Paper ID #5848Graduate Teaching Assistants Views of Their Own Teaching Practice Com-petenceMrs. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech Rachel Louis Kajfez is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University where she specialized in construction. Currently, Rachel is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow, is a Departmental Ambassador, and is actively involved in ASEE. Her current research interests include graduate student motivation and identity development.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech
Engineering’s Leadership Minor at Purdue University. She also serves as the Executive Director of the International Institute for Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF
a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Mayra is currently a research assistant for the NSF funded program the Dissertation Institute where she studies the motivation of underrepresented minorities in doctoral engineering programs. As part of her long-term goals, Mayra desires to continue researching graduate education practices in student support. Her current research focuses on understanding the advisor selection processes practiced in STEM and the role of department and faculty in facilitating doctoral student success. Mayra also conducts research on underrepresented populations in doctoral engineering programs for which she was recognized and inducted to the Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor
(ASEE).Ms. Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.626.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Facilitating Graduate Students’ Professional Development: Implementation and Evaluation of Learning ActivitiesAbstractDoctoral education is criticized for its lack of preparation of doctoral students for careers outsideof academia1-2. Multiple stakeholders including researchers, educators, administrators, andindustry leaders have pointed out the necessity to offer systematic training and
where you do your doctorate if your goal is to become a faculty member at a topmechanical engineering research university? A number of criteria have been used to rankengineering institutions including total research and development expenditures, federallysponsored research and development, number of members of the National Academies, significantfaculty awards, size of endowment and annual giving, and mean GRE scores of enrollinggraduates students, among others. As per the U.S. News and World Report rankings, the top 10ranked programs in Mechanical Engineering are MIT, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, CalTech,Michigan-Ann Arbor, Georgia Tech, Illinois-Urbana Champagne, Cornell, Purdue and Princeton.However, as a graduating mechanical engineering doctoral
AC 2010-1950: CONSIDERING GRADUATE RESIDENCIES AND CO-OPS INHEALTHCARE ENGINEERINGBarrett Caldwell, Purdue University Barrett S. Caldwell, PhD Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics Phone: (765) 494-5412 E-mail: bscaldwell@purdue.edu; URL:https://engineering.purdue.edu/GrouperLab Prof. Caldwell is a Professor in Industrial Engineering, and Aeronautics & Astronautics, at Purdue University. His background includes undergraduate degrees from MIT in 1985 (one in astronautics; one in humanities) and a PhD (1990) in social psychology from the University of California-Davis. He is a research leader and innovator in human factors engineering
, anddeveloping alliances with student and faculty colleagues. Students generally learned these skillsthrough experience, but felt that universities should do more to encourage such habits early in astudent’s career.Related research includes current studies by Prof. Christine Grant (North Carolina StateUniversity) on minority faculty, Prof. Fitzgerald Bramwell (University of Kentucky) onbaccalaureate origins of natural science doctorates, and Associate Dean Janet Rutledge(University of Maryland – Baltimore County) on attrition rates of minority graduate students.Future work on this project includes working with and expanding the aforementioned studies,and conducting an online survey of graduate students on various campuses. The outcomes ofthis study will
professor of Educational Studies and Director of the Center for Instructional Excellence at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Ottawa, and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Rochester and Professor of Psychology and Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at Missouri State University. She has taught courses in statistics and research methods at the undergraduate and graduate level. Her scholarly work is in the area of human motivation generally and academic motivation specifically. Using the theoretical framework of Self-Determination Theory, she conducts basic research in motivation and social psychology and ap- plied research in education
ofanalysis, so we have presented the data that has been collected to date, but also recognize there aremany contributing variables. We will continue to collect and analyze data to assess the impact ofthe various initiatives of the Lead TA more concretely.IntroductionThe attrition rate of doctoral students is approximately 50% [1], [2]. Although retention ofundergraduate students has been well studied, the recruitment and retention of graduate students,specifically doctoral students, is less understood [3]. Research suggests that contributing factorsto high attrition for doctoral students include: unclear expectations, conflicting requirements,lack of consistent supervision, conflicts with an advisor, coursework and inadequate funding [4],[5
also has an extensive background in human research participant protections including previous service as chair of the University of Northern Iowa IRB. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Training Students with T-Shaped Interdisciplinary Studies in Predictive Plant PhenomicsAbstract:Modern engineering and data analysis techniques make it feasible to develop methods to predictplant growth and productivity based on information about their genome and environment,however students trained with broader skillsets will be needed to unlock this potential. Thispaper describes the structure and activities of a National Science Foundation Graduate ResearchTraineeship (NRT
