Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl D. Sorensen, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University; Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, design, writing, or other performance assessments.7,8,9Bailey and Szabo declare “Rigorously assessing students' design process knowledge is essentialfor understanding how to best create learning environments to facilitate the development of suchknowledge. Such assessment is also quite difficult and hence there is a lack of assessment toolscapable of measuring the design process knowledge of every student in a large college”.28 Thisstatement concisely depicts the wide open field of opportunity for engineering educators todevise, validate, and publish assessment instruments targeting design skills and knowledge.35, 36Some efforts have been made to address this opportunity through the development ofstandardized tests of engineering design skills

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Student

Paper ID #5986Exploring the Experience of Undergraduate Research: A Case Study UsingfacebookDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Recruiting at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published nearly two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hoda Ehsan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shabnam Ghotbi, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Seyedali Ghahari, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

new people and some people I know from before and I think that they may judge me, I do have the fear of not being able to convey my message properly.” “Once, a peer told me that they so much appreciate international students because they work very hard and they can imagine how hard writing would be for them if they had to write in a different language. I believe knowing about that significantly helped me with my self-confidence. Also, my advisor has always been open about acknowledging my struggles and has normalized it for me that I can make a mistake and it’s fine. Acknowledging my hard work has allowed me to be open up about my struggles and not be ashamed of who I am as a scholar. I

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Susannah Howe; Donna Riley

the first offering of the course,students wrote 1-2 page case analyses on five cases in the text. They worked in teams of four,and after one member wrote her analysis, the others would comment, taking turns so each had atleast one chance to write the initial analysis.In the second iteration of the course, students will build a portfolio for a single case analysis tobe worked in a team. Each student will write an initial draft and seek peer comments as well asgrader comments, and then revise the draft. Each team will work four separate problems, havingprimary responsibility for the analysis of one case, but practicing analysis of the other case by

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jean L. Coco, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mehdi Miri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert W. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-party evaluators judged all student presentations in the Senior Design class oralpresentation without knowing who the project students were.Project NarrativeA. Specific AimsThe overall purpose of this research was to improve the oral communication skills ofapproximately 350 undergraduate electrical engineering students by providing multipleopportunities for practice and feedback.The project’s objective was to determine whether or not the quality of students’ oral Page 24.729.3presentations improved after post-performance feedback and reflective writing. We determinedthis through a statistical comparison of the control group and the select group

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of the curriculum tostimulate learning through independent thinking, communication with peers, and interaction withthe instructor. Voluntary peer tutorials were held each week by outstanding juniors in chemicalengineering who took the course the previous year. Also, short writing assignments were used toprovide the instructor with background information about each student, provide midtermfeedback to the instructor, and to stimulate student thinking about certain tangential aspects ofthe course; like careers, history and famous women in engineering.For the blended instruction course (experimental group), new elements included the following:1) course was set up under university-licensed software as a web-based course using WebCT(even though it

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida; Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to utilize the tool. Therefore, the logistics ofclassroom integration are greatly reduced. Figure 3.1 depicts the interface with a whiteboard(left) and a chat window (right). In GLASS, the whiteboard is used by the team to collaborativelyconstruct the solution to a given Challenge Problem. The chat window is used by team membersto share resources, discuss their approach to the problem, and reach a consensus when ready tosubmit for grading. Although Google Docs has been adopted in teaching and learning in higher Figure 3.1: Etherpad text-based collaboration tool depicting integrated Whiteboard and Chat windows.education for group projects, collaborative writing, peer review, and others in various disciplines[26-28], Etherpad added increased

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Robert B. Bass, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

– frequent meetings provide all team members with a granular understanding of the project’s statusExisting literature on using Scrum in engineering education deals almost exclusively with upper-division or graduate engineering courses [4]. While this may be an obvious place to utilizeScrum, it should actually be taught across the engineering curriculum. For example, it has beenshown that technical writing is a skill that ought to be taught and reinforced across multipleengineering courses and years [11,12]. For any project management technique to be really useful,we should start teaching it early and reintroduce it often. For these reasons, we have beenimplementing Scrum methodology across several years of our ECE undergraduate program.2.1

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS)

