Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Laboratory Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan; Deborah E. Goldberg, University of Michigan; John P. Wolfe, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

researchstreams may be used by the research group to write journal articles or used as preliminaryexploratory data to write research grants.AssessmentThe University of Michigan Institutional Review Board (IRB) gave approval to work withhuman subjects in all aspects of the assessment (IRB # HUM 00094780). Surveys were given atthe beginning (pre) and end (post) of the semester to both the research (intervention) and non-research (control) sections. Additionally, we conducted interviews of students in both theresearch sections and the non-research sections. Longer-term studies will also incorporatestudent grades, majors, and eventual graduation in STEM.Survey InstrumentThe survey focused on student attitudes, interests, and self-efficacy in STEM in

Conference Session

Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe / International Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anatoliy Protasov, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2009-924: THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FEATURES FORNON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING GRADUATE STUDENTSAnatoliy Protasov, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI” Dr. Anatoliy Protasov is a Head of Nondestructive Testing Department of National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”. He graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnical Institute”, Electric Engineering Department, MS, Ph.D. He has research experience in Nondestructive Testing Methods. Page 14.1245.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Professional Training Features for Non-Destructive Testing

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris A. O'Riordan-Adjah, Principia College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

following purposes: ● To engage undergraduate students in the research process ● To demonstrate how what they are studying, and learning can be put to practical use ● To teach the students the value of their chosen field and how it benefits society ● To evaluate the structural integrity of Maybeck Chapel, an historically significant structure that has been a campus focal point for 85 yearsThe work was performed by four undergraduate students representing each of the majorengineering disciplines. One was a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering, and the otherthree were juniors: one in civil engineering, one in mechanical, and one in combinedarchitectural and industrial, but leaning toward industrial. The project team was

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mean-Shang Chen, Central Michigan University; Michael Chan, China Travel Ship Management Limited; Dru Wilson, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

areas.Michael Chan, China Travel Ship Management LimitedDru Wilson, Central Michigan University Page 12.913.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integrating CAD/CAM/CAE and Composite Molding Technologies in a Research ExperienceAbstractThis paper discusses the research experience of a student who integrated design andmanufacturing functions to improve a brake shoe used on a band saw. The CAD/CAM andcomposite tooling technologies selected for this project were primarily based on student’sundergraduate and graduate course work. The scanning/digitizing and rapid prototypingtechnologies were also studied. This

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

sponsors both REU sites and REU Supplement for NSF-funded research projects. REU is getting more and more attention from educators. One of themain benefits of REU that has been extensively discussed in literature is its impact on a students’decision to pursue a graduate degree and a career in the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) workforce3,4,6,8,11,32. Other benefits include student retention15, researchskills learned by students8, and learning other skills such as teamwork, communication, andpresentation7. Hackett7 studied several impacts of undergraduate research and compared it withcooperative educational experiences for engineering students. Boylan3 provided an informativesurvey on undergraduate research. While there is

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernhard Schadl, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #19133Career Certainty: Differences Between Career Certain and Uncertain Engi-neering StudentsMr. Bernhard Schadl, Stanford University Bernhard Schadl is a visiting student researcher at the Designing Education Lab of Dr. Sheri Sheppard. Bernhard completed a MSc. in Management and Technology from the Technical University of Munich.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Harris, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Katherine L. Reinders; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Katherine L. ReindersDr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Engineering Students: Enhancing Active Cooperative LearningAbstractInvolving students in research projects can be seen as a form of inductive teaching. However, thefew studies the authors could find regarding the benefits of incorporating research inundergraduate classes show mixed results and opinions. This paper discusses preliminary resultsof introducing faculty on-going research to undergraduate students, in a form ofmultidisciplinary projects and team environments, focusing on student-centered approaches, suchas active cooperative learning.In the summer of 2011, a small informal team of students was assembled and presented themwith an open-ended multidisciplinary problem. The students were from the Electronics

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Mary Bowden, University of Maryland at College Park; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Richard Henry, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