Study (HMS). The aim of this study is to answer the following research question: How doesthe presence of (a) self-sufficiency, (b) sense of belonging, and/or (c) social self-efficacy impactan SEM graduate student’s mental health?Attention to the mental health of students in higher education has grown in recent years. Prior workhas shown that several factors can influence an individuals’ mental health, including, but notlimited to, a students’ demographics, social factors, available resources, values, motivation, andacademic discipline. The purpose of this study is to focus specifically on how social aspects caninfluence graduate students’ mental health, or mental and emotional well-being. Therefore, thispaper will pull on past work that has
, since the author has since graduated, worked as an adjunct faculty member and inan industrial position, and subsequently began a tenure-track faculty position. The results of thisanalysis will be of interest to graduate students who have the opportunity to participate insimilar outreach programs, as they can consciously work to gain the insights that will help themin later stages of their careers, and to those designing such programs, as they will be able to usethis information to explain the value of similar programs to all of those involved in them.IntroductionThe research material for this study is a blog maintained by the author-researcher while sheparticipated in a university-sponsored outreach program at the University of Michigan. In
Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient
Paper ID #5683Engineering Technology Management Graduate Student Online Learning Pref-erencesDr. A. Mark Doggett, Western Kentucky University A. Mark Doggett is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator for the Master of Science Degree in Engineering Technology Management at Western Kentucky University. His interests are in the area of technology management practices, lean, theory of constraints, quality, and systems thinking. His research includes various decision-making and problem-solving strategies, and the development of distance learn- ing approaches
Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) to be a catalystin educating future research engineers with the skills needed in an interdisciplinarybackground14. In one IGERT program, an engineering doctoral student is paired with a master’sof business administration student and two law students to study the commercialization potential,technology transfer, legal protecting and marketing issues of the engineering doctoral students’ Page 25.860.2research project. This program creates a greater awareness of the value of engineering students’research, develops their understanding of how to sell research ideas to industry, and
experiences of postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) inscience and engineering fields. A postdoc is typically defined as an individual who has recentlyobtained a doctoral degree, and is completing further training before moving on to a morepermanent position, such as that of a faculty member.This study was guided by the theory of liminality. Liminality, a theory from the field ofanthropology, refers to a stage of transition. Individuals in a liminal state are defined as being ina somewhat unclear state that is between two clearly defined states. The postdoctoralexperience, being between the graduate student and faculty states, can be considered a liminalstate.Forty-two postdocs (19 in engineering and 23 in science) employed at a Mid-Atlantic, research
AC 2009-1544: GRAD STUDENTS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN: GREATSOCIABILITY MAKES A GREAT GRADUATE PROGRAMCatherine Hovell, University of Texas, Austin CATHERINE G. HOVELL is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on improving design in a Texas standard concrete bridge beam. She received her MS from UT-Austin in 2007, having performed finite element analyses of a steel bridge girder system. She is also a graduate of the University of Virginia. Contact: cghovell@gmail.comKimberly Talley, University of Texas, Austin KIMBERLY G. TALLEY is a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focus is on the assessment and rehabilitation of deteriorated concrete
2006-2635: TECHNOPOLIS CREATION - A SURVEY OF BEST PRACTICESFROM AROUND THE WORLDCarmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech Dr. Carmo A. D’Cruz is Associate Professor in the Engineering Systems Department at Florida Tech. A twenty-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, Dr. D’Cruz has studied and taught at Engineering and Business schools. His experience ranges from R&D and engineering to manufacturing, operations, marketing and Business Development. His research areas include Technopolis Creation and Engineering Entrepreneurship. He has developed pioneering courses in Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship, Technical Marketing, High Tech Product Strategy and Technology Commercialization
. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research in- terests include diversity & inclusion, students’ persistence, advising and mentoring, engineering career pathways, and school-to-work transition of new engineers. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, Hassan worked for five years at General Electric where he graduated from their Edison Engineering Development Program (EEDP) and then worked as a gas turbine fleet management engineer. In addition to his technical role, Hassan supported the recruiting, interview, and selection process of the
Paper ID #25266Graduate Engineering Peer Review Groups: Developing Communicators andCommunityKelly J. Cunningham, University of Virginia Kelly Cunningham is the director of the Graduate Writing Lab in the School of Engineering and Ap- plied Science at the University of Virginia. She holds a PhD in applied linguistics & technology and human-computer interaction (co-majors) from Iowa State University of Science & Technology and an MA in intercultural studies/TESOL. She has worked with ESL students since 2007 and in graduate com- munication support since 2014. Her research draws from qualitative methods, appraisal
AC 2009-893: COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENTORIENTATION PACKETErin Weir, Purdue UniversityEdie Schmidt, Purdue UniversityJonathan Davis, Purdue University Page 14.339.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 College of Technology Graduate Student Orientation PacketAbstractThrough research and studies it has been found that when a graduate student first arrives atPurdue University’s campus, oftentimes they feel they lack the resources needed to successfullyintegrate with the student body. Furthermore, graduate students find it difficult to establish ahome and to find a community to operate within. The purpose of this graduate studentorientation packet is to