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

conducted in 2016by the University of Washington (UW) Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equityfound that awardees “found the grant writing process to be beneficial in helping them refineand package their ideas, build relationships with mentors, and develop literature reviews.Some of the grantees found themselves using parts of their proposal for federal grantproposals.” The UW evaluation also identified the following career impacts from theawardees: Internal and External Collaborations Strengthened, Mentorship by Grant Mentorsand Peers Benefitted Grantees; Increased Confidence in Expertise and Dissemination ofWork; Value and Influence Manifested as Respect, Credibility, and Leadership Potential;Leadership Experience Built Tangible Skills

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

International

affective dimension of reentry shock, but the course offers a range ofactivities that help students to re-engage with their experience abroad and to integrate theirinternational experience into their career plans and professional self-presentation. Specifically,the course activities encourage students to participate in several activities that will encouragetheir global orientation, such as serving as an “ambassador”, mentoring a service-learning team,or interviewing a peer or a professional about their global experiences. Finally, the courseincludes structured reflection in the form of a final writing project.15Georgia Tech has long been a leader in international learning. Its International Plan serves as amodel for engaging, as Lohmann, Rollins

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

the textbook before coming toclass; active learning; undergraduate lecture teaching assistants; distribution and collection ofmaterials as well as post-lecture review of submitted work; making the environment more friendlythrough music and videos; integration of learning communities; and classroom representatives andteam minute papers to create a manageable student feedback mechanism. This paper will presentthe perspectives of a new faculty member teaching for the first time and of more experiencedinstructors of large classes.Introductory CommentsOne can imagine the worries of a new professor teaching for the first time: How do I write agood test? How do I keep the lectures interesting? Are my expectations of the studentsreasonable? What if

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

presentingthe results to the class in an informal setting. The technical publications selected by the studentsinclude books from a wide variety of topics, ranging from artificial intelligence to hybrid vehicledesign and infrastructure issues. Students must relate topics explored within the book withtopics learned in Thermodynamics. Thus, in writing a review, the student combines the skills ofdescribing what is on the page, analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose as well as Page 22.1351.3how it relates to Thermodynamics, and expressing personal reactions. A page-long list ofsuggested books is provided to the students at the time of project

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Walck, Michigan Technological University; Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University; Jim R. Baker, Michigan Technological University; Jean S. DeClerck, Michigan Technological University; Nora Allred, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

learning and offers scheduling flexibility for busy STEM graduate students throughthe innovative use of educational and communication technologies. Grounded in Pask’s modelof conversation theory, the program engages student peers as well as patent and copyrightexperts in conversations using Web 2.0 technologies to encourage and capture group interactionand build critical thinking skills in the intellectual property domains of U.S. patent and copyrightlaw. Student learning and satisfaction were evaluated using pre- and post-tests, rubric-guidedexpert evaluation of conversation transcripts and problem solutions, focus groups, and feedbackforums, all designed to provide guidance for continuous improvement of course delivery andcontent. Investigators

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in BAE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Fisher; Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

toworkplace experiences. One effort has been a technical writing course, collaborativelydeveloped with the Department of English, offered exclusively to students from the Departmentof Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. We created a real-world case simulation of abiotechnology company, Omega Molecular, in which the students were employees. An on-linedatabase provided company history, policies, memos, emails, and product data. “Employees”were charged with the task of developing technical reports in a virtual corporate environmentthat forced them to consider ethical and personnel issues. Students had the opportunity todevelop and demonstrate these competencies which are linked to the ABET Criterion 3(g)communication outcome: communication, general

Conference Session

Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

might be all but one. In this method,students can also choose to work towards the grade they want in order to spend their timeelsewhere (Nilson, 2015). Another instructor might use a mix of traditional grading and pass/failgrading. For example, to earn an A in a course, a student may have to receive an average examscore of 80%. The instructor can also set bars for specific grade levels such as a C resulting fromfailing a peer evaluation. In all of these systems, missing one element on the overall gradechecklist results in a lower grade.As all elements become pass or fail, the specifications for an assignment must be made veryclear. Writing good specifications is a lot like writing good requirements for a project. Just likerequirements in

