Collection

ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

Authors

Alexa Joelle Prince, Penn State Berks; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider, Cornell University Systems Engineering; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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Diversity

: 57% male and 43% female. Most interviewees were faculty with variousengineering, education, and entrepreneurship backgrounds.Interviews were conducted remotely via video conferencing by two research team members, whowere trained with uniform interview objectives and skills. Interviews were conductedindependently at scheduled times and varied from 20-40 minutes in length. The completerecordings of the interviewee responses to these questions were transcribed into text andunderwent an initial coding of analysis. Questions touched on several areas, including personalmentor experience, motivation and practices as a mentor, structure of innovative programs,impacts and challenges of student innovation programs and competitions, and suggestions

Collection

ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

Authors

Luka Baramidze, Bucknell University; Peter Mark Jansson PE, Bucknell University

completeindependence in the decision-making as long as the predetermined milestones and objectives arebeing met. The faculty's role is among the many similarities between independent study andundergraduate capstone experiences. Since the expectations of the faculty are different fromregular courses, students have the opportunity to explore a scientific topic or hypothesis in-depth.This is in contrast to the constrained depth of material in other engineering courses. Theseconstraints are in place to maximise the information that can be passed along in the timeallocated for the course. Moreover, they provide clear expectations and accountability in theclassroom. In most undergraduate engineering education, the grading system is clear-cut andoutlined in the