-temperature metallic materials for power plants and jet engine has been focused.Prof. Mutsuko Hatano, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyProf. Akira Yamada, Tokyo Tech c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Energy Science and Engineering Graduate Education at Tokyo TechGiven the importance of energy and electrical power generation worldwide and its impact on theenvironment, greater numbers of students are choosing to study energy science and engineeringas a major. For example, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) established an integrateddoctoral degree program, Academy for Co-creative Education of Environment and EnergyScience (ACEEES), in 2012 with a 7 year grant awarded by the Japan Society for Promotion
components can be accomplished. Satisfactoryresults with undergraduates were reported. Originally, the development of the iSLR protocoltook several iterations and was done with small groups of graduate students.In this report we will present a pilot study demonstrating that iSLR is a useful and practical Page 26.1685.2educational tool that can and should be done in the context of a specific course problem and notas a generalized approach, as is usually done in research methods courses. We propose makingiSLR part of a research-like project on a specific subject matter covered in a course. When set upin this fashion, we believe that educational benefits
at one university to a national research sample.Quantitative and qualitative data provide evidence that underscores the importance of having asupportive and accessible faculty advisor, the need for mentoring programs and peer groups thatstudents from traditionally minoritized in engineering can identify with, and the role that regularfeedback and clear expectations can provide in shaping the academic and social interactions ofunderrepresented engineering graduate students. This national study is comprised of 109underrepresented domestic engineering graduate students who identified themselves as AfricanAmerican, Black, Hispanic, or Native American. Results show that in addition to the academicand social interactions in an academic setting
AC 2007-1308: ARTICULATING A MULTIFACETED APPROACH FORPROMOTING DIVERSITY IN GRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONEugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University Eugene Deloatch is Dean of Morgan State College of Engineering. He served as the President of ASEE in 2002-2003.Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Sherra Kerns is Vice President for Innovation and Research at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. She served as the President of ASEE in 2005-2006.Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Lueny Morell is Director of Hewlett Packard Latin America University Relations Program and former Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.Carla Purdy, University of
13.706.3present evidence that the establishment of the proper environment and support for students has asignificant effect on their decisions about whether or not to undertake graduate study. Baker etal.7 have studied difficulties confronted by women students as they attempt to reinvent traditionalsocietal roles in order to undertake graduate studies, while N.C. and M.A. Chesler8s have studiedthe importance of establishing a "caring community" for supporting women graduate studentsand young faculty and made recommendations for establishing such a community. Reichert andAbsher9 have suggested that, in studying diversity at the graduate level, more research is neededto address how to target the academically strongest students from underrepresented
has implications for diversifying the academy, as perhaps these positions that are notas commonly known, will appeal to a more diverse group of graduate students.Literature ReviewThere has been significant interest in examining the preparation of graduate students foracademic faculty jobs, yet most of these studies have not been specific to STEM fields6. Onepossible explanation for the lack of studies in STEM fields is that many STEM graduate studentsdo not pursue academic careers as frequently as graduates in other fields11. In fact, over 73% ofengineering PhD graduates pursue post-graduate work in industry12. Researchers, administrators,and policymakers are interested in better understanding graduate student pathways as isdemonstrated by
conducted survey-based research of alumni population for degree satisfaction, curriculum Page 22.1358.2improvement and the job market for its graduates7, 8, 9. Alumni surveys have been used for otherpurposes too, including assessment of undergraduate research experiences and assessing the roleof higher education institutions10, 11. The authors are not aware of any reported studies inliterature contrasting alumni survey data to current students for self-evaluation of institutionaleffectiveness. However, this approach can provide information leading to an overall betterexperience for graduate students. This will in turn provide mechanisms for
Paper ID #32793Work in Progress: Using Photovoice to Examine the Mental HealthExperiences of Engineering Graduate Students During COVID-19Ms. Sarah Jane Bork, University of Michigan Sarah received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University in 2017, and her M.S. in Engineering Education Research from the University of Michigan in 2020. As a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sarah is studying the mental health experiences of engineering graduate students.Dr. Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan Joi Mondisa is an
AC 2010-1594: A GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE: AUDIO PROCESSINGLABORATORYBuket Barkana, University of Bridgeport Page 15.35.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Graduate Level Course: Audio Processing LaboratoryAbstractAudio signal processing is a part of the digital signal processing (DSP) field in science andengineering that has developed rapidly over the past years. Expertise in audio signal processing -including speech signal processing- is becoming increasingly important for working engineersfrom diverse disciplines. Audio signals are stored, processed, and transmitted using digitaltechniques. Creating these technologies requires engineers that understand