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1: Experiential Learning in Fluids, Structures, and Course/Lab Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Rebecca Reck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Christopher Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Katherine Ansell, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica TerBush, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; John Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

summer course focused on writing in engineering.Christopher D. Schmitz (Teaching Professor and Chief UndergraduateAdvisor)John S Popovics John Popovics is a Professor, Associate Head, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His interests include writing instruction for engineering students.Holly M Golecki (Teaching Assistant Professor) Dr. Holly Golecki (she/her) is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign and an Associate in the John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She holds an appointment at the Carle-Illinois College

Collection

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael A. Rother

√1+0.45(1−𝛽)+4𝑓𝐹 𝐷where L is the pipe length,  is the contraction coefficient, fF is the Fanning friction factor, and Dis the pipe diameter. Eqn. (2) does not have an analytical solution, so the students must useEuler’s method or a similar technique for numerical integration. Again, a discharge coefficientcan be included in the analysis, with more sample results in Figure 2b. Although error bars areexpected in the student results, they are not provided in the examples.All of the other experiments require data acquisition and theoretical calculations, withcomparison between the two. Students are expected to do thorough uncertainty analysis as partof their write-up. In

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahita Ayasoufi, Auburn University; Rick Williams, Auburn University; Golbou Makki

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

attention to an image is a proved brain pathway to involving the thinkingcortex, and hence facilitating the learning.Even before fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) made the pathways of visuallearning visible, the experiential evidence had proven visual thinking to be very effective inincreasing student engagement, class participation, language skills, writing skills, and visualliteracy [2, 3].Although evidence for the learning-enhancement effect of visual thinking has been available fora long time (a review of older research is available in [4]), its usage in teaching, especially inhigher education, has been largely overlooked. The enhancing connection between readingcomprehension and visual imagery was shown for children in third grade

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

their understanding with respect Page 12.293.9 to their project experiences. Collect student responses. 4. Ask students to exchange their work and to assess one another’s performance using the rubric associated with the exercise. Ask the assessors to assign a performance score and to write specific comments for improving the performance. Return these to the student whose work was assessed. 5. Collect the student work and assessment feedback provided by a peer. Review these and add instructor comments to the scoring sheet for the benefit of the student being assessed. 6. Return the assessment and feedback (scoring

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Promiti Dutta, Columbia University; Alexander Haubold, Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

her team working experience in addition to rating their fellow peers. Students on teams withgood team dynamics indicate a level of satisfaction with respect to their completed projects andgroup, while the converse is true for students on teams with poor team dynamics. Communitypartners and course instructors also evaluate the teams’ effectiveness as a group. Our resultsindicate a direct correlation between team harmony and quality of project from a pedagogicview. Methods to facilitate evaluation of pre-course assessment surveys are underway. Page 12.1526.2Introduction:A team is defined as a group of people who aggregate to fulfill a common

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

regarding toinstructor adaptations, student adaptation to US educational culture, interactions with faculty andstaff, student interviews, faculty interviews, mid-term evaluations, and student performance. Page 12.916.4ObservationsChinese Student DifferencesChinese students have both positive and challenging aspects that make learning easy and at times,difficult. Based on the teaching of Chinese students in China and in the US, we have observed somepositive aspects that are quite remarkable. Some of these positive aspects are; students are polite andrespectful (not only their professors but also their peers). Additionally, Chinese students are

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the focal outcome. The variability of these local itemsand scales is considerable. One study's review of instruments used in studies published inarchival journals or conference proceedings identified 286 outcome items that mapped to one ofthe 11 EC2000 outcomes. Between 20 to 40 survey items were associated with each of 11 a-koutcomes.7 The item bank containing these items was subsequently reduced through editing, re-writing, and writing original items and became the foundation for developing nine factoriallyderived scales that (with two exceptions) map unambiguously to the EC2000 learning outcomecriteria.In addition to the measurement uncertainties evident in the wide variety of available items andinstruments scattered throughout the

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

architecture critique, many of the issues brought up by jurorsand by the student peers appeared to touch on relatively high level concepts in Bloom’sTaxonomy of Learning. The taxonomies are a language that is proposed to describe theprogressive development of an individual’s cognitive understanding of material.Thus, this paper began as an exploration of the thesis that Architecture faculty are comfortablemoving up and down the continuum of Bloom’s Taxonomy, whereas Civil Engineering facultytraditionally move up from the lowest levels of the taxonomy and they are challenged to reachthe higher levels with their students.The purpose of this paper is to review the literature that might support this thesis, and torecommend how Civil Engineering faculty

