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FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R Hammond, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

understand and internalize the vision and mission of the school, andhelping freshmen develop a personal identity as an Engineer. This paper focuses on the latter.Most engineering programs incorporate career exploration as one of the topics in theIntroduction to Engineering course or a separate course or seminar. This Introduction toEngineering course is typically taught as either a discipline-specific course or as a general courseopen to all majors. In both cases the content and delivery of the engineering career explorationtopic is heavily influenced by the faculty member teaching the class. In the Ira A. FultonSchools of Engineering at Arizona State University, there are program-specific Introduction toEngineering courses in which discussion of

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Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Bumbalough, Kettering University; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

of students, faculty and staff who are interested in educating studentsin making environmentally responsible decisions. KIET received NationalScience Foundation CCLI Phase 1 Grant (DUE#051132) to design and teach theEnvironmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing class and start theGreener Engineering Organization (GEO), a student club, in Fall 2007. Since itsformation, GEO has improved environmental awareness, stimulatedenvironmental action, and enhanced the image of Kettering as anenvironmentally conscious university. They have improved the local anduniversity community by giving its members service learning, leadership, andnetworking opportunities. Furthermore, they initiated paper and beveragecontainer recycling programs, and

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Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 “I came in thinking there was one right practice”: Exploring how to help graduate students learn to read academic researchAbstractIn the fall of 2017, an engineering educator with many years of experience offered a course toincoming doctoral students. The course was focused on helping the students explore approachesto reading published scholarship and develop their own scholarly reading practice. The coursewas taken by a student who documented her experiences in a reflection journal. Against thisbackdrop, this paper uses

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Session 2 - Track 3: From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students conceptualizations of engineering careers

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Acaydia Campbell; Venicia Castro Villatoro; Angel Alexis Lopez, Florida International University; Janice L. Hall, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students’ conceptualizations of engineering careers at national laboratoriesAbstract Within engineering education, there have been rising calls for more research on thetransitional period students face leading up to graduation (e.g., post-graduation planning) andmoving into the next phase of their career. This study seeks to complement existing research byexploring the experience of students as they seek to make sense of engineering career

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sruthi Dasika, Purdue University; Anyerson Cuervo, Purdue University; Amena Shermadou, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

) explores her experience as an internationalstudent from India teaching in the United States, while Anyerson (Second Author) examines histeaching experience in his home country of Colombia. Our review of the literature on theexperiences of international graduate students found that prior work has primarily focused onunderstanding their sense of belonging and acclimation to higher education settings in the UnitedStates. And yet, their teaching motivation and identity as international graduate students havebeen underexplored. Expanding on existing work that examines intrinsic factors of motivation(autonomy, competence, and relatedness) for graduate teaching assistants in engineering, weanalyzed written reflections and discussions about our personal

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ella L. Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

graduate school. If a student’sfuture in a graduate program is dependent on funding provided and controlled by an advisor orother faculty member, then the likelihood of an advisor or faculty member providing continuingfunding upon return to the university is a significant factor in the decision. We know that manyengineering graduate students identify financial concerns as a major area of cost when attendinggraduate school (Peters & Daly, 2013). Any opportunity for professional development must bedesigned to accommodate the existing system of funding—to mitigate financial burdens or offsetfinancial burdens with benefits from participation.MarketingMarketing was highlighted as a source of potential error in REEFE. First, through

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryon Kucharski, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joan Giblin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mehmet Ergezer, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Student

enter college and combine past study habits with new learning strategies in an effort tohandle the collegiate workload of 4-5 undergraduate courses. Undergraduates learn new learningstrategies from personal experience, suggestions from faculty and staff, adaptation of past habits,and observation of and discussion with their peers. Thus, their ability to incorporate newstrategies into their own academic life is in many ways limited to the people they have contactwith, both in face-to-face settings, and now through the Internet. Undergraduate help-seekingbehavior can be influenced by faculty and peers 1,2 . While faculty members, tutors, mentors, andadvisors are a valid source of advice, recent graduates and current junior/senior students

