Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph R.V. Flora; A. Steve McAnally

by threeexternal institutions: CU, PU, and CWRU. The first major revision of the modules wasperformed in the summer of 1996 after the internal review at USC (see Table 1). The reviewresulted in the addition of more detail in the procedures section of the modules, the inclusion ofsections of screen printouts to facilitate coordination between the module document and thecomputer, the correction of several technical errors in the modules, and updating the modules tothe latest working version of SuperPro Designer£ (version 2.0).The second major revision of the modules was performed in the summer of 1997. Feedback wasreceived from CU and PU, as well as from a second round of internal reviews at USC. Thereviews were very good, and did not require

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Waters

Session 1937 Evolution Perspective: A Guide for Action* Robert C. Waters George Washington UniversityKenneth E. Boulding was one of the greatest social scientist of the 20th Century. His output wasprodigious: over 30 books and 150 papers. His creative synthesis of biology, physics, chemistry,mathematics, economics, sociology, logic, etc. into a universal, open system perspective was atowering intellectual achievement. The implications of his perspective provide many insightsinto the process of management.The first section of this paper outlines the

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annie Abell, Ohio State University; Kelly DeVore, Columbus College of Art and Design

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

a process that would be familiar and representative to the product designcommunity: 1. Research ● background stage ● exploratory stage2. The brief ● identifying customer needs ● completing the Product Design Specification (PDS)3. Concept design ● generation of ideas ● sketches, drawings, and renderings ● evaluation of concept4. Design development ● technical drawings ● prototypes5. Detail Design ● exploring materials ● exploring manufacturing techniques ● testing and refinement6. Production ● marketing ● supply ● disposalMany steps here run parallel to those in the design processes of other disciplines, but of note here is thatthe product designers engage in researching, exploring, and

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Carlson; Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco; Walter Antonio Bazzo

Session 3661 Science, Technology and Society ... of Consumption A Reflection Renato Lucas Pacheco, Walter Antonio Bazzo, Renato Carlson, Lúcia Helena Martins-Pacheco Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIntroductionIn recent years, Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies have increased considerablyin Brazil, especially in engineering courses, through the publications of books and papers,and with the work of professionals who are interested in studying this subject. STS typicalapproach frequently puts together the social role of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Short

]. In this, scientific and technical communicators weremore satisfied with appraisals based on participation and employee input.Participation was also found to further organizational goals. Waite, Newman, and Krzystofiakfound by regression that “progressive” appraisal methods result in higher attainment of qualitygoals for the organization. Progressive methods were generally defined to include participativeworkplace practices [38].Engineering management courses can easily substantiate this conclusion from the two previouselements of successful appraisals. It should be emphasized, however, the nature of the scientist,engineer, and technologist to be creative problem solvers lends itself to involvement at all levelsof the performance evaluation

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esat Alpay, Imperial College London; Peter Cutler, Imperial College London; Susan Eisenbach, Imperial College London; Anthony Field, Imperial College London

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

thecomparative performance of UTAs and academic tutors. This enabled a paired-samples analysis of the data. The UTAs and academic tutors were given aquestionnaire which sought views on the learning and development experiences of thestudents. The tutor questionnaire also enabled some response on general aspects of thePMT scheme. Data on PMT attendance, assignment submission rate, assignmentmarks and end-of-year examination results provided a further means of gauging theimpact of UTA support, and a quantitative means of assessing the scheme relative todata from previous years.3.1 MeasuresThe Student Questionnaire With reference to Appendix 1, the student questionnaire consisted of threesections. Section A contained background information on the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Design and Labs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Wickenheiser, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

that rangefrom reinforcement of classical mechanics principles to empirical design of specific machinecomponents, advanced CAD modeling, and project management [1-3]. In addition to the sheervolume and breadth of expected learning objectives for the course, Machine Design is challengedby a lack of consensus among engineering educators as to the conceptual approach to the coretechnical content and the pedagogical techniques used to balance theory versus practice ofmachine design [2,4-6]. There is a general consensus that theoretical content in Machine Designshould be supplemented with application to design of machine components or systems [3,6].However, there is a wide range of pedagogical strategies for doing so, including variousembedded

Conference Session

Approaches to Virtual Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Hadipriono Tan, The Ohio State University; Fabian Hadipriono Tan P.E., The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Michael Parke, The Ohio State University; Tarunjit Singh Butalia, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

medicine, the immersive experience means that the product mustincorporate a degree of user-friendliness, including the avoidance of unwanted symptoms oractions that may preclude advocating the system [14]. However, of more concern to theengineering field would be technical issues, particularly since the specific equipment requiresboth adaptation of the input devices to the equipment and the specialized technical knowledge onthe part of the software engineer to enable such a development. This could lead to a higher long-term cost for image generators and projectors, non-portable equipment, and large display spacerequirements, as well as environmental clutter that may hinder a sense of realism. Additionally, alarge amount of generated information

