Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Sara E. McCaslin

Extended Abstract with Poster Case Study: Course Access Habits of Online Graduate Students that are Working Professionals Sara E. McCaslin Mechanical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Tyler AbstractThe objective of this extended abstract is to present a case-study providing insight into the courseaccess habits of online students, specifically those that are working professionals pursuing agraduate degree. The case study involved a small class of nine working professionals pursuingan online

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Marcela Alexandra Mera Trujillo, West Virginia University; Yasser Alshehri, Yanbu Industrial College ; Dale G Dzielski MBA, CMA, PMP, SAFe 4 Agilist, West Virginia University; Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University

and instructors and learners’ engagement arenot easily achieved. The online education process, including organization and management,occurs differently than in conventional teaching. The paper provides insight into onlineeducation technologies and techniques for an engineering graduate program and how onlinelearning has evolved using a case study. The article presents over 25 years of history of the casestudy program providing data results of alums, students, and faculty surveys across five years toanswer three critical questions for Software Engineering learners. These three research questionsaddress learning resource deployment, organization and management, and new learning andteaching activities. The results of the surveys revealed that

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffery L. Loo, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa T. Ngo, University of California, Berkeley; Cody K. Hennesy, University of California, Berkeley; Brian D. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley; Jean McKenzie, University of California, Berkeley

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #9354Embedding video-based learning modules for library research methods in anonline graduate engineering degree programJeffery L. Loo, University of California, Berkeley Jeffery L. Loo is the Chemical Informatics Librarian at the UC Berkeley Library. He also serves as a liaison to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.Lisa T. Ngo, University of California, Berkeley Lisa Ngo is the Instruction and Electronic Services Librarian at the Kresge Engineering Library of UC Berkeley.Cody K. Hennesy, University of California, Berkeley Cody Hennesy is the E-Learning Librarian at the UC Berkeley Library and liaison to the

Conference Session

Research in Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M. Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia; Jim Sibley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

der Loos received the ingnieur mcanicien degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (1979), and an engineer’s degree (1984) and Ph.D. (1992) from Stanford Uni- versity in mechanical engineering, all in the domain of robot interface design. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancou- ver, teaches design courses, and specializes in research related to human-robot interaction and roboethics, primarily in rehabilitation applications. Page 25.1031.1 c American Society for

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Michele H. Miller; Debra D. Charlesworth

experience.Average responses to those are summarized below.Question AvgIf you were able to fund your own graduate study (or won a fellowship that paid all 3.80your expenses), how likely would it be that you would choose a research project similarto the one you are currently working on (0 very unlikely to 5 very likely):How rewarding do you find your grad school experience? (0 not rewarding to 5 very 3.88rewarding)How challenging do you find your research project to be? (0 not challenging to 5 too 3.74challenging)Do you feel that success on your research project is mostly within your control or does 2.71it mostly depend on lots of other factors? (0 in my

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel A Acuña, George Mason University; Nathalia Peixoto, George Mason University; Holly Matto, George Mason University; Siddhartha Sikdar, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Paper ID #43141Addressing Societal Challenges through Graduate-level Community-engagedDesign Projects (Traditional Research Paper) ˜ George Mason UniversityDr. Samuel A Acuna, Samuel Acu˜na is a research professor in the Department of Bioengineering at George Mason University. He is a biomechanical engineer interested in rehabilitation engineering and human-centered product design. He develops new technologies to address movement disorders that develop after injury, such as stroke, amputation, or traumatic brain injury. He is particularly interested in solving engineering problems for the hospital &

Conference Session

Recruiting and Building Diversity

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Johnson; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 2492 Encouraging Underrepresented Minority and Women Students to Become Interested in Research and to Attain Graduate Degrees Mary R. Anderson-Rowland Paul C. Johnson Arizona State UniversityAbstractAlthough the numbers of underrepresented minority and women students have been slowlyincreasing during the last decade at the undergraduate level, a similar increase has not occurredat the graduate level for minority students. The percentage of women pursuing an advanceddegree in engineering (20%) is slightly higher than women