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mayra S. Artiles , Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #32258Minority Student Experiences in Engineering Graduate Programs:Socialization and Impact on Career TrajectoriesDr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Amelink is Associate Vice Provost for Learning Systems in the Office of the Provost at Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech.Dr. Mayra S. Artiles , Arizona State University Mayra S. Artiles is an assistant professor in engineering at the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient

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Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Beyond the Undergraduate Years

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff Fitzmorris, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

experience to quickly bolster their program in areas where more courses are neededbut more research faculty are not.We found that the diverse career experience among our participants was an asset to their departments andthey believe their experience provides unique perspectives and experience that enrich their courses.G. Self-Reported Motivation to TeachOur second research question explores the factors that non-tenure-track engineering faculty believe motivatethem to teach. Studies of non-tenure-track faculty from all disciplines have shown that non-tenure-trackfaculty are motivated to teach by interaction with students, the classroom environment, and the ability tostrike a satisfactory balance between work and personal responsibilities. We asked

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ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Simon Jakob Barth, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

educators.Our quantitative study is based on a dataset of 559 early-career engineering graduates whoparticipated in the Engineering Majors Survey (EMS). EMS is a longitudinal U.S. nationwidesurvey designed to explore engineering students’ and then later graduates’ technical,innovation, and entrepreneurial interests and experiences. Innovative behavior outcomes areanalyzed considering socio-demographic characteristics such as gender and underrepresentedracial/ethnic minority (URM) status, and characteristics of the workplace such as industryand company size. Furthermore, we elaborate on the interrelation of innovative behavior andleadership responsibility.We find no significant differences in innovative behavior of female and male engineeringgraduates

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Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elsa Camargo, Virginia Tech; Ashley Wood, Virginia Tech; Margaret E. Layne, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Female MaleMethodologyThis paper reports on part of a larger study conducted through the institution’s provost office toassess the impact that work-life policies have on faculty careers. An assistant provost served asprincipal investigator with graduate students as co-investigators. The principal investigator hadaccess to university records that identified faculty members who had used the tenure clockextension and modified duties policies between 2006 and 2013. The study was designed as amixed methods study, drawing from survey data and faculty interviews. However, the surveydata presented limited results so this paper focuses on analysis of the qualitative data.SurveyA total of 168 faculty members who had been identified through

Conference Session

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder

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ASEE Board of Directors

, achieving this end will require overcoming“resistance from students, scientific educators, school directors and from the professionitself or sometimes from employers” [15, p. 300]. In the United States, 80% of engineeringstudents graduate from programs that do not require an ethics course [7]. Althoughchallenges in engineering ethics education have been well documented, the literature mainlycomes from the observational and anecdotal perspective of few educators. This researchattempts to better synthesize and characterize the challenges that faculty have encounteredand how they have overcome them so that lessons can be extracted from their experienceabout how to effectively teach ESI to engineering and computing students. The followingresearch

Conference Session

Graduate Student Needs and Experiences, Exploring Graduate Funding and Undergraduate Research Experiences

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan; Megan Kaczanowski, University of Michigan

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

strategies to design tools and education. She teaches design and en- trepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on front-end design processes.Dr. Diane L. Peters, Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University.Dr. Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan Professor Steven J. Skerlos is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. He is a tenured faculty member in Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He also serves as a UM Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Sustainability. He is Director of Sustainability Education Programs in the College of Engineering and Co-Director of the Engineering

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Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University; Emma Annand, Montana State University; Romy M. Beigel, Montana State University; Monika B Kwapisz, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

role of leadership and culture in process improvement. His research is supported by the NSF and industry and has received numerous national and international awards. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and serves as an Associate Editor for both the Engineering Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, Schell spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University Bryce E. Hughes is an Assistant Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University, and affiliate faculty member with the Montana

