Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R Walk, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

impetus for the writing initiative described in this paper came from the OldDominion University's (ODU) Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). As described on the universityweb site, the intention of the QEP is to improve upper-division undergraduate students'disciplinary writing, i.e., that writing that demonstrates a reasoning process supported byresearch and reflection on a problem, topic, or issue.14 Two faculty development andengagement initiatives were initiated: Writing as a critical skill that goes beyond demonstratingproficiency with the mechanics and structure of writing per se, and writing as a means tocommunicate what has been learned.Skill in writing is demonstrated by six student learning outcomes of the ODU QEP: 1. Clearly state a

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Oral Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason R. White, University of California, Davis; Ahmet Palazoglu, University of California, Davis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, and societal context, 5) gain a knowledge of contemporary issues, as wellas 6) gain an ability to engage in life-long learning by immersing themselves in theliterature. The survey results indicated that a majority of the students felt they achievedthe ABET outcomes targeted by this assessment and gained an appreciation for how aplant design project idea is developed. Further, specific outcomes of this assessmentappear to be especially beneficial to both female and under-represented minority (URM)students. Three new senior design projects have been adopted for the Plant DesignProject course, initiated by the student ideas proposed though this assignment.IntroductionAt the University of California Davis (UC Davis), for many years the chemical

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Lopa Bakrania, Rowan University

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Mechanical Engineering

delivery when veteran academicsthemselves are skeptical of their role in the new digital landscape? To begin a mindset switch,we must identify the bright spots where the transition has worked [15]. Specifically, what are thefeatures of an on-campus online course? This idea and author’s experiences served as amotivation for the work presented here. This work documents a successful transition andprovides a positive model for developing an effective online course. Namely, by embracing theunique aspects of online learning and highlighting the benefits from students’ perspective. Thework presented may help other faculty avoid the common pitfalls that inadvertently reinforce thedeficit model that the academic decision-makers possess. By embracing common

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Vinay Govande; Kristine Laubach; Jr., Dr. Emory W. Zimmers; Jennifer Montemurro; Dr. Roger Nagel; Alice Swanger

allowing eachone to specialize in a customized area. This kind of cooperation between students, faculty, and administrationincreases the competitiveness of the entire university as well as the student, and is a mutually beneficialsituation. It allows the university to attract attention for its innovative style of education and to raise the caliberof stud=nts in attendance. However, the academic community cannot be expected to blindly direct its activitiestoward the demands of industry without the enlightened help and guidance of the corporate sector. Colleges anduniversities must be willing to respond to the suggestions and concerns of business. At the same time, industryleaders must be willing to devote their time and energy to improving the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Burns, Western Michigan University; Megan Hammond, Western Michigan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Management prob- lems, and has also conducted research in the areas of Human Factors and Work Design for evaluating time and motion efficiencies of operations. Jim also holds an undergraduate IE degree and a Six Sigma Green- belt. Prior to joining the faculty at Western Michigan, Jim was an Assistant Professor for the Industrial Engineering Technology program at Purdue Polytechnic Institute.Megan Hammond, Western Michigan University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Redesigning a Multidisciplinary Engineering Statistics CourseAbstractOver time, the evolution of academic programs can place new constraints on courses that

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-675: CREATING LEGO PROTOTYPES FOR K-5 USING FUNCTIONALMODELINGAustin Talley, University of Texas, Austin AUSTIN TALLEY is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin. His research focus is in design methodology and engineering education. He received his B.S. from Texas A&M University and M.S.E. from The University of Texas at Austin. Contact: Austin@talleyweb.com.Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the Director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In this position, she promotes the College of Engineering's commitment to finding ways

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Keshmiri, University of Kansas; Aaron Blevins, University of Kansas; A Ram Kim, University of Kansas

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Aerospace

-practice model was developed when a team research component was included into theundergraduate aerospace engineering courses of Flight Dynamics and Control I and II. By takingadvantage of the unmanned aerial system fleet owned by the Department of AerospaceEngineering at the University of Kansas (KUAE), students were tasked with developing a physics-based model for one of eighteen different unmanned aircraft platforms, comparing the dynamicmodels to actual flight test data for the platform, and writing papers and presenting them to a panelof KUAE Faculty. As a result, forty-eight independent research projects were conceived, designed,built, and tested by teams of juniors in the aerospace engineering department. Since 2011, eightresearch projects

