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

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

Study and Research Abroad

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech

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International

in the Bouchet Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Icarus: Voluntary Research Program to Increase Engineering Students’ EngagementAbstractIn order to find ways to address problems of motivation and engagement in civil engineering students, andprovide students with a space to develop sense of belonging and engage with their peers through a co-curricularexperience, the School of Civil Engineering at [BLINDED FOR REVIEW] in 2015 developed the Icarusprogram. The purpose of this exploratory study is to present preliminary information about the implementationof Icarus, as an engineering education experiment. The program’s goal was to provide students with a differentspace to

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #11421Undisciplined Epistemology: Conceptual Heterogeneity in a Field in the Mak-ingDr. Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University Kacey Beddoes is a Research Associate in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. She received her PhD in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech, along with graduate certificates in Women’s and Gender Studies and Engineering Education. She serves as Managing Editor of Engineering Studies and Assistant Editor of the Global Engineering Series at Morgan & Claypool Publishers. Her current research interests include gender in engineering

Conference Session

Graduate Education Expectations, Preparation, and Pathways

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Gabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

communi- cation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Projections as Preparation for Persistence: Exploring Expectations for Engineering Graduate SchoolAbstractThe purpose of this research paper is to explore the expectations that engineering students havewhen entering graduate school. Graduate engineering education is understudied, but recent reportshave highlighted the importance of focusing on topics related to graduate student retention andthriving. Our team’s recent work explored how graduate students have come to engineering and,more importantly, captured why they may be considering departing from their graduate studies,finding that students’ expectations and goals

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #13105Institutional Responses to the Bologna Process in Danish Engineering Edu-cationDr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He also serves as the current Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education / Engineering and Society Division; a member of the Society for the

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Likewise, as the sample sizes inTable 4 and 82 and 65 for males and females, respectively, for the correlations below 0.30 thestatistical power of the t-tests comparing scales is well below 0.80. All of this is to say that byincreasing the sample size in future studies, it is possible we will detect relationships between thesurvey scales that we have perhaps failed to detect here by committing a Type II error.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under EEC1150874 and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program under Grant No. DGE-1333468.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Committee for NSF’s Office of International Science and Engineering, Page 14.821.1 and was a Fulbright lecturer/researcher in Sweden.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 I’m Graduating This Year! So What IS an Engineer Anyway?Abstract Drawing on current motivation and identity literature, this research examines students’perceptions of themselves as engineers in the future and how this shapes their choices to beengineers. The primary data for this study were interviews collected over a four year period withten students. Using multiple case study methods, the interview data were qualitatively

Conference Session

Study and Research Abroad

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McIntyre, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Ryan A. Camp, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Shawn Patrick

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #23522A Study Abroad Course Leads to Service Learning ProjectDr. Charles McIntyre, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis Charles McIntyre is a Professor and Program Director of the Construction Engineering Management Technology Program at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He received a Ph.D. from Penn State in 1996. Prior to joining IUPUI, he was a faculty member and former chair in the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Dr. McIntyre’s current research includes sustainable construction, green building, and industry

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

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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

ERM Technical Session 21: Student Grades and Feedback

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Marissa A. Tsugawa, University of Nevada, Reno; Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Cheryl Cass, SAS Institute; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods

, Reno Marissa Tsugawa is a graduate research assistant studying at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. She is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. She expects to graduate May of 2019. Her research interests include student development of identity and motivation in graduate engineering environments and understanding creativity in engineering design processes.Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University Heather entered the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in the fall of 2014, after com- pleting her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She has participated in various research projects examining the interaction between

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University; Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Micah Lande, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

for the Professions Program (PPP) engineering study, and co-authored the study's report Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field (2008). Before coming to Stanford University, she held several positions in the automotive industry, including senior research engineer at Ford Motor Company's Scientific Research Lab. She earned a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Page 15.1150.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Supports and Barriers that Recent Engineering Graduates Experience in the WorkplaceAbstractOne of the aims of engineering

Conference Session

Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Rhonda Kay Gaede, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

ofcourse withdrawals and the time to graduation.3.0 Research Design3.1 MotivationThe purpose of this study was to identify patterns in the course-taking data for engineeringundergraduate students that could be used to determine whether the policy of unlimitedwithdrawals should be changed to limit the maximum number. While the data is drawn fromengineering undergraduates at a single university, the approach is generalizable for adoption atother institutions or by other disciplines. It is theorized that a history of withdrawing from thegateway math and science classes is associated with delays in graduation. If a critical number ofcourse withdrawals can be found, a change to current academic policy may be beneficial. Thesegateway classes are

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

Conference Session

Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12803Comparing Disparate Outcome Measures for Better Understanding of Engi-neering GraduatesMs. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. She completed her graduate work in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Her research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering students, alumni, and prac- ticing engineers. She also conducts studies of new engineering