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Student

their interdisciplinary degree. To aid students in addressing these challenges, thispaper addresses the research question: What are important characteristics of doctoral committeemembers for a student pursuing an engineering education PhD?Literature ReviewFaculty members are an important support system for graduate students, especially a facultyadvisor and the members of a student’s committee [6, 7]. These faculty members not only providethe necessary disciplinary content knowledge, but can also provide personal, career or emotionalsupport[7]. While earning an interdisciplinary degree, as that in engineering education, the role ofthe advisor can become more complex[8]. Co-advisors may be needed to provide the additionalcontent expertise or the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

from a variety ofuniversities was used to obtain data regarding many aspects of the master's program process. Forthis paper, the questions regarding the decision to attend graduate school were isolated andexamined using standard statistical methods. From these statistical tests, we were able to obtainresults which help us understand how priorities differ between these two student groups and mayaid universities in their recruitment of graduate students from both backgrounds.IntroductionThe decision to pursue a master’s degree is life-altering for an engineer. It changes the trajectoryof one’s career and can open many doors. However, pursuing a master’s degree is not an easyprocess and requires significant commitment. Many factors contribute to

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Diverse Pathways: Exploring Inclusive Practices and Outreach in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lexy Chiwete Arinze, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Jacqueline E McDermott, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Janet M Beagle

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

of future engineering faculty and developing a more diverse, equitable and inclusive Purdue Engineering.Dr. Janet M Beagle Dr. Janet Beagle is the Director of Graduate Programs for Purdue Universityˆa C™s College of Engineering. Formerly the Director of Graduate Admissions over five campuses and more than 100 graduate programs, she has worked with graduate recruitment and admis ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Evaluation of current graduate student preparation after completing the GradTrack Scholars Virtual Mentoring Program as an undergraduate student Lexy C. Arinze, Jackie E. McDermott, Janet M. BeagleAbstractMentorship

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kalen Kahn, U.S. Military Academy; Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy

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Student

Design in the Middle Years," Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, pp. 181-199, 2014. [2] K. Patsavas and B. Caldwell, "Exploring the Development of Undergraduate Research Experience," in 121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014. [3] R. McCord, C. Hixson, E. Ingram and L. McNair, "Graduate Student and Faculty Member: An Exploration of Career and Personal Decisions ID # 9165," in 121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014. [4] B. Novoselich, Interviewee, Project Advisor Meetings. [Interview]. June-August 2018. [5] L. Waxman, S. Clemons, J. Banning and D. McKelfresh, "The Library as a Place: Providing Students with Opportunitiies for Socialization, Relaxation

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Baka, Youngstown State University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

State University. He completed his B.S. and M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his PhD is in Engineering Education, also from Virginia Tech. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring Perceived Efficacy and Support of Faculty Mentors of Undergraduate Students in Engineering AbstractThis full research paper explores the role of faculty mentors in supporting student mentees.Faculty mentors of undergraduate students have the ability to make an academic, professional,and/or personal impact on their students. For example, mentors may provide assistance withcourse planning, share career goal

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Amaka Waturuocha; Laura Ford; Christi Patton Luks

Pursuing a Personalized Program to Prepare for an Academic Career at an Engineering Department without a Formal Teaching Curriculum Amaka Waturuocha1, Laura Ford1, Christi Patton Luks1 1 University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USAAbstractTypically, when applying to graduate school for doctoral programs, students are not 100%certain of the route their careers will take: industry, academia or both. Most times though, theylean more towards one of these options. In such a case the potential graduate student tailors theirapplications /interests to schools with the kind of curriculum that fits their particular needs. Oncein graduate school

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Student

Education, Purdue University. In his graduate work he is exploring the systems of conceptual and social challenges associated with educa- tional change for the development of undergraduate engineering education. Before joining the doctoral program he worked for nine years in a faculty development role at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from KFUPM and also has earned an MPBL degree from Aalborg University, Denmark.Mel Chua, Purdue UniversityDr. Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University Linda Vanasupa has been a professor of materials engineering at the California Polytechnic State Univer- sity since 1991. She also serves as co