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Scott Pettit, Abilene Christian University; John D. Homer, Abilene Christian University ; Kayla Michelle McMurry, Abilene Christian University; Nevan Simone, Abilene Christian University; Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Paper ID #13887Are automated assessment tools helpful in programming courses?Mr. Raymond Scott Pettit, Abilene Christian University Raymond S. Pettit teaches courses in programming, artificial intelligence, objected oriented design, al- gorithms, theory of computation, and related subjects in ACU’s School of Information Technology and Computing. Prior to joining the ACU faculty, he spent twenty years in software development, research, and training the Air Force Research Lab and NASA’s Langley Research Center as well as private indus- try. His current research focuses on how automated assessment tools interact with student

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University; Royel Montel Johnson, Center for Higher Education Enterprise

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

consistent evidence that all countries are concerned about work preparation andprovide “hands on experience” during training through internships, practicum, orapprenticeships.Using a blend of survey and interview data, we will investigate the role thatco-ops and internships play on enhancing URM students' learning inengineering in two primary areas (i.e., professional competencies, problemsolving) as well as their professional identity. Survey data were collectedusing an online, web-based survey administered to URM engineering majorsat predominantly White institutions in the southeast and Midwest regions ofthe country. Interview data were collected using a semi-structured protocolthat asked questions about the nature of the co-op or internship

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

, Martin and Martin (1994) used performance criteria when comparing sixsoftware packages. Finally, due to the increasing importance of design collaboration because ofglobalization, outsourcing, and customization, a new set of proposed criteria is focused oncollaborative tools effectiveness of solid modelers. However, published empirical comparisonresults for collaborative tools were not found during the literature survey completed for thisresearch.3. Solid Modeler Comparison Application at Penn StateAs Rossignac (2003) acknowledged there is a gap between traditional research in any specificfield (such as CAD), which is not concerned with educational objectives, and research in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

instruction and associatedassessment in which the faculty lecture on general principles with limited application of theprinciples to real life engineering situations, real life situations, and simulations and simply teststudents on their lecture materials. Deductive instructional approaches and static assessmenthave significant limits in preparing engineers for a changing global society and measuring thispreparedness as required by National Academy of Engineering (NAE).2,4 The necessity forengineering education reform requires radically new, innovative and closely aligned curricularand assessment approaches. Such approaches must solve important engineering problems5 andmeasure preparedness for global impact.Global Preparedness While science

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

craft. The goals are to foster interdisciplinary student collaboration and to providestudents with the opportunity to learn and apply the hands-on skills promoted by the Makerculture. Each semester, a different Maker is selected through an application process. The Makerleads a small group of students through a series of hands-on fabrication workshops during thesemester. When the project is complete, the program culminates in a capstone event that sharesthe project with the larger University community.The MIR executive committee, which consists of 6-8 undergraduate students, leads andadministers the program with faculty support. The committee issues the Call for Proposals forboth Makers and student participants; conducts interviews and reference

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bettina J. Casad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3665: LEARNING THROUGH GUIDED DISCOVERY: AN EN-GAGING APPROACH TO K-12 STEM EDUCATIONDr. Bettina J. Casad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Bettina J. Casad’s training is in social psychology with specialization in social cognition and intergroup relations. With grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, she is currently investigating the psy- chological, cultural, and educational factors that predict college women’s performance in STEM majors. She collaborates with engineering and science faculty on evaluating the effectiveness of robotics educa- tion and undergraduate research training programs and research teams. She has expertise in experimental design, survey methodology, and

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere & Company

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 22.202.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Undergraduate Research Project: The Design and Development of an Environment Friendly Hybrid BoatAs the concern for environmental protection of the Earth increases, clean renewable energyresources attract more attention. The technical development of renewable energy such as solarenergy, wind energy, wave energy, thermoelectric energy, and kinetic energy (human power) arebeing pursued on an ever-growing basis. One example of a renewable energy source used foreveryday living is the possibility of a propulsion system that combines renewable energy sources(wind, solar, and human power) with the hydrogen fuel cell system for a

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

participants describe their experiences on their project teams, aswell as how they draw from specific Discourses to frame their own experiences as well as thoseof their project team in relation to ethical concerns throughout the team process.MethodTo address the need to understand and assess moral reasoning in an engineering-specific context,our research team developed instruments to assess both individual moral reasoning and teamethical climate in an engineering context. The researchers collected data from four differentinstitutions with engineering-centered student project teams offered to students. The teamclimate instrument is a new instrument adapted from Victor and Cullen’s team Ethical ClimateQuestionnaire (ECQ) for the student project context