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Matsumoto

SelectionDuring the first four weeks of the semester, teams decide on a project. Two approaches havebeen used for selection of project topics: an open-ended approach and a list of recommendedproject topics. In the open-ended approach, students are not assigned a specific project, butinstead use the general project guidelines (see Figure 1) and an in-class discussion of the projectconcept as a starting point to determine a suitable topic and project scope.Project guidelines intentionally provide little specific direction to the students in selecting theirproject, thus requiring students to take initiative to research topics. This approach has workedremarkably well at CSUS because typically over 80% of the students in the class work 20 -40hours per week

Conference Session

Computers in Education 8 - Video Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Markus Iseli, University of California, Los Angeles; Tianying Feng, University of California, Los Angeles; Gregory Chung, University of California, Los Angeles; Ziyue Ruan; Joe Shochet, codeSpark; Amy Strachman, codeSpark

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

glance. The student (ID 106) played chapter 3, level 16, in session 6 (week 6) using threeattempts: 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3. In attempt 1, for example, the student adds a command and changesits parameter (/), then removes the command, emptying the code tray, then adds anothercommand with parameter change, and finally adds one last command reducing CodeDist from 12to 9. Around 25 seconds in the game, the student executes the code (^) and the character stopsmoving around second 27 ($), reducing PathDist from 11 to 8.Results & DiscussionAnalyses of our visualizations of students’ coding processes yielded several patterns that weremapped to the six constructs of computational thinking as extracted by [11]: abstraction,decomposition, generalization

Conference Session

Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Lance Edwards, MT Tech of the U of MT; John Evans, MT Tech of the U of MT; Leo Heath, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mike Johnson, MT Tech of the U of MT; Timothy Kober, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mary North-Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Roger Oldenkamp, MT Tech of the U of MT

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship coursework in the curriculum.The Course – Pet 4460An array of pertinent petroleum engineering and business topics were included in PET 4460,Petroleum Project Evaluation. The topics ranged from land ownership and reservoir estimationto methods of financing, financial statement interpretation and cost accounting. The subjectmatter was selected to provide practical information needed by entry-level petroleum engineers,based on the previously discussed input from the petroleum industry and fromdiscussion/planning sessions by a representative group from the Business and PetroleumEngineering Departments. Table 1, PET 4460 – Petroleum Project Evaluation Course, contains alist of the major topics and subtopics, along with the department

Conference Session

ET Peripherals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, Texas A&M University; Francis Quek, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

scientific domain knowledge, 2) Create an immersive learning experience through the integration of 3D printing, electronic prototyping, and crafting in the classroom, 3) Gain the tools and techniques that support business operations and customer requirements in an efficient manner, and 4) The formation of a STEM self-concept that promotes career preparedness for either future college or career success.This approach was piloted from our National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grantsfor Exploratory Research (EAGER) project titled, “Making in The Colonias: Motivating STEMParticipation through a Making as Micro-Manufacturing Model” 1, 2. In short, the programintroduces high school students to basic technical skills

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Dexter Whittinghill, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

controlling for the other ‘nuisance’ factors that could affectscores but are not attributable to the treatment, we employed the following general linear modelusing the DataDesk statistical software package: y ijklm ? o - d 1 x1 - d 2 x 2 - d 3 x3 - c i - i (c ) j ( i ) - f k - v l - g ijklm (1)wherey= the score on the quiz,o= the grand mean (average score with no factors taken in to account),x1 = the student’s Calculus I grade,x2 = the student’s Calculus II grade,x3 = the student’s Physics I grade,c= the Section in which the student is enrolled,i= the student nested in section, or Student-in-section,f= the Period (or quiz),v"= the Treatment (PDA = ‘treatment’ and flashcard/no feedback

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

its contribution to student learning.Our results show that project-based course enhances student learning far more than thetraditional topic based learning.I. IntroductionDistance based programs have been growing rapidly over the past two decades. The growingmarket for distance based programs can be attributed to the globalized competition in the labormarket, as well as the widespread availability of internet access. One report in the US Newsshows that the online-based degree programs are increasing at a rapid pace, generating billions ofdollars for universities and other institutes of higher learning (Greer, 2010). These programshave now expanded beyond traditional distance based disciplines such as liberal arts andbusiness schools to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

