Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Maxim, University of Michigan - Dearborn; Thomas Limbaugh, University of Michigan - Dearborn; Jeffrey Yackley, University of Michigan - Dearborn

more willing to meetwith instructors outside of class [14]. Krause writes that engagement does not guarantee learningis taking place, but learning can be enhanced if it provides students with opportunities to reflecton their learning activities [15]. In our research projects, students were encouraged to reflect onthe lessons learned from the activities either in writing or orally during class postmortemdiscussions.There is consensus among members of our department’s professional advisory board thatprofessional practice invariably requires strong verbal and written communication skills. Todevelop their oral communications skills, students need opportunities to present their work aswell as observe their peers doing the same. Some instructors

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Heather Marie Sapp, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. John has held a variety of leadership positions, including currently serving as an ABET Commissioner and as Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional; within ASEE, he previously served as Chair of the Computers in Education Division. He is a past recipient of Best Paper awards from the Computers in Education, First-Year Programs, and Design in Engineering Education Divisions, and has also been recognized for his contributions to the ABET Symposium. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Ms. Heather Marie Sapp, Ohio Northern UniversityMr. David Reeping, Ohio Northern

Conference Session

Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary S. May, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

beyond graduate school. Such training must include multi-facetedprofessional development (e.g., grant writing, public speaking, and publishing research), as wellas social dynamics such as networking within the STEM community.10Logically, the challenges posed by the lack of financial resources and lack of peer and facultymentorship are cumulative from high school through graduate school and beyond. URM studentsare more likely to complete their baccalaureate educations with higher debt burdens than theirmajority peers, thus the prospect of a long slog to a STEM doctorate with the likely prospect offurther training at the postdoctoral level makes the alternative of a career in medicine or a STEMjob in industry more appealing. Meanwhile, the

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Paul Tallon, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. ENGR0011 has an extensive writing component that involves asemester long project that produces 4 written projects and a presentation at the end of thesemester. The presentation component is integrated into the Peer Mentor component ofENGR0081. Thus, this presentation fulfills the first step or introductory exposure of publicspeaking for every student. By having the student presentation in the small mentor section, lessthan 15 students, the student‘s first public speaking experience takes place in a very friendly andinformal setting. This addresses the anxiety issue stated above. In addition, by having fourindependent writing assignments throughout the semester, that each produce a milestoneproduction, we are also addressing item 2 above, by

Conference Session

Assessment-Driven Practices in ECE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Garrison, Portland State University; Yuchen Huang, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

delivery oftechnical content.5. Major AssignmentsTechnical Summary: Each week the students are required to write up a technical summary. Thesummary should be 1-2 short paragraphs that describe a technical topic in the news that week.Students choose a topic that is aligned with their technical background. This exercise mimicssharing information over email with a manager or their peers about something the studentrecently read. The summary should use a common language, not techno-speak jargon, andhighlight what is novel about the topic in a concise and compelling manner.1-minute Challenge: Every two weeks the student is asked to stand in front of the class anddiscuss their technical summary from that week. Notes and slides are not permitted for

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Tikyna M. Dandridge, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sharlane Cleare, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shalin Lena Raye, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Casey E. Wright, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

all to figure out what we need to do to write better: I tried to incorporate explicit discussion and assignments that recognize different phases of writing, different genres of impactful writing, and different writing-related tasks to engage in. For example, we spend time deconstructing how authors build their arguments in the primary and secondary sources we read, we hear from authors about how they go about writing (ex. Lamott, 1994), students engage in peer review of each others’ work; I assigned different types of writing over the term (including reflective writing, outlining and rough drafting, and reviewing); and I shared papers that I had authored or co- authored along with the backstory of how

Conference Session

S6A: Full Papers - Out with the Old, In with the New

Collection

14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Authors

Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine Marie Hamel, University of Maryland, College Park; Joshua Cocker, University of Maryland - Keystone Program

Tagged Topics

Full Papers

attention, there is limited peer-reviewed literature related toChatGPT and its impact on engineering education. Searching the Journal of EngineeringEducation archives and ASEE Conference Proceedings through PEER for the term “ChatGPT”or “generative AI” yielded no results. We describe a few notable exceptions below that arerelated to our work. Reference [5] provides examples of how ChatGPT can be used in bothtechnical and creative writing courses and highlights the importance of being able to ask goodquestions (prompts) of large language models. Reference [6] conducted a hypothetical designproject using ChatGPT and discusses the benefits and limitations of using this tool in the designprocess. This article makes an important methodological