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly K. Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

effect of course activities and overall amount learned.Pre-Survey. At the outset of the machine science segment of the course, students were issued theirmachine science kits and given a brief overview of the upcoming module. They were then surveyed as totheir initial thoughts concerning the related activities. See Appendix A for the Machine Science Pre-Survey. This was done to gauge the students’ receptiveness and apprehension –if any– for an approachthat combined equipment that was relatively unfamiliar with procedures that were also new to them. Basicdemographics were collected –academic year and gender– in addition to any background students mayhave with this type of activity. The machine science component was then implemented as described

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 6: LEES Works in Progress

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

try differentmethods to build knowledge in the AI space. If this approach works in the chosen course, then itcould lead to creating GenAI learning methods in more advanced courses in their majors. Whilethis would be part of greater efforts at the host institution to benchmark our STEM curricula as awhole, this study is a standalone one that aims only to provide a snapshot on where academia isin its understandings and utilizations of GenAI .A possible upshot of this study is to address academic integrity concerns of many faculty,instructors, and even students [9] at the host institution. If implementing a simple GenAImethodology can shift the mindset to “how can students use AI to learn necessary skills” from“did students use AI to cheat to

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Royce A. Francis, The George Washington University; LaKeisha McClary, The George Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

profession.Unfortunately, researchers in this space acknowledge that the exploration of the black maleexperience in undergraduate engineering contexts is still rare (Henderson et al., 2022c). So muchhas been written and/or said about the negative plight of black men that makes our understandingof their journeys urgent and critical. However, the vast majority of these rationales take a deficitperspective of the issue. This piece takes a different approach to the question, in the words ofMilner IV et al. (2007), disrupting what is considered normal in order to more concretelyunderstand both the uniqueness of the black male experience and also the conceptual or practicallessons we can draw from the experiences of high achieving black men in STEM.Our paper proceeds

Conference Session

Statics Fanatics 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Carisa Ramming, Oklahoma State University; Jean Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College; William Kitch, Angelo State University

confidence with their answer, and ratings oftheir perceptions on the question effectiveness to help them learn. The research questions addressed by thispreliminary study were: How do faculty at different institutions employ concept-based instruction? and How dostudents in different contexts respond to concept questions? The study identified three modes of deployment, twomodes used concept questions before or during introduction of a new topic and one mode used them sometime afterconcept introduction. In all cases, the grading basis was “low stakes”. Concerning response to concept questions,preliminary results show that students identifying as female express lower confidence in their answers comparedwith students identifying as male whether or not

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Traum, University of North Texas; Sharon Karackattu, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

indicatethat high school students typically have a limited understanding of the activities and responsibilitiesundertaken by professional engineers.12,13 Moreover, students who leave the science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines express concerns about job prospects, remuneration, andlifestyle appeal associated with STEM careers not shared by students who persist.11 This findingsuggests exposing freshman to practicing engineers and helping students learn about the dailyactivities of the engineering profession may both inform them about career options and motivatethem to persevere in engineering.In this study, data critical to assessing the effectiveness of teaching new students about the careersof practicing engineers is presented

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

courses. These threadlearning objectives are then woven into the course learning objectives in a “Plan for Integration.”This “Plan” is the critical, new element associated with an Academic Thread. It details how aspecific set of courses will be used to satisfy the thread requirements while continuing to addresscourse specific goals and objectives. While somewhat conceptual, consideration must be givenfor implementation issues associated with incorporating the thread into each of the courses.Finally, each course proposal and the course learning objectives must be revised to include thethread within the official course document. This is done to ensure that the thread will beincluded in each and every course indicated in the Plan for Integration

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Broadening Methodological Impacts

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunmeng Han, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Siqing Wei, University of Cincinnati

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Graduate Student Research Award in 2024 from Purdue College of Engineering, the Bilsland Dissertation fellow in the 2023-24 academic year, and the 2024 FIE New Faculty Fellow Award. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Developing a Framework for Identifying Threshold Concepts in Interdisciplinary Engineering Education: A Delphi Study in Cyber-Physical Systems AbstractThis full methods paper explores the application of the Delphi method to identify thresholdconcepts in interdisciplinary settings within engineering education, focusing on the field ofcyber-physical systems (CPS) as an intrinsic example. Threshold

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Joel B. Shoemaker, Madison Area Technical College; Steven Michael Ansorge, Madison Area Technical College; Adam Gusse, Sunvest Solar, Inc; Nicholas J. Hylla, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

0.21 in Place 0.62 0.33Figure 13. Student generated data quantifies the gains provided by cleaning solar panels to remove snow cover.Engaging Students in Hands-on Installation WorkMany schools are interested in the idea of engaging students in the installation of solar PVsystems. In practice however, there are several potential issues that may preclude this. Safety isa primary concern