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

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

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lina Wei, Peking University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Identity[J].Academic,2014(11):80-90+310. [8] Wang Ying. A Review of Research on Identity and IdentityConstruction[J]. Journal of Henan Normal University (Philosophy and SocialScience Edition),2008(1):50-53. [9] Wang Dingming,Liu Yongcun. Survey on professional identity ofmaster's degree students[J]. China Higher EducationResearch,2007(08):18-22.DOI:10.16298/j.cnki.1004-3667.2007.08.018. [10] Wang Dingming. A theoretical review on the concept of professionalidentity[J]. Academics,2008(02):32-38. [11] Zhao Jialu,Jia Xiaoming. Exploring the influencing factors for promotingprofessional identity of doctoral students[J]. Degree and Graduate Education,2020(2):54-59. [12] An Qin,Jia Xiaoming. A preliminary study

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafael De Leon, The Ohio State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., The Ohio State University; Rosalyn Stoa, Colorado State University; Alexa Jayne, Colorado State University; Bailey Underill, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

and safe working conditions being ahot-button issue in graduate education for decades, nowhere in engineering education research isit discussed [15]. Should research in our field align itself more with the university than thepopulations being studied? How should we be studying doctoral engineering students? Whatproblems should we be highlighting?The Role of Doctoral Engineering StudentsTo decide what direction work in the field should take, we must first understand what roles andresponsibilities doctoral engineering students have at their universities.As existing literature and legislation reflect, the doctoral engineering student has long existed inan ambiguous space [15], [16]. Universities do not consistently classify them as either staff

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

Tagged Topics

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

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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

Conference Session

Recruiting and Building Diversity

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Horvath; Cecilia Lucero

disciplines.Literature ReviewGEM’s proposed study is placed in the context of current research about the graduate schoolexperience in general, and the status of URM graduate students in particular. Notable is work byNettles9 and Nettles and Millett10, who compared the backgrounds, educational experiences, andoutcomes of Black, Hispanic, and White doctoral students. In his review of the literature, Nettlesfound that prior research had been inconclusive about differences in the graduate schoolperformance of Black, Hispanic, and White doctoral students. Researchers had either limitedtheir focus to a single discipline, failed to disaggregate minorities to examine differencesbetween Black and Hispanic students, or focused only on a single group’s performance

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marah C. Lambert, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Lisa Merriweather, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Cathy Howell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Dilara Yaya Bryson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Edith Gnanadass, The University of Memphis

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

-doctoral researcher, and (6) an African Americanpost-baccalaureate psychology student. MethodsResearch DesignThis research was drawn from a larger multiple embedded case study that sought to understandthe nature and quality of STEM doctoral mentorships. However, this work focuses on anextracted case: women STEM doctoral students. Data was drawn from a National ScienceFoundation Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NSF AGEP) grant-fundedresearch study, which included three institutional types: (a) Historically White Insitution (HWI)-Flagship/R1, (b) Historically Black College and University (HBCU)/R2, and (c) HWI-Regional/R2. These institutions were located in the Southeastern part of

Conference Session

GSD 2: Identity and Motivation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Webb, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

furthercomplicated by rigid departmental structures and competing expectations between disciplinaryand interdisciplinary programs [6,24–26], as Holley [27,28] demonstrates through longitudinalresearch. Theirs and other recent studies indicate that STEM graduate students often strugglewith imposter syndrome, threatened sense of belonging, and diminished motivation whenattempting to pursue interdisciplinary work within traditionally structured STEM departments[29–32]. While existing research has illuminated various factors influencing interdisciplinarydevelopment, our understanding of how STEM graduate students' motivation and identity asinterdisciplinary scholars—involving ongoing negotiation between disciplinary training andinterdisciplinary

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #15321An Anchored Open-Ended Survey Approach in Multiple Case Study Analy-sisDr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the Assis- tant Director for Research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), both at Virginia Tech. Lee’s research interests include co-curricular support, student success and retention, and diversity in STEM. He received his Ph.D in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech, M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Alicia Nattoo, Stanford University; Crystal E Winston, Stanford University; Rachel A. G. Adenekan, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

programs. However, after admission, the problem ofretention becomes salient for underrepresented minority groups (URMs) in academia 1 . As youngBlack engineers continue to enter advanced graduate studies, it becomes important to examine thefactors that impact how they enter and ultimately decide to leave the institution. In this work, weused the autoethnographic method to share our experiences and illustrate the issues faced by BlackPhD students at elite research institutions. We relate our experiences chronologically starting withthe expectations from peers once arriving on campus, moving into the expectation of solving auniversity’s equity problems, and ending with the mental burdens of coping with an unhealthywork environment. All of these

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

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 2

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, Pdip (CM), Architect, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

A Case Study on How to Implement Applied Learning as an Institutional Baccalaureate Graduation RequirementAbstractThe definition of applied learning has broadened from hands-on assignments to assisting studentsto develop essential knowledge and skills through contextualized real-world learning to preparefor employment, community engagement, and further education through courses or co-curricularactivities. Applied learning includes experiences such as practicum, undergraduate research,internships, clinical placement, civic engagement, service learning, cooperative learning, andindependent/directed study. Research on applied learning in the classroom shows that it is anaccepted method to reach student learning outcomes and