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Graves Wolfinbarger, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

by n–1, where n = the number of people inthe group.4Team members listed as influential and receiving an indegree centrality score in the top half oftheir team were invited to participate in the Phase 2 interviews. First-year members listed asinfluential were also invited, regardless of indegree score. Additional potential interviewees werenominated by the team captains and/or were mentioned by team members during interviews.ParticipantsAt the time of the interviews, the Jets roster listed about 25 members and the Sharks roster listedabout 45 members. In total, fourteen students, all engineering majors, participated in individualrecorded semi-structured interviews exploring the team experience and their own leadershipdevelopment journeys. Six

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Beverly Woolf; Enid Sichel; Mark Floryan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Web-based Personalized Laboratories for Engineering Students Enid K. Sichel, Member, IEEE , Beverly Park Woolf, Mark Floryan Abstract. We developed software that provides intelligenthands-on bench-top dynamic help to students as they study inlaboratories for introductory circuit analysis. Tutoring help is Theavailable at “teachable moments” as opposed to students waitingdays or weeks for traditional teacher-graded labs reports.Quantitative and qualitative studies show that using the softwareleads to improved learning, verbalization and

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DSA Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isil Anakok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kai Jun Chew, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10+ years including

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mitikaa Sama; Rohini N. Abhyankar, Arizona State University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #19066Measuring Students’ Subjective Task Values Related to the Post-UndergraduateCareer SearchDr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Dr. Brunhaver joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering students, alumni, and

Conference Session

Track 2: Technical Session 5: Understanding Decision Processes Related to Pathways of Community College Engineering Students

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Rene Alberto Hernandez, Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Richardson, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

provide a scholarship for tuition and fees, but the students found additional usesfor the funds by freeing up resources and time in other areas. These ideas are salient in thisdiscussion because, while students had a scholarship, it meant they were no longer jugglingmultiple responsibilities; rather, they were able to reduce the hours they needed to work to findfinancial stability.The study further explores how pre-transfer programs influence students at various stages oftheir journey. The flexibility of such programs and their influence on students' career decisions ishighlighted. Some students faced challenges like personal life events and the impact of thepandemic. The cost of education and minimizing student debt are significant concerns

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Eisenman, University of Maryland; George List, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies

any decisions about whicharea of research to pursue students should talk to faculty and other graduate students tohelp increase their knowledge of various areas of study. Incoming graduate studentsshould also read a variety of research papers (journal articles, dissertations, etc.). Even ifthe student does not understand all the content in the papers, they will be able to identifywhich problems they are most interested in and those that they had less interest in.The school is an important choice because it defines the graduate students livingenvironment. The size, location and personality of the school should all be consideredbefore choosing a school. Research programs also vary from school to school. Someprograms are more competitive than

Conference Session

Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington

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Mechanical Engineering

any math classes.Regardless of the advice from faculty or academic advisors, freshmen sometimes have themisconception that math is optional or it can be delayed with little consequences. The results of thesurvey presented in this paper support the idea that senior-level students now realize the importanceof taking math during the freshman year, and some indicated that it is one of the major reasons theywere not graduating in 4 years. As freshmen, they may not have understood this. But as seniors,they understand why their progress was delayed.The fourth question on the survey explored how many years it took the respondents to complete anundergraduate degree in engineering. Figure 5 presents the summary of the results. Among theUTSA students

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Ari Turrentine, VentureWell; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 26.990.3global leader of innovation.Colleges of Engineering across the country and the globe are experiencing this reality. Feweryoung people enroll in engineering programs than in the past, and many who do either drop outof such programs at a high rate or become dissatisfied with their career options and seekemployment in other professions after graduating.8 The 2002 report, Engage to Excel, indicatesthat increasing retention is the most efficient way to boost STEM graduates, and identifies keychanges engineering faculty members can make to their curriculum and teaching to fosterretention. Key is the need for intellectual and personal engagement, something often stifled byuninspiring courses and unwelcoming faculty.7 Retention also