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

experience at Stevens Institute of Technology into theundergraduate engineering curriculum. That experience includes the development, working withINCOSE, of a reference systems engineering curriculum as a model for others1 and associatedexpertise in mapping a framework of SE competencies into appropriate pedagogy. Furthermore,our systems engineering faculty have been centrally engaged with the efforts to develop the SEBody of Knowledge2.The imperative to find an effective means to inculcate SE into the undergraduate curriculum is Page 22.1278.2embodied in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) “Engineer of 2020” vision forengineering graduates3

Conference Session

Labs and Demonstrations in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University; Michelle Stasik, The Ohio State University

, ContinuousStirred-Tank Reactor, Distillation, 2-Phase and 3-Phase Fluidization, Hydrogen Fuel Cell,Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Mixing, Plate Heat Exchanger, Plug Flow Reactor, Pumping, ReverseOsmosis, and Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger.Providing these hands-on, industrially-relevant lab experiences requires chemical engineeringdepartments to invest considerable resources in constructing, operating, and maintaining thenecessary laboratory apparatus. Many programs employ one or more full-time faculty and/or staffmembers to oversee the operation of the Unit Operations Laboratory. Even so, the size,complexity, and cost of the lab equipment makes it challenging for lab supervisors to design andbuild new equipment while also maintaining and upgrading existing

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

emphasized and described well by others (Devon andOllis 2007) (George 2006) and especially by the National Academy of Engineers (Pearson andA.T.Young 2002) and the National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation 1996).Krupczak and Ollis (Krupczak and Ollis, Technology Courses for Undergraduates: DevelopingStandard Models 2008) also concluded that “to achieve widespread impact, standard classesmust be taught at many institutions round the country”. Mary Kasarda’s 2004 Prism piece(Kasarda 2004) directly explores this, stating “it is the social responsibility of everyone in highereducation…to educate students in technological issues and change cultural perception oftechnology for the betterment – and survival – of society.”Despite this focus

Conference Session

Critical Conversations on Being Valued

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emily Gwen Blosser, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

response to their concerns. In fact, most women onthe site prime young women for the status quo and suggest that they should learn to cope withthese issues as individuals. Positive affirmations are also sprinkled in throughout the profileswith expressions such as “go for it,” “don’t let it get to you” and “you can do it.”Much of the advice given to women takes a postfeminist tone by suggesting that young womenminimize discrimination or see setbacks through a different lens. The advice also emphasizessteps women can take to succeed in engineering, such as doing extra work, joining organizationsand seeking out mentors. While this is likely meant to be encouraging to women, it is importantto contextualize such advice. It places a lot of pressure on

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reyna M. Flores, University of Texas, Austin; Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Austin.MITE provides the opportunity to discover engineering through faculty-led sessions forhigh school juniors at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the UT Austin. It also servesas a recruitment strategy to increase the number of underrepresented minority groups.History of the EOE ProgramThe Cockrell School of Engineering established the EOE program in 1970 to promote therecruitment and academic development of African American, Hispanic, and NativeAmerican students interested in pursuing careers in engineering. Since that time, theEOE program has expanded its goals and now seeks to increase the diversity of itsstudent body (i.e. first-generation, low socioeconomic status, LGBTQ, veterans, etc.) bysupporting students who come from historically

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb, P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

Veteran, the Myth, the Legend: Preparing for Engineering Curriculum and CareerDespite historically high enrollments and curricular impacts, student veterans continue to be anunderstudied and under-resourced population on campus. Of concern, is the lack of research onstereotypes about student veterans and the impact of these stereotypes on student veteransthemselves. Since the 1940s, GI Bill-supported student veteran enrollments have contributed tothe diversity of students, perspectives, and ultimately, the kinds of programs offered atuniversities and colleges across the country. While student veteran populations have varied overtime, the highest student veteran enrollments occurred in the decade following the Post 9/11 GIBill. The

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Mentorship and Communication in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

courses is that students find unintended value, namely a better sense ofaudience due to interaction in the classroom with other Ph.D. students from other fields whoprovide often unexpectedly useful feedback and new perspectives. While some progress aroundsentence level issues is possible with diligence, students often find that they have improvedawareness of their writing and feel the possibility of continued progress.Shown below the survey responses note the elements of writing that students find mostproblematic. Figure 1 shows the survey responses to a question asking students to report on theissues they have with academic writing. As can be seen motivation and deadlines areproblematic for the majority of graduate students, although writing for