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

research.Conclusions Research is the dominant activity of graduate programs Consequently, formaltraining in aspects of research should be a logical part of first year graduate study. Thepresent article illustrates how to smoothly engage new graduate students with theirresearch topics and committees through construction, presentation, and defense ofseveral written propositions. The courses described here have been taught in one formor another for twenty years, and have been strongly accepted and endorsed by both newPhD graduate students and their faculty advisors as the surveys reported here indicate. These two courses could easily be taught elsewhere. Graduate studentopportunity to write creative papers about research has been repeatedly shown

Conference Session

An ECSJ Art Show - Equity and Justice through Art (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 6)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. C. Beardmore, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Interpersonal power dynamics between STEM faculty advisors and disabled graduate students: an arts-based research compositionThe purpose of this arts-based research composition is to explore the interpersonal experiences and powerdynamics between disabled STEM graduate students and faculty.AbstractThe hierarchical nature of STEM academic programs creates a

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

access and opportunity for women and minorities for advanced study in science, mathematics, and technology. Before coming to Polytechnic, Dr. Kriftcher served as a teacher and administrator, then as principal of Seward Park High School in New York City, and as superintendent of the Page 15.764.1 high schools in Brooklyn and Staten Island.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Graduate Student Research into K-12 Classrooms: A GK-12 Fellows Project1. Introduction In recent years, the importance of development of soft skills to the professional

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosemarie M. Evans; Madison Daily; Susan L. Murray

Session 2542 The Effectiveness of An On-Line Graduate Engineering Management Course: A Preliminary Study Rosemarie M. Evans, Madison Daily, PhD, Susan L. Murray; PhD, P.E. University of Missouri - Rolla AbstractIn the summer of 1997, the University of Missouri-Rolla's (UMR) Engineering ManagementDepartment began offering its first completely Web-based course. This graduate level course,Advanced Production Management, was designed to utilize a combination of Web-based tools tocreate a conducive, yet non-traditional, learning environment for

Conference Session

Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig T. Evers P.E., Minnesota State University - Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

A Case Study-Based Graduate Course in Engineering Ethics and Professional ResponsibilityAbstractThis paper examines in detail the development of a graduate-level course in engineering ethicsand professional responsibilities. Case studies covering the field from the Texas A&M Bonfireto Bhopal, the Quebec Bridge to the Kansas City Hyatt Regency, and many other notableincidents are used extensively to give the students insight into how a lack of ethics or anabrogation of professional responsibility has resulted in some of the major engineering failuresfor which we have records. Students prepare in advance for a discussion of the day’s topicsthrough researching the historical record. The class leader then guides the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Milan Degyansky

Session 3592 GENDER EQUITY STUDY OF FEMALE CET STUDENTS/GRADUATES AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY MILAN E. DEGYANSKY GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY In 1995 five universities in Georgia (Georgia Southern University, the University ofGeorgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and Clark Atlanta University)and the AAUW of Georgia received a three year $800,000 National Science Foundation grant fora collaborative project titled Integrating Gender Equity and Reform (InGEAR.) The projectinvestigated educational approaches

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Holles

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference 2002. Montreal: ASEE.4. Lilja, D.J. Suggestions for Teaching the Engineering Research Process. in Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference 1997. Milwaukee, WI: ASEE.5. Mullenax, C. Making Lemonade - Dealing with the Unknown, Unexpected, and Unwanted During Graduate Study. in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference 2004. Salt Lake City, UT: ASEE.6. Feibelman, P.J., A Ph.D. Is Not Enough. 1993, Reading, MA: Perseus Books.7. Smith, R.V., Graduate Research A Guide for Students in the Sciences. Third ed. 1998, Seattle WA: University of Washington Press.8