Collection

14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Authors

Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University

ofthe importance for engineers of the ability to learn new information as needed, and methods fordoing so. After the class students write and peer-review reflections on this topic and makewritten plans to develop lifelong learning capabilities while earning their undergraduate degree.The examples and supporting images used at Campbell University cover a range of technologiessuch as grocery barcode scanners and disposable razors and some notable historical events thatstudents are likely to be familiar with. Computer technologies make powerful examples due tothe rapid growth in their performance over time, but examples could be tailored to many fieldswith careful choices.The presentation of this activity may be useful to FYEE attendees as

Conference Session

PCEE Session 4: Resource / Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Huppert, Minnesota State Engineering Center of Excellence; Jason Bruns, Minnesota State University, Mankato

research related to her work published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at the international level. Dr. Huppert earned her Ph.D. from Purdue University in Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication.Jason Bruns (Director, Minnesota State Engineering Center of Excellence) Jason Bruns is the Director of the Minnesota State Engineering Center of Excellence. He received his B.S from the University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master of Business Administration from Minnesota State University Mankato. He spent 20+ years in the industry successfully serving in engineering, operations, and manufacturing leadership roles at various companies including GE. Mr. Bruns

Conference Session

Holy Cow! We’re Going Online When? 

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gerald J. Wang, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

scientific research. Finally, this activity encouragesstudents to practice making explicit connections between mathematical concepts, real-worldengineering problems, and policy.“Graph Theory and Gratitude”In the second activity, designed for the closing weeks of a course, students are invited to writenotes of appreciation, anonymous or otherwise, for peers who have elevated their learningexperience during the semester (additional details in Appendix B). These notes are collected anddistributed to their intended recipients; based on the flow of notes, the instructor constructs ananonymized directed graph (Figure 2).This activity reinforces numerouslearning objectives. At a basic level,by presenting yet another context inwhich a data set is

Collection

2012 EDI

Authors

James H. Aylor

contributing to research base on effective K-12 engineering education and publishing results• Members on state K-12 engineering standards writing teams in several states Current Division Work Efforts (cont) Executive board convening invited national meetings on K-12 engineering: May 2010: Defining Engineering in Elementary Grades (Raleigh, NC) June 2010: Defining the Top Research Questions in K-12 engineering (Louisville, KY) June 2011: Identifying Barriers and Opportunities in K-12 Engineering (Vancouver, BC) June 2012: Defining Professional Development Standards for K-12 Engineering (meeting collaboration with UTEACH, San Antonio, TX) July 2012: Colloquium on P-12 Engineering Education (collaboration with STEM Center, Minneapolis

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Rachel Walsh

ability to communicate in practice• Impact of accents• Coping mechanism of self-segregation (Rose- Redwood and Rose-Redwood, 2013) Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018 American Society for Engineering Education Session CEED 432 Overcoming Challenges• Focus on empowerment and practice • Ongoing language support (opportunities to practice, writing centers) • Workshops specifically targeting professional communication, LinkedIn, career fairs, networking, navigating cultural differences in the workplace, etc. • Peer mentorship Proceedings

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne Atkinson

informal short speeches, all intended for peer audiences.Engineering students, if they are to move toward competence in an increasingly media-intensive workplace,need experience with more professional tasks, e.g., technical collaboration on design projects. Considerableinstructional investments already support written communication skills; engineering schools have longemphasized formal laboratory reports. The agenda now is to find ways to build better oral communication skills.2 Design in the Curriculum The increased emphasis on design in engineering curricula does offer an important opportunity tosupport oral skills. One implication of incorporating more design work into the curriculum, especially designprojects carried out with small

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel Raymond Nunez, University of Detroit Mercy; E. Prasad Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

thenutilized when students test original hypotheses that are extensions of the original research. Theappropriate standard for these research questions continues to be their worthiness for publicationor presentation, thus training the writing and speaking skills of students.Our REU ModelAt the University of Detroit Mercy, we designed a pilot project based on this model. Anundergraduate student researcher was tasked with reproducing and extending a physicslaboratory experiment published within the pages of The Physics Teacher or the AmericanJournal of Physics. These journals have well-deserved reputations within the physics communityfor peer-reviewed, research-based innovations in undergraduate teaching and research. Theycontain a wealth of ideas and

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Goldman, Stanford University; Maureen Carroll; Molly Bullock Zielezinski, Stanford University; Aaron Loh, Ministry of Education, Singapore; Eng Seng Ng, Stanford University; Stephanie Bachas-Daunert, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the filters to create a water filtration system. Use any combinations of Bottles (cut each bottle at the the materials here & layer/sandwich them with halfway point & nest the tops the goal of creating the system that will trap the most pollutants from the dirty water.” inside of the bottoms, with the 4. Getting Feedback: Teams submit designs for teacher/peer feedback. spout down) Ensure that teams can articulate which design parameters they are holding 100 Cotton Balls constant & which they are varying between designs. After receiving 2 Gallons Dirty Water