, Issue 4, pp. 92-100, July/August 2003.3. Major, C., Implementing Problem-Based Learning in Undergraduate Education, The Journal of General Education, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 235-334, 2002.4. Navaz, H., A New Approach to Teaching Undergraduate Thermal/Fluid Sciences-Courses in Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Compressible Flow, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 35-49, January 2002.5. Williamson, K., Resources in Technology, Technology Teachers, Vol. 64, Issue 3, pp. 15-19, November 2004.6. American Society of Engineering Education, , Washington, D. C., USA.7. Sutterer, K., and Descoteaux, T., Before Senior Design-Integration of Project-Based Learning in Multi

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Lim; James Kokernak; Dean Lewis; Abhijeet Golwelkar; Paul Schoch

Labor ator y Intr oduction to Embedded Contr ol Paul M. Schoch, Abhijeet Golwelkar , Linda Lim, Dean Lewis, J ames Koker nak* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/ * Advanced Ener gy Conver sionIntr oduction:LITEC, Laboratory Introduction to Embedded Control, is an introductory laboratory coursetaken by more than 500 engineering students per year, from all disciplines, at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute. The course goals are: 1) engage the students, 2) provide a modernlaboratory experience, 3) reinforce engineering and science topics, and 4) introducemicrocontrollers. The fourth goal is based on the fact that embedded control is generic to allengineering

Conference Session

Promoting Communication Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bruce Kovanen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ryan Ware, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Megan Mericle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J. Patrick Coleman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

competency, and engineering schools acrossNorth America have noted the specific importance of writing instruction [1], [2]. However,STEM faculty have faced persistent obstacles in designing and delivering writing instruction.Common challenges include the time constraints of grading and responding to student writing,particularly for large enrollment classes, and lack of training in writing instruction, response, andassessment for teaching assistants (TAs) [3], [4]. Many STEM classes also have heavy demandsto cover technical content that leave little pedagogical time for writing instruction. Additionalchallenges can arise from a lack of student motivation or engagement [5] and from discrepanciesbetween faculty’s and student’s perception of the

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Elizabeth Burpee; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

based on Cook’s “layeredliteracies,” a theoretical framework for technical communication pedagogy, developed forpurposes of assessing these and similar written essays and described in the Introduction above.For each of the “layered literacies” in the rubric, students were graded as “Novice,” “Developing,”Competent,” or “Exemplary” based on an explicit set of criteria described in the rubric. Theseliteracies, their descriptions and example criteria (for evaluation) can be found in Table 3. Allessays were graded on a 4-point scale in each literacy category (1 = Novice; 2 = Developing; 3 =Competent; and 4 = Exemplary). In general, a rating of “Novice” meant that the studentachieved at least one of the evaluation criteria in that category; a rating

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Fu, MIT; Tahira N Reid, Purdue University; Janis P. Terpenny, Iowa State University; Deborah L. Thurston, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Judy M. Vance, Iowa State University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University; Gloria J. Wiens, University of Florida; Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; Janet Katherine Allen, University of Oklahoma; Kathy Jacobson

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Communicating Technical Ideas was to provide participants withspecific strategies and tools to help them as researchers and engineers become more confident andeffective communicators. This workshop was held at the ASME IDETC in Chicago, IL on August12, 2012.The workshop, led by Dan Agan, consisted of presentation and active participation. There was atotal of one hour of working session(s) built into the agenda. All workshop participants receiveda free download of the companion guide on creating PowerPoint presentations, and the Pantheraproprietary communications tools: the Communications Planning Worksheet, the MessageTriangle, and the Storyboard Worksheet (for planning PowerPoint visuals). A networking eventconcluded the workshop.Workshop Execution

Conference Session

Programming, Simulation, and Dynamic Modeling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanon Marie Reckinger, Fairfield University; Scott James Reckinger, Brown University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

schedule can be found in Table 1. The course was broken down into13 topics. Depending on the complexity of the topic, one or two class sessions were used todeliver that topic. Each topic corresponded with a chapter in the book and had its ownassignments, which will be discussed later. Session Topics Covered Reading Assignments Due 1 T1: Intro to Computers Mentor 2 T2: MATLAB Basics Ch. 1-4 WS1, TB1 3 T3: Numeric Data Types, Character Strings Ch. 7, 9 WS2, TB2 4 T4: Arrays, Array Operations, Multidimensional Arrays Ch. 5, 6, 8

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Seth Orsborn, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Innovation Across Disciplines”this is one of many class sessions exploring what innovation means to different people and howthey go about doing it. For many of them, this class has been a transformative experience wherethey have learned about the nature of innovation and recognized the important knowledge, skillsand character development involved. Through their explorations they have learned thatinnovation is not easily defined. Innovation goes beyond the creative generation of ideas. Whilecreativity is an asset, ideas, even “good ideas” are not enough. And what makes an idea good?Certainly good ideas provide benefit, but innovation must also consider the expenditure ofresources to implement them so that they provide value. Moreover, these good