,and resulted in great success, was due to the fact that the participants already had an establishedrelationship. The representatives from the three host universities are also the representativesfrom their respective institutions to the MDSGC Program Committee, which meets regularly toconsider proposals to MDSGC, programmatic issues, and strategic planning. The participantsand the MDSGC management at JHU are well known to each other, know the unique facilitiesand research expertise at each other’s institutions, and are accustomed to working together. Forexample, UMES has strong efforts in remote sensing for agricultural applications andautonomous platforms for studying the Chesapeake Bay; MSU has a strong program in systemsengineering and

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aisosa Ayela-Uwangue, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Evans (2016) have developed this activity aspart of a course for undergraduate and graduate students. (The second author has participated inthese class as a section facilitator.) The Odyssey Plan activity is adapted from this course.Research DesignThis study was guided by the research question: § How do undergraduate engineering students project their conceptions of what personal and professional success may look like?To guide the research design, Crotty’s four elements of a research study was used. Detailed inTable 1, the rationale explains how the theories and methodologies come together to build themethods in which the study was conducted.Table 1: Elements of a Research Study (Crotty 2012) Definition

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy L. Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Carl F. Jenks, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

. Page 22.1714.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Writing Challenges for Graduate Students In Engineering and TechnologyAbstractGraduate education for most students is the move to deeper exploration of knowledge throughpersonal involvement, primarily through research and writing. By thesis or directed project,many graduate programs in engineering and technology incorporate substantial written research-based projects into the master’s level curriculum to prepare graduates for professional careers orfor further study at the doctoral level. Students in the engineering and technology fields faceseveral challenges in moving to written projects of

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

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Dr. Carrico is a certified project management professional (PMP) and licensed professional engineer (P.E.).Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

. Students arementored by professionals in ethics and communication, participate in special study groups, andcomplete a report and presentation based on their research. Preliminary evaluation of thisenriched summer experience points to its success and suggests that the REU program is a goodsetting for preparing undergraduates to be more capable members of their profession.IntroductionSince bioengineering programs throughout the nation have outpaced the development ofappropriate teaching materials, a consortium of schools with strong bioengineering departments—Vanderbilt, Northwestern, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Harvard-MIT Divisionof Health Sciences and Technology (VaNTH)—is developing new educational technologies forthe field. VaNTH

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard A. Coffman, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

Professional Engineers, and the United States Society on Dams. Rick’s research focuses on laboratory and field testing of soils and remote sensing applications within geotechnical engineering.Micah Hale, University of Arkansas Page 22.707.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Faculty and Student Involvement in a Graduate Level Civil Engineering Seminar SeriesAbstract: In an effort to establish a “community of learning” within the Civil EngineeringDepartment at the University of Arkansas, a new graduate student seminar series was created

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Frederick Doe, illinois institute of technology; Elana Rose Jacobs, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

ProgramAbstract Research experiences for undergraduates have increased in availability at universities andgovernment laboratories throughout the nation. Government agencies, universities and privatedonors support these activities with a variety of expectations, including providing a more skilledworkforce, creating a greater emphasis on graduate education and increased retention of studentsin highly technical fields. While the value of these programs has been well-established, there is apaucity of empirically-based research on the various models and practices of these experiencesthat have the greatest impact on the students. The focus of this study was a National ScienceFoundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program at a 4

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

); research (why it is important, how tostart); portfolios; what industry looks for (industry representatives with advanced degrees addressthe students); how to choose a company; and how to network. Assignments compel the student tostart research and a paper is required on their career plans for the first 10 years after theirBachelor’s degree (minimum 5 pages).3, 4 Another popular topic is 101 Finance (how to handlemoney as a new engineering graduate). A primary purpose of the class is to encourage and tomotivate the students. The 4.0 Plan helps prevent the new transfer students from suffering“transfer shock” which can be devastating to students since their GPA starts all over at 0.0 aftertransfer. It is helpful for them to learn about the imposter

Conference Session

Alternate Energy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

for the undergraduate students taking specialproblems courses in PHEV topics, which would be under the guidance of one of the authors, anElectrical Power Engineering Technology faculty member. In addition the CenterPoint Energywould provide the PHEV to study, the necessary data gathering equipment, and advertise theinvolvement of the College of Technology and CenterPoint in the project. The CenterPointRepresentative wanted the product from undergraduate student projects to be a presentation bythe students on their research projects to a group of employees of the Power Company. Thegraduate research activity is being supported by funding a graduate research assistant position forone of the authors who is involved in smart-grid research. The