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

and energy-related issues as GMO has the potential to be used as alternative fuel and vaccines) and the natural environment (impact on living organisms located close to areas where GMO foods are grown).This last case showed the student’s ability to think broadly about the impact of GMO products interms of economic, social, and environment issues.Common themes in assessment questions posed by the studentsAfter writing their cases, students randomly selected a peer’s case to analyze. Students createdassessment questions and submitted their cases and corresponding questions to a peer. Onecommon theme found in the student assessment questions was students’ ability to recognize thatone of the engineering leaders’ roles is to make trade

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

defined measures to quantify and assess Extra-Curricular experiencesin the ME program. This has resulted in the formulation of the following plans: • Engineering Design Plan (teaching and practicing of design skills) • Professional Communications Plan (conveying designs and interacting with peers) • Computer Skills Plan (teaching and implementing of design tools) • Engineering Ethics Plan (evaluating and practicing appropriate professional behavior)The development of these plans serves several purposes. None of the desired studentprofessional outcomes are completely provided within a single course. It is necessary tocoordinate the efforts of multiple faculty members across all four years of the curriculum toassure that

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

patentsearches that guide their designs, learning the difference between an idea and an opportunity,forecasting profitability, understanding the real costs of raising capital, and estimatingmanufacturing costs.Teamwork is essential for product development success. Methods to stimulate and developeffective teams will be discussed. Additionally, course assessment techniques and tools will bepresented, including pre- and post-course evaluation of both engineering and entrepreneurialknowledge and skills.To help alleviate the end-of-semester “crunch” characteristic of product development courses,and to promote more professionally crafted product and market documentation, we will describea method that helps teams write a high-quality, comprehensive Design

Conference Session

Ethical Issues II: Academic Integrity and Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L. Miller, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

opportunities tomentor the students on ethics. The students worked individually. To complete therequirements of the independent study, they were first required to write a 25 pageformal paper on an engineering ethics topic and to present their paper to a class oftheir peers. They were encouraged to choose a contemporary topic that wouldshow how a poor ethical decision, made by an individual, led to catastrophicresults. The restriction on the topic was to demonstrate to the students that a lapsein ethics, by an individual, in industry can have truly devastating ramifications.The students’ progress was tracked by intermediate assignments which beganwith topic approval, then progressed to an outline of the paper, a draft copy (thatwas first proofed by one

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara T. Scharf, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster P.Eng., University of Toronto; Kamran Behdinan, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

’ exposure to and participation in conversations in casual spoken English.Students with low English proficiency levels were therefore deprived of an opportunity topractice their listening and speaking skills in English, as evidenced by the commonphenomenon of students acting as translators for other students on these teams. Whilenative-language communication among teammates is helpful for clarifying points,ongoing translation of class material by students for other students may also introducedistortions to the material being communicated because the student translators may not beproficient at understanding the material themselves. Students relying on peer translatorsmay also lead to a distorted power dynamic within the class, in which the peer

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Fred Richard Beyette Jr., University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

single student or group of students. Rather, UnLectures are based onpromoting reflective learning through peer instruction. Studies have shown that reflection of Page 24.1300.2students’ own or others’ experiences results in development of new perspectives or clarificationof concepts and techniques8, 9. It is also evident from these studies that reflective learning hassignificant value in professional practice10. Given that our students have integrated cooperativeeducation into their curriculum, UnLectures provide meaningful ways to reflect on lessons fromboth engineering practice and classroom education.Development of UnLectureThe UnLecture

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy K. Dunford, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

their students, and facilitating group work, among other activities12,25,26. The lecturebook acts as the Freeform equivalent of a textbook. It includes equations, derivations, example problems, and conceptual questions. There is also ample white space so that students may take Course Lecturebook notes or write-out solutions alongside the text itself, acting to foster student activity even during lecture13. Students may also use the lecturebook in conjunction with example solution videos posted on the course blog, facilitating Blended learning3

Conference Session

ERM: Mentoring for Everyone! And Let's talk about Graduate Students

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Sabina Schill, University of Colorado Boulder; Haley Passov

