourse filled to capacity. As we write this paper, we are considering feasible models to

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Berkes9 write, “Co-management of specific areas and resources is carried out withthe participation of different actors that typically try to find ways to learn from their actions andadapt the behavior to the consequences of their own, and others’, actions, otherwise they cannotform any collaborative arrangement.” Interestingly, they further state that the ecological area orresource itself can be seen as an actor, reacting unpredictably and non-linearly to its own“management,” and that the adaptive quality of co-management is well-suited to handling thisuncertainty.In particular, co-management scenarios can be viewed “…as a means to create the political spacewithin which communities and other groups can develop the knowledge and skills to solve

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

the teaching of concepts in an introductory thermodynamics coursethrough video. This generation of students is technology savvy, and regularly communicates bymeans other than face-to-face interactions (e.g. texting). Additionally, the popularity of sites suchas Khan Academy makes the idea of teaching with video difficult to ignore. Thus, we assert thatthere is value in using this media for instruction, and that this media can be leveraged for use in achemical engineering course. During this study, students will be asked to 1) take a conceptdiscussed during class, and articulate it in video media using everyday examples that otherstudents can relate to (autodidactic learning) 2) watch peer-made videos that teach these concepts(peer-to-peer

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

investigate the development of technology in civil, mechanical,chemical, and electrical engineering in the context of historical case studies. As part of thecourse, students working in groups prepare and present an engineering history case study. Thestudents, working in groups of 3 to 5, write technical papers and present their results on the lastday of class. This allows the student groups to develop and demonstrate their communicationskills as well as their mastery of the course concepts. The student projects provide otherbenefits. Projects that are done well can be incorporated into future offerings of the course. Anexample is how the development and eventual decline of the Ohio canal system influenced thegrowth of the state’s economy, and how the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. Pinelli, NASA Langley Research Center; Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Kimberly Marie Brush, NASA Langley Research Center; Jeannine B. Perry, Continental Research Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

study. Jeannine works closely with the research team to ensure that each step is performed to exact specifications. She conducts the interviewer briefing session at the beginning of each study and electronically monitors a portion of the fieldwork. After the completion of the data collection, she receives an anecdotal report from the Field Director (choosing results to highlight in the final report). Jeannine oversees the statistical analyses, writes the text portion of most reports, supervises the report preparation, and is in regular contact with her clients. Jeannine attended Old Dominion University where she completed a Bachelors degree in Business Man- agement. Prior to joining Continental Research, she was