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Moore Schutz, Tokyo University of Science; Dante Dionne, Korean Air; Yong-Young Kim P.E., Konkuk University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

graduate engineering programsattracted by a variety of engineering majors and courses. This study bringsthese developments together to answer the following research question:How do student veterans and curriculum variety impact the performance ofonline master’s degree engineering programs?To answer this question, we develop a research model from hypothesesdrawing from the literature. The model is then tested using secondary datafrom 65 online engineering master’s degree granting programs throughout theUnited States. The statistical analysis technique used is linear regression. Theindependent variables represent veteran enrollment and curriculum variety,and the dependent variable represents online graduate engineering programperformance. In sum

Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Shan Jiang, Iowa State University; Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Qing Li, Iowa State University; Rebecca Mort, Iowa State University

Paper ID #32158A Community of Practice Approach to Integrating Professional SkillsTraining with Graduate Thesis ResearchProf. Shan Jiang, Iowa State University Dr. Shan Jiang is an Assistant Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering department at Iowa State University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working with Professor Steve Granick on Janus particles. After graduation, he studied drug delivery at MIT Langer lab as a postdoc. He then worked at the Dow Chemical Company Coating Materials as a research scien- tist. He was the Dow Certified Green Belt Project Leader and

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zhanping You

institutions which have used DEM in the study of asphalt mixtures.Many researchers have used DEM in this area as well. The author has introduced theapplication of the DEM in graduate student projects at Texas A&M University –Kingsville (TAMUK) and Michigan Technological University (MTU) (You and Dai2006a). In Texas, five graduate students completed their master degree research projectsusing the DEM and finite element modeling simulation. In addition, several studentpapers have been prepared for publication. Two Ph.D. students and two postdoctoralresearchers at MTU are currently conducting further research to develop the DEM inasphalt mixtures so that a friendly user interface and functional predictive tool can beavailable.As part of the learning

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

students, and bolster thequality of research conducted in the lab group. Involving undergraduate students in literaturecritiques is not a new concept and has been found to be beneficial [1]. The involvement ofundergraduates in a literature review seminar has the added benefit of encouraging these studentsto pursue graduate studies in engineering [2]. Advice on conducting graduate seminars isavailable in “The New Professor’s Handbook” where the authors assert that, “a seminar programcan go a long way in helping graduate students acquire the knowledge and skills to becomeindependent researchers” [3]. More specifically, research skills that can be obtained via aseminar program include: • “identify important research questions and specific

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leyla F Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill L Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science (SURE) program, initiated in1992, is a ten-week summer program for junior and senior level undergraduates from U.S.institutions. In 2013, the program instituted a new initiative to provide opportunities to studentsfocused on robotics research, and as a direct consequence, interest them in opportunitiesavailable through graduate study. Robotics, as a discipline, is inherently interdisciplinary,combining all aspects of engineering and computer science necessary for designing anddeploying integrated systems and solutions. Every year, eight students with diverse backgroundsare selected and paired with faculty advisors and graduate student mentors who are members

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesca Bartram; Natalie Wint; David Maxwell Rea

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division

attainment ofengineering students has been shown to vary significantly between ethnic groups [1]. Whilstit is recognized that the participation rates of minoritized students varies across individualdisciplines within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) [2], thereexists a general underrepresentation of those referred to as ‘BME’ [* see Notes] [3].Participation rates also vary between level of study, with 32.3 % of those accepted onto UKbased engineering undergraduate courses in 2017 classed as ‘BME’, compared to only 22.2%at graduate research level [3]. Such issues with persistence (which here refers to the transitionfrom one career stage to another, for example, progressing from an undergraduate program toa graduate program

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Merriweather, Texas A&M University; Michael Preuss; John Avila, Texas A&M University; Karen Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Shannon Walton, Texas A&M University; Maria Alves, Texas A&M University; Ahmarlay Myint, Texas A&M University; Keisha Bahr, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Kim Withers, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Hua Zhang, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; James Hogan; Barbara Szczerbinska, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Sonia Garcia, University of Georgia

in research, and a development andpresentation of a research poster. The second TAMUS LSAMP-supported international researchexperience seeks to inspire more URM students to pursue graduate study or research-focusedcareers by engaging third- and fourth-year URM undergraduates in a rich, interdisciplinary,team-based international research experience in Belize. Both the ELCIR and Belize experiencesare open to participating students from all alliance campuses.ELCIR Program DescriptionBy 2012, TAMUS LSAMP was considered a senior-level alliance with over 20 years of NSFfunding. At the time, “senior alliances with 20 years of funding [were] required to documentestablished practices that have been successful in the recruitment, education and