Powered by www.slayte.com Work In Progress: Intersections between mentoring attributes and outcomes among Learning AssistantsAbstractLearning Assistants (LAs) are undergraduate students that serve as course assistants in STEMcourses to facilitate the learning of their near-peers. This paper explored the perspectives of LAsat four institutions with respect to mentoring and their personal outcomes. Interviews withprogram coordinators revealed different goals and implementation of the LA programs at eachinstitution. Survey responses from the LAs revealed differences by school in the percentage whofelt that they had been mentored as well as how the LA’s perceived that they had mentoredothers. The most common outcomes from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Julie Martin, The Ohio State University; Chiebuka Egwuonwu, The Ohio State University; Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.Julie Martin Julie P. Martin is a Fellow of ASEE and an associate professor of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Julie’s professional mission is to create environments that elevate and expand the research community. She is the editor- in-chief of Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, where her vision is to create a culture of constructive peer review in academic publishing. Julie is a former NSF program director for engineering education and frequently works with faculty to help

Conference Session

Socially Responsible Engineering II: Pedagogy, Teamwork, and Student Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon, Wake Forest University; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University ; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Adetoun Yeaman, Wake Forest University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to think about experiences they had working in teams in othersituations and contexts. With these experiences in mind, students were asked to individuallybrainstorm attributes of an ideal team member by writing down as many attributes as they could,with each attribute written on a separate sticky note. The brainstorming session lastedapproximately five minutes. Reflection Brainstorm Introduce the Map attributes to Identify Identify attributes Share identifiedattributes of an definition of three elements of top 15 self and peers attributes with ideal team teamwork as a virtuous teamwork

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Julia Yoo, Lamar University; James C Curry; Brian Craig P.E., Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Hsing-wei Chu P.E., Lamar University; Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

research fields.Dr. Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University Nicholas Brake is currently an Assistant Professor in the civil and environmental department at Lamar University. He received his B.S. (2005), M.S. (2008), and Ph.D. (2012) from Michigan State University. His area of expertise is in cementitious composites which includes: fracture and fatigue mechanics of quasi-brittle materials, recycled concrete, conductive concrete, reinforced concrete, pervious concrete, geopolymer, and structural dynamics. He currently teaches a wide array of courses that includes statics, reinforced concrete design, structural analysis, and materials engineering. Dr. Brake actively integrates project based and peer assisted learning

Conference Session

Design in BME Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McStravick, Rice University; Marcia O'Mallley, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

the electrical requirements and control concepts • This project provided an excellent design development experience for the mechanical engineering and electrical student. It has followed the classic design procedure of defining the problem, brainstorming, determining specifications, locating components, making other components, assembly, and testing. • The Medi-Fridge project is an excellent engineering project in that it has the typical engineering tradeoffs required to reach a satisfactory approach that meets the project goals.Bibliography1) Robinson, R., 2001, Calibrated Peer ReviewTM: An application to increase student reading and writing skills. The American Biology Teacher, v. 63, n

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Baker, Texas Tech University; Brian Nutter, Texas Tech University; Mohammed Saed, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the program in general and of each team’s progress, severalfactors were determined to be significant. The presence of a strong peer role model andan active industry mentor influenced the level of involvement of each team member andthe progress each team made toward achieving their project goals.Introduction This paper describes a program in the Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE) Department at Texas Tech University that provides research and designopportunities for freshmen and pre-freshmen engineering students. The goal of theprogram was to increase recruitment and retention of students in ECE by exposing themto engineering through paid internships that focused on projects with social or communitysignificance. The program was

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

teams and improve peer interactions [3], but these interactions are impacted by the groupdynamics [4]. Social presence is one important factor in student interactions. Social presence isdefined as interpersonal salience [5]. Online computer-based environments generally have alowered social presence than face-to-face conversations, as the interlocutors’ faces, facialexpressions, and voices may be masked. Students have been shown to be willing to provide moresubstantive critiques of peer writing in an environment with low social presence compared toface-to-face settings, both in high school students and at the university level [6], [7].Much work has been done investigating gender breakdown of groups in team learning, findingthat women participate

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jayanta K. Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

resources, such as the mentee/mentor ratio, total yearsof the undergraduate program and the local culture are some of the factors that govern the effectivenessof mentoring.Key words: role model, peer mentoring, academic counseling, sponsor, international students.IntroductionThe dictionary definition of the word ‘mentor’ is “an experienced and prudent advisor”, stemming fromthe Greek name Mentor, the advisor of the king Telemachus [1]. Mentoring differs from academiccounselling in many ways. Both the mentor and the mentee need to know each other at a personal level,and thus a stronger bond develops between the two, maintaining a lasting relationship often throughouttheir lifetime. In the ancient epics of India, Krishna became the powerful mentor of