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 16

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Rowan University; Adrienne Decker, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Matusovich is the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education where she has also served in key leadership positions. Dr. Matusovich is recognized for her research and leadership related to graduate student mentoring and faculty development. She won the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Weiss, University of Maryland- College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Paper ID #37989Board 94: Developing Support for Critical Citation Requirements forCivil and Environmental Engineering Graduate ResearchSarah Weiss, University of Maryland- College Park Sarah Weiss is a STEM and Open Science librarian at the University of Maryland - College Park. Her work includes liasonship to the Computer Science and Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies departments as well as departments in the College of Engineering. In addition she is involved the promotion of open science practices on campus. She has a MLIS as well as a bachelors of science in education from the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Murad, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

undergraduate civil engineering technology curriculum. His research interests include soil behavior and behavior of laterally loaded transmission line foundations. Page 11.1126.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Short and Long-term Influence of Excellent Instructors on Graduates in Engineering Technology: a Case StudyAbstractA survey asked engineering technology (ET) faculty at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown(UPJ) to recall the instructor they feel had the most influence on their career/life and indicate thequalities possessed by the instructor and the reasons the instructor was able to

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan-Han Huang, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Hsin-Li Chan, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College (Department of Industrial Engineering); Barukyah Shaparenko, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD)

Paper ID #36704Board 66: A Comparison Study: Challenges and Advantages of OfferingOnline Graduate Level Statistical CourseDr. Yuan-Han Huang, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Dr. Yuan-Han Huang is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and graduate faculty for the Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) program at Penn State Behrend. He received the B.S. in Industrial Engineering from I-Shou University, Taiwan; the M.B.A. in Industrial Management from the National Taiwan University Science & Technology, Taiwan; and the M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the State University

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2010-317: PROMOTING TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AMONGMATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS: A GRADUATESTUDIES COURSEMoshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Page 15.1003.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Promoting Technological Literacy among Mathematics, Science and Technology Teachers: A Graduate Studies CourseAbstractThis paper addresses a graduate course aimed at fostering technological literacy amongK-12 mathematics, science and technology teachers. The course includes: 1) discussingbroad questions, such as what is technology and how technology relates to other fields,for example, mathematics

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zohar Herbsman; Cristina Cosma

Session 2342 DEVELOPING AN “IN-HOUSE” GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT – A CASE STUDY Dr.Z.J.Herbsman1, Dr.E.E.Middleton 2, and C.Cosma 3 1&3 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida/ 2 Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville DistrictIntroductionThe engineering management profession these days is facing a major problem. In most cases,engineers leave universities after completing their Bachelor’s degree, and a few years later, afteraccumulating practical experience, they express the desire to continue their education

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Page 15.253.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 BUSINESS BASICS FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS: A CASE STUDY ON A NEW GRADUATE COURSE ABSTRACTOne of the common complaints of those teaching entrepreneurship courses is that non-businessstudents simply do not have the background in accounting, finance, leadership, organizationalbehavior, and marketing to benefit from the courses at an appropriate level of depth. As a result,those professors have to teach those topics at some level of detail, which cuts into theirinstructional time on the key elements of the course. On the opposite side, many engineering andscience professors

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Li, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yong Wang, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Systems Engineering

of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as a visiting scholar from 2007 to 2009. His research areas include operations research, reliability estimation and optimization, fault diagnosis and prognosis, and their applications in sustainable manufacturing and renewable energy systems. Page 23.855.2 Learning Performance Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students from Two Differently Ranked Universities Using Course OutcomesAbstractOne of the authors has experience in teaching a graduate-level course at two universities: A andB. The College of Engineering of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Boyd, American Institutes for Research; Taylor Lightner, QEM Network; Mercy Mugo

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Reinforcing Retention: Engaging with HBCUs to Identify Best Practices for Graduating Low-Income StudentsAbstract/IntroductionThe purpose of this convergence mixed-method study is to identify factors contributing to STEMdevelopment at HBCUs within the Hub. Obtaining both quantitative and qualitative resultsthrough semi-structured staff interviews, student focus groups, and electronic student surveys atHub institutions enabled the examination of critical factors that influence student experiencesand lead to STEM persistence using the Black cultural student STEM success model [1] as theguiding retention theory. The central research question was: What support structures contributeto student development and persistence at HBCUs within