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique H. Head, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-5308: USING WIKIS TO FACILITATE WRITING RESEARCHABSTRACTS IN A CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE COURSEDr. Monique H. Head, Morgan State University Monique Head is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Morgan State University located in Baltimore, Md. She also holds a joint appointment as an Assistant Research Professor at Texas A&M University. Head conducts reduced- and full-scale experiments that are com- plemented by structural analysis using state-of-the-art software to study the response of bridges subjected to lateral, dynamic, and impact loads. She has vast experience modeling bridges to characterize their system response, particularly capturing the effects of highly

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University; Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

internalization of certain valuesover others.IntroductionGraduate students engaging in research education are vying for admission to a community ofscholars, learning to operate within specific requirements, regulations, and expectations in eachfield of study [1]. Shifts in how doctoral students view themselves and their peers, their mentors,the field, and generated knowledge occur throughout the research education process.Simultaneously, students proceed through the process of taking on or rejecting values and valuesystems (axiology) that are proliferated and perpetuated in their professional field of study. Inaddition to messages conveyed from graduate development within engineering environments,graduate students also bring their beliefs about knowledge

Conference Session

Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Mateo Rojas; Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; Jaime Elizabeth Styer, Colorado School of Mines; Sofia Lara Schlezak, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

four case studies of graduate students in HumanitarianEngineering and Science (HES) at Colorado School of Mines (HES @ Mines) who have used RTto connect their research with undergraduate engineering education and with the communitiesthey want to serve. The first case study will show how research on gold processing plants inASGM has been translated to teach engineering students how engineering is ultimately asociotechnical practice and how it can be disseminated so ASGM communities understand thepower dimensions affecting their work. A second case-study will describe how RT can be usedto teach engineering students community-based research methods and to empower communitiesat the intersection of ASGM and agriculture to evaluate environmental

Conference Session

CE Projects: International Perspective

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Srinivasan; Dennis Fukai; Fazil Najafi

Paper ID: 2002-1262 Session number: 3615 Division: Civil Engineering Graduate Study in Public Works Engineering and Management at the University of Florida Ravi S. Srinivasan¹, Dr. Fazil T. Najafi², Dr. Dennis Y. Fukai³ ¹ Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida ² Professor, Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida ³ Asst. Professor, Dept. of Design, Construction & Planning, University of FloridaAbstractPublic Works and Infrastructure is a pervasive part of every aspect of urbanized life, andincreasingly impacts the human and nature. The scale of infrastructure systems in the UnitedStates continues to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael F. Insana, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Gabriel R. Burks, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

reform to impact graduate education: a case studyAbstractFor more than a decade, American industries have complained that the skills of engineersentering the workforce are not sufficient to meet the challenges of a high-performance workplace[1]. In addition, ABET has recently changed the student outcomes required for engineeringgraduates to reflect many of the skills lacking in undergraduate training [2]. Additionally,national studies suggest the preparation of US graduate students is too narrowly focused onacademic research skills, at the expense of professional skills such as communication, teamwork,mentoring, and leadership [3]. In response to these studies, many departments are trying toradically change their

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elise Anne Basque, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Christine Brodeur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal; Manon Du Ruisseau, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Jimmy Roberge, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Arina Soare, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Marie Tremblay , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

: A Case StudyAbstractThis case study focuses on the mandatory and credited information literacy training sessionsoffered by a team of librarians since 2002 to more than 5000 graduate students enrolled in aresearch program at a francophone engineering university. Their creation was justified in part bya survey in which many professors mentioned they would like their students to develop betterinformation research skills. This paper describes how these sessions have evolved since theirimplementation and discusses the factors that contributed to their continuation over time.Initially, these training sessions were mandatory for all PhD students. In 2008, they also becamemandatory for all research master’s students. Due to the significant increase