Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Shepard, Engenius Solutions

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

require the newly hired engineer to have a broader set of skills. The new engineermust be familiar with marketing and accounting as well as their particular engineeringdisciplines.As economies continue to become more global, American industries must rely on innovation andtechnology to remain competitive. These companies must create new products faster with morefeatures. An understanding of the product development cycle and how it fits into the corporate Page 11.1174.2planning structure, i.e. financial planning, marketing, sales is essential. A student that getsexposure to the new product development process and entrepreneurship will be better able

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Whitt, Purdue University; Rodney Handy, Purdue University; Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

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Engineering Technology

General Motor’s(GM’s) planned workforce reduction of 30,000 workers by 2008.2 However, Ford ismaking strides to increase innovation by soliciting ideas from within.3GM has recently set a financial goal of annual cost reductions of $14 billion using their2005 revenues as the basis for this calculation. As a result their structural costs will bereduced from its current value of 34 percent to 25 percent of company revenues by 2010.Currently, their cost-to-revenue ratio in North America is higher than the 34 percentaverage.4 Page 11.579.2US companies have found that it is more cost effective to outsource than to own all stagesof the production process. As

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Jessica Jenness, University of Central Florida; Jessica Steinberg, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

seek credit for experiential learning through internships.Internship opportunities are posted on the IEMS website and also advertised through career fairssponsored by student chapters of American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Institute of IndustrialEngineers (IIE). Co-ops positions are also available through the Career Services & ExperientialLearning Center on campus. The Lockheed Martin Work Experience Program employs severalstudents every semester. IEMS is currently piloting a mentoring program with the local ASQOrlando Section 1509. A plan is in place to implement similar mentoring programs with IIE andother professional organizations. Remote Learning Labs bring industry to the classroom on amore regular basis. All experiential learning

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Rogers, Murray State University; Steve Cobb, Murray State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

courses appropriate for engineering such asphysics and calculus while also developing decision making and teamwork skills are vital.However, brainstorming, organizing, marketing, funding, and delivering, effective K-12 outreachactivities can be an enormous task. The purpose of this paper is to provide some insight intosome strategies in each of these planning areas in the context of a large-scale, year-long outreachactivity. Page 12.1456.2Figure 1: A Moonbuggy (left) is a human-powered vehicle that must fit or be collapsible to fit into a 4 foot cubic volume (right) and be carried 20 feet by its two drivers (1 male and 1 female).The West

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Stephen Eck, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

shifted the administrative oversight of theBS/MS program to the Dean of Graduate Studies with marketing and promotion of the programto NJIT undergraduates becoming a joint effort of the Graduate Studies and the separateGraduate Admission Office (Ref. 4). This new partnership and the addition of key personnelresulted in an expansion of interest and participation of NJIT undergraduates in the program andin the important variations of the original and basic program.Need and OpportunityThe Graduate Studies Office saw this program as vehicle to develop the university in a numberof ways consistent with its mission and academic plans. The first opportunity was to increaseenrollment in the NJIT Master's programs and to increase the number of NJIT's own

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Janice McClure, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Engineering Design Graphics

to be added as a prerequisite to a junior level mechanical engineering course. Thedesign topics will be blended in by implementing two design projects. The first one will be adisassembly and redesign of an existing product; the second will be a more involved designproblem. The students will be required to produce supporting materials including marketsurveys, results of brainstorming, specifications, project management, prototype development,and testing. The total design topic hours will change from approximately 30 to 40.One of the topics missing from the three-instructor version of ED&G 100 was teamwork. In theone instructor version, we plan to integrate teamwork training modules and assignments. Thiscourse will be taught by one

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

stated earlier, the most effective recruiting tool for Valparaiso University’s graduatemanagement programs has been a personalized communication plan for each prospectivestudent. While time consuming, this communication plan allows the Assistant Director of theMBA Program to understand the wants and needs of each student looking to enroll in a graduatemanagement program. This assessment then allows Valparaiso University to hone the needs ofthe program toward the needs of the majority of its students and to continue the personalizationthroughout each student’s planned curriculum. This recruitment strategy has been used since thebeginning of the graduate management programs but has been better tailored over time tomaximize its effectiveness. Now

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Large Seagrave

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Civil Engineering

Page 11.334.3involved a footbridge over Wasatch Blvd. joining student housing with the university campus, arail trolley line connecting the Sugarhouse shopping district to the TRAX light rail line, a bikelane up Big Cottonwood Canyon just southeast of Salt Lake City, and a portion of the Utah StateCapitol Master Plan including a subterranean traffic tunnel.For each of these studies, key contacts at the Department Of Transportation, Utah TransitAuthority and various local developers and civil engineering firms formed a consultation teamwho represented the course "client" and/or made certain resources available to the students. Thecontacts are chosen and contacted before each semester by the professors in charge of the course,who are scheduled

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury; Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-1515: BUILDING AND ASSESSING CAPACITY IN ENGINEERINGEDUCATION RESEARCH: THE BOOTSTRAPPING MODELJosh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma Josh Tenenberg is an Associate Professor in the Computing and Software Systems program in the Institute of Technology at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He holds a B.M. in music performance (San Francisco State University, U.S.A.) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Rochester, U.S.A), where his primary research was in Artificial Intelligence. His research areas have included automated planning, knowledge representation and reasoning, reinforcement learning, temporal logic, and cognitive modeling of computer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific; Rahim Khoie, University of the Pacific; Kyle Watson, University of the Pacific

, informal gatherings and guest speakers,field trips, and support of student chapters of professional engineering organizations' activitiesthat promote student participation. The main component of the program is the peermentoring/tutoring program. Sixteen students, ranging from sophomores to seniors, each serveas mentors to six to eight first year students. First year students are required to meet with theirmentor for special review of engineering and math assignments, development of curriculumplans and time management plans, among other tasks. Specific attention is being given tostudents from populations traditionally underrepresented in engineering. The overarchingobjective of the program is to not only familiarize first year students with the

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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International

mechanical engineering along withmaterial science and computer science can also incorporate development issues into thecurriculum. At the undergraduate level the Senior/Capstone design project is one way toincorporate international development service learning projects. Even at the freshman levelstudents can postulate and research possible engineering solutions to development problems.Students can be steered to take general education classes in the social sciences in internationalrelations, trade, public policy, international development, urban planning, social systems, ruraldevelopment, etc.Other engineering educational examples include the University of Colorado BoulderEngineering for Developing Communities11 (EDC) program which “educates

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Page 11.445.2 Developing Positive Teaming in a Product Development and Entrepreneurship Course Using an Off-Campus Weekend SeminarOverviewOne of the most important concerns in teaching a product development and entrepreneurshipcourse with multidisciplinary teams is to ensure that the teams function effectively. This can bedifficult when the course contains a significant workload for each team, such as the developmentof a new product idea along with a complete business plan for the product in a single semester.Experience with four semesters of classes shows that more cohesive, process driven teams arestronger and experience greater success on a variety of levels than less cohesive teams. Toaddress these important team issues, the

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine

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Construction

). These IACs are boards of practicing professionals withina specific discipline who advise programs as to what is important for professional practice. In2003, the CMT program’s IAC identified four types of written documents to incorporate intoCET 356: the formal business letter, memos, meeting minutes, and field notes