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo

Engineering Education · quality of the faculty; · scale of activities in a relevant area - a critical mass of researchers and equipment is regarded as essential to achieve high productivity in particular aspects of academic research; · geographical proximity. 8In an NSF workshop discussing the international reform of graduate education , the participantsbrought up the following concerns: · making doctoral training relevant to a wider range of occupations than just academic careers; · graduate programs [are] too long, too narrow, and too campus-centered; · doctoral training (previously focused on

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Whiteman

complete theirstudies relatively quickly. Their study found that those students who took longer, struggle toattain the degree, and may never complete the degree requirements. Another interestingobservation of this study was that the “slow tail” of graduates tends to take longer to get thedegree in the less elite institutional segments. This effect appeared more pronounced in publicthan private institutions. Page 10.702.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”A study of the relationship between

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Todd Easton, Kansas State University

just wanted to remain a student for a longer period of time. Others couldn’t pass up toopportunity to receive a master’s degree in an additional year. (In one exceptional case, thestudent had two six hour semesters to receive an undergraduate degree and so the concurrentB.S./M.S.I.E. only took an additional semester.) Other students just enjoyed the research theyhad begun as an undergraduate honor’s student and decided to continue the research and to earna graduate degree.Our program does not require that students complete a thesis for graduation. Each student hasthe option of choosing to complete a course-work only program of study. However, thedepartment has a policy of only supporting students who are conducting thesis research onteaching

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaoqing Qian, Alabama A&M University; Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University; George Seweryniak, DoE Computational Science Division; Debbie McCoy, Oak Ridge National Lab

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Americansearned 1,869 doctoral degrees. This number has increased more than 9 percent from a yearago. Black doctorates now stand at the highest level in history. [1] However, 41.3 percent ofall doctorates awarded to African Americans in 2004 were in the field of education. Thislarge percentage of all African-American doctorates in the field of education has been thecase for decades with only minor fluctuations. There is a serious weakness in minorityparticipation in doctoral programs in the area of science, mathematics, engineering andtechnology.To prepare and train minority students for graduate study in SMET field, the Office ofAdvanced Scientific Computing Research, Office of Science of the U.S. Department ofEnergy created an Alliance for

Conference Session

The Care and Keeping of Graduate Students - GSD Tech Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators

identities quickly as they are participating in research and also taking classes in atraditional classroom setting. Role identity theory has been studied across a variety of contextsand disciplines in higher education (See Jain, George, & Maltarich’s23 study of academicentrepreneurs and Pierrakos et al.’s24 study of role identity theory in engineering “persisters”versus engineering “switchers” as examples). Academic Literacies Theory3 goes further thanRole Identity theory to posit that successful graduate students are able to be “literate” in theexpectations and norms of their disciplines—including but not limited to the ability to write,speak, and communicate in ways consistent with their specific disciplinary community.Researchers such as

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Daniel; Joshua Becker; Carlos Ortiz

environmental study independent from academic laboratory experiments, this projectexposed the demands of research vs. teaching in an institution dedicated almost exclusively toteaching and without graduate programs in engineering technology. It is extremely demanding forfaculty to teach three different courses and conduct scholarly activities requiring laboratory work.Finally, despite the limitation of resources, it is possible to conduct studies that can motivatestudents to search for solutions to engineering problems.From the student perspective, an appreciation was gained concerning the importance of valuableresearch in an academic environment. Perhaps for the first time, students were faced with realworld applications and situations employing

Conference Session

Using Research in Engineering Ed

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Dorina Marta Mihut, Mercer University; Sahar Hasim, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36637Study of Candida albicans Biofilm Inhibition on Coated Medical DevicesDr. Dorina Marta Mihut, Mercer University Dr. Dorina Marta Mihut is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mer- cer University School of Engineering. She graduated with Ph.D. in Materials Science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ph.D. in Technical Physics at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Technical Uni- versity Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her teaching and research interests are in the area of materials science