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Matt Lammi, Utah State University; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Elizabeth Dansie, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. A better understanding of engineering should encourage students to take higher level math and science courses in middle school, thus enabling them to pursue engineering education in the future. This is especially important for girls and underrepresented minorities, who have not historically been attracted to technical careers in large numbers. 3. Improving technological literacy. To be capable, confident participants in our technology-dependent society, citizens must know something about how engineering and science, among other factors, lead to new technologies 1.Goals and Purpose Statement This case study was designed with the intention of piloting techniques used for measuringdesign thinking of

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Session 2215 A Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate Students in Civil Engineering Anant R. Kukreti University of CincinnatiAbstract This paper describes a project conducted to provide research experience to engineeringundergraduate students involving discovery through actual construction, experimental testing,observing and recording, synthesizing the data collected, and generalizations. The project waspart of a Research for Undergraduates Site grant sponsored by the National Science Foundation,and administered in the

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in Computing -2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah L. Harris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Yingtao Jiang, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Christine Clark; Ed Jorgensen; Tiberio Garza, Florida International University; Norma A Marrun, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Valerie L. Taylor

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #40100Promoting Success through Building Community for Computer Science andComputer Engineering UndergraduatesProf. Sarah L. Harris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas Dr. Harris is a Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. at Stanford University and has worked at Hewlett Packard, Nvidia, and the Technical University of Darmstadt. Before joining the UNLV faculty in 2014, she was a faculty member at Harvey Mudd College for ten years. Her research interests include embedded systems, biomedical engineering, and robotics

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

addressing, is how to "sell" a campus-wide course to non-engineering majors who view an AE4xxx designation with horror, and to engineering students whose technical elective space is "owned" by their home departments.2. The second problem is how to make sure that each type learns the issues across the domains of the other, rather than fall into the trap of many industrial cross-functional teams that degenerate into islands of insecurity. There is a bewildering array of technologies being pursued as part of the solution for energy independence. Even the small sampling of disciplines in Table 1 shows us why developing the abilities and experience of the learner has to be at the center of the curriculum.3. The third challenge is to ensure

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

need toenrich and revitalize ChE education to address the needs of industry and the interests of students.A strong endorsement for including more biology in the ChE curriculum is the considerablenumber of ChE departments that have included "biological," "biochemical," or other type ofbioengineering program in the department name.The Bioengineering Educational Materials Bank (BioEMB) was conceived at an AmericanChemical Society meeting in 2004 during an education session that was held as part of theBiochemical Technology Division symposium [6]. The session was attended by both industrialand academic participants. The general consensus at this gathering was that a database of solvedproblems addressing biological applications would enable faculty

Conference Session

1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Sarah Roux, Arizona State University; Vivek Ramanathan, Arizona State University; Mark Rager, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

global economy 1.6 1 1.1Communications Class Faculty IAB1 Understand requirements 2.4 3 2.42 Information selection & priority 1.9 2 2.13 Structure to suit time and audience 1.9 2 1.34 Effective format for presentation 2.5 2 1.75 Computer use - select software 1.8 2 1.96 Written fluency and precision 2.0 3 2.17 Effective technical voccabulary 1.6 2 28 Dialog in all settings 1.5 2 1.89 Effective listening 2.1 3 2.710 Understand and use body language 1.6

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Value 1 of 8 4 of 6 Negative Space 4 of 8 6 of 6 Figure 9.The pre and post assessments invited students to draw a portrait of a face. In the pre-assessment,one student did not attempt to make a drawing, and six of eight students drew simple linedrawings of limited technical ability. One student already demonstrated drawing proficiency inthe pre-assessment. In the post-assessment, five of six students showed technical improvementsto their drawings, including the student who made no attempt to draw in the pre-assessment. Theone student who showed no improvement was the student who already showed

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

in Telecommunications from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1994 and 2000 respectively. Before joining the University of South Florida as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 2001, Dr. Labrador worked in Telcordia Technologies, Inc. in the Broadband Networking Group of the Professional Services Business Unit. His research interests are in design and performance evaluation of computer networks and communication protocols for wired, wireless and optical networks. Dr. Labrador has served as Technical Program Committee member of many IEEE conferences and is currently member of the Editorial Board of "Computer Communications", Elsevier Science. He

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

theory of situatedlearning was used to identify and inform the ways in which being research mentors can preparethe mentors for their future careers, specifically in terms of how they are prepared to becomemembers of the communities of practice they aspire to join. The benefits for research mentorswere classified as follows: (1) benefits related to preparation for their future careers, such asstrengthening their technical skills and content knowledge, and developing and improvingvarious professional skills, and (2) benefits related to their current positions asstudents/postdoctoral scholars, such as receiving help with their theses or research projects.This study is part of a longer-term study to determine the effectiveness of this