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. They also improved several skills they need as engineeringand science students such as writing and mathematical skills. The self-confidence of theparticipants also improved by being placed in a higher math level compared to their peers in thesame major. The supportive environment during the summer program played an important rolefor students which encouraged to work hard and get higher grades.Compared to the non-STP participants group, STP students were well prepared for the transitionfrom high school to the new college life. They earned six additional credit hours; and theiraverage performance in the math class was comparable to if not better than the non-STPstudents. STP students were well prepared for the laboratory work. They overcame the

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ray N. Nitzsche

immediately instructed and pressured to develop a research programrather than being immediately instructed in ways to improve and establish their teaching skills. 3. Most universities have an office called something like "The Office of ResearchServices" whose purpose is to aid faculty in writing proposals leading to grants and in managingthese research contracts. But, how many universities have an office called something like "TheOffice of Teaching Services" to aid faculty in seeking and implementing ways of improving theirteaching? If they do have each type of office, what is the relative level of funding andimportance? 4. I have two young colleagues who, after a couple of years of concentrating on theirteaching, resulting in good

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Saddler, Northwestern University; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

) the student’s researchinterests1 . Still others contend that these limitations in the training of doctoral students are notlikely to change because they have worked well for tenured faculty members in the past14 .Conceptual Framework The Graduate and Professional Student Socialization Model7 offers the mostcomprehensive framework for understanding the socialization process for doctoral students. Itsuggests that graduate students are socialized in their departments and respective fields as theylearn the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in their programs and fields, interact withfaculty members and peers, and become involved in various activities within their fields7. Figure1 displays the conceptual model. One of the core

Conference Session

Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Steinborn, Darmstadt University of Technology; Joerg Lange, Darmstadt University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

curriculum. This teaching method encouragessenior students to arrange their tasks to meet their individual schedule limitations. But even atthis stage students have problems to manage their tasks: 19% wrote that they had difficultiesresulting from the freedom in time and place.In contrast to the many advantages that were seen, 39% wrote that they missed the personalcontact to the lecturer. The possibility to ask questions in the moment they arise, thediscussion with the lecturer, the whole area of verbal and non-verbal communication isseverely reduced. To write the questions and post them to the forum, where they are availablefor all peers was a severe disadvantage for 24% of the participants.The motivation of the participants was manifold. It

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

freshmen: Introduction to Sustainability, Rhetoric andComposition, and Introduction to Design. To faculty, the interconnections of these classes areclear and essential to the domains of sustainability, sustainable engineering, and sustainabledesign. In the first three years of the HERE program, however, students tended to see these coursesas only tangentially related. Having students write a proposal to improve sustainability, for 1instance, was seen by students not as an essential engineering skill, but as a composition taskunrelated to “doing something,” which uses engineering skills. As the mismatch betweenobjectives on syllabi and comments on

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Johnson, Playful Learning Lab; Elise Rodich, University of St. Thomas; Hannah French; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #30695Designing Little Free Libraries for Community Partners in a First-YearGraphics and Design CourseElizabeth Johnson, Playful Learning Lab Elizabeth is an undergraduate student studying Mechanical Engineering. She works as a peer mentor for the Engineering Graphics and Design course and is a Research Assistant in the Playful Learning Lab.Elise Rodich, University of St. Thomas Elise Rodich is studying mechanical engineering with a minor in materials science at the University of St. Thomas. She works for the Playful Learning Lab as an undergraduate student researcher on a variety of projects, including the

Conference Session

Engaging Students with Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Henry, University of Alberta; Lucinda Johnston, University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

be able to communicate effectively, concisely, and correctly in written,spoken, and visual forms to a variety of audiences using a wide range of media. Communicationincludes the effective sharing of knowledge and expertise in a variety of situations (to peers, tothe general public and to decision makers) [4].” It is these communication skills that are targetedby the IOR competition.In addition to fostering individual skill development, IOR also invites graduate students toengage with the broader research community on campus. This aligns with the larger institutionalplan promoting engagement “across disciplines, campuses, faculties and units [7],” to enhancestudents’ learning experiences. Participants who attend submission preparation