several federal agencies including NSF, USDA and NASA. He recently received an NSF-IGE award for launching a new Gradu- ate for Advancing Professional Skills (GAPS) education program, which integrates project management training with thesis research for graduate students.Dr. Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University Ann Gansemer-Topf is an Associate Professor in Higher Education and Student Affairs, and Faculty Fel- low in the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Iowa State University She teaches courses in program evaluation and assessment, student affairs and higher education. Her research interests focus on examining the micro (student) and macro (institutional, state, federal) factors that impact
2006, his M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2002, and his B.S. degree summa cum laude in computer engineering in 2001. While at Northwestern University, Zambreno was a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a Northwestern University Graduate School Fellowship, a Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, and the EECS department Best Dissertation Award for his Ph.D. dissertation titled ”Compiler and Architectural Approaches to Software Protection and Security.”Allegra Frickel, Iowa State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE
engineering design settings. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Industrial Experience and Disciplinary Knowledge Impact on Creative Outcomes in a Making Context: A Case Study of Graduate Level Industrial Engineering CourseAbstractBackground: Design and creativity are essential elements of problem-solving.Purpose: The purpose of the research presented herein is to identify the impacts of learning indifferent study programs on students’ abilities to generate and implement creative design solutions.Design/Method: An experiment was designed and conducted within the context of a semester-longgraduate engineering course titled “Human
Paper ID #32159Implementing Professional Skills Training in STEM: A Review of theLiteratureDr. Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University Ann Gansemer-Topf is an Associate Professor in Higher Education and Student Affairs and Faculty Fel- low for the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Iowa State University. She teaches courses in program evaluation and assessment, student affairs and higher education. Her research interests focus on examining the micro (student) and macro (institutional, state, federal) factors that impact student suc- cess and student learning. She has presented at several regional and