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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Graduate Student Experience and Decision-Making

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Majid Nabavi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Paper ID #38874A data-driven comparison of students’ performance in asynchronous onlineversus in-person sections of an introductory graduate statistics courseMajid Nabavi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dr. Majid Nabavi is an associate professor of practice in department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics in the College of Business at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research and teaching interests include analytical methods, database systems, and application of analytical models for business problem solving. He has developed and taught online and in-class courses in operations and logistics management

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larisa Olesova; Duoduo Liao, George Mason University; Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J. Foxwell, George Mason University

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-classenvironment itself provides this opportunity, but in online formats, the instructional designshould be pre-structured to make it happen. Community building can be added to the syllabus aspart of a learning assignment. For example, grouping students for topic search, sharing resources,or any other low-level activities can help build relationships. Forming small groups is always agood idea so that students have the opportunity to contribute equally.ConclusionThis exploratory study contributed to the field of STEM education and, specifically, tounderstanding how STEM graduate students learn in shared collaborative learning environments.The findings revealed that inquiry-based online courses with integration of applied research peerreview activities need

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Skill Development in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Britney Russell, University of Connecticut; Antigoni Konstantinou, University of Connecticut; Ayah Abdallah, University of Connecticut; Fayekah Assanah, University of Connecticut

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, offering workshopsand seminars focused on scientific writing, public speaking, and presentation skills [9,10]. Someinstitutions have partnered with professionals to provide practical insights and real-worldscenarios, enriching the learning experience. Furthermore, there's a growing trend ofinterdisciplinary courses where students from different scientific backgrounds collaborate,simulating a more diverse communication environment [11,12,13]. Research in this field has alsoemphasized the importance of peer-to-peer learning, creating student-led discussion groups, andassessments focused on improving communication skills [11,13,14,15,16,17]. Digital platforms,like online courses and webinars, have also been leveraged to reach a wider audience

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Kourtney Rogers Gruner, Texas A&M University

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instructional models and strategies for capstone designcourses [12, 13] including evaluation of learning outcomes [14, 15, 16]. While this literaturedoes inform practice, literature specific to graduate-level engineering course use of capstones isseverely limited. Therefore, this paper hopes to provide suggestions and recommendations forcapstone project use within graduate level online contexts.Capstone Project OverviewStudents are required to complete an individual capstone project under the guidance of aninstructor and steering committee members from their company or industry in their second year.The project is a 9-month long effort to apply the key learnings from the program and bring valueto the sponsor companies. The project focuses on a narrow

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: Professional Development for Graduate Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Mandeltort, University of Virginia; Priya Date, University of Virginia; Amy M. Clobes, University of Virginia

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knowledge in Survey* (self-reported Course design institute learning-focused pedagogical awareness of evidence-based Mid-semester feedback strategies and student- teaching) consultations centered course design; Syllabus and other artifacts Facilitator informal observations** 2. Work closely with their Survey* (self-reported Course design institute teaching mentor and learn experience with power Respond to and discuss from a cooperative teaching differentials) power dynamics-based experience; Facilitator informal scenario

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Advising in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Conner, Clemson University; Skylar Hubbarth, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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could practice their skills and attempt to makeimprovements to their classroom teaching style to find what would be most beneficial to thestudent's learning as well as their own comfort. They also found that they were able to developskills beyond being able to convey material, but also learned how to develop a course from theground up, which included the opportunity to construct a syllabus and lesson plan, run aclassroom taking into account time constraints and student and abilities, and how to account forstudent expectations for the course. As many had not had the chance to teach prior to theSPECTRA experience, the lower-stakes environment of a research course may have providedthem opportunity to develop their identities and skills as

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Graduate Student Pipeline and Workforce Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabella Victoria, University of Florida; Laura Melissa Cruz Castro, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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) theresearch articles presented may not reflect all the work and research performed informally and notpublished, (4) the Kitchenham and Bacca method for systematic literature review does not addressthe effects that various types of systematic review questions have on systematic review procedures,(5) industry training programs are not likely to publish peer reviewed studies on their in-houseworkforce training programs, (6) massive open online courses (MOOCs) are also unlikely topublish peer reviewed studies because of the large volume of students, (7) there is not concretedefinition of what a “workforce training program” is and (8) the quality of the identified papersfor this literature review included was not assessed; therefore, any literature that

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meredith Leigh Hooper, California Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology ; Emily Hope Palmer, California Institute of Technology; James Ragan, California Institute of Technology; Morgan Louise Hooper, California Institute of Technology; Yazmin Gonzalez, California Institute of Technology

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safety critical settings, using tools such as Monte Carlo Tree Search.Dr. Morgan Louise Hooper, California Institute of Technology After completing her PhD at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Tech- nology (GALCIT), Morgan Hooper is now an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the University of Toronto. There, her teaching focuses on building community within hands-on Engineering Design courses and beyond. She encourages students to engage with multi-faceted, trans-disciplinary engineer- ing projects to learn the complex ways in which engineering, design, and community interact.Yazmin Gonzalez, California Institute of Technology Yazmin Gonzalez brings over a decade of experience

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magdalena G. Grohman, University of North Texas; Matthew J. Brown Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Nicholas Raphael Gans, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jeff Glenn Edwards, University of Texas at Dallas

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, TX, USA Author Note:This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundationunder Grant No 1902072.Authors are listed in the order of their contribution to the manuscript.Correspondence regarding this manuscript should be sent to Magdalena G.Grohman at magdalena.grohman@unt.edu.AbstractMultiple studies report the benefits of authentic research experiences in STEMeducation. While most of them focus either on course-based research projects oron undergraduate students’ experiences, few document authentic learningexperiences unfolding in real time among and between graduate students inresearch laboratories. Therefore, we situate our study in the context of authenticresearch experiences in

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: Professional Development for Graduate Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Elisabeth Gehr, Purdue University; Emily Garcia, Purdue University; Suzanne Swaine, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Stephen McBride, Purdue University; Joseph Vincent Rispoli, Purdue University; Christopher Greg Brinton

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course of three calendar years. Included inthis initiative was the launch of the Mentoring Fellows Program, a student-led and faculty-advised group tasked with researching and improving mentorship at the college level. During thefirst year of the Mentoring Improvement Initiative, the fellows were tasked with focusing on therelationship between a graduate student and their committee head or primary advisor.The College of Engineering Mentoring Fellows, composed of three graduate students, twofaculty, and one staff member, prioritized analyzing existing data collected by the graduateStudent Experience in the Research University (gradSERU) online service. The fellowsrecognized that while most students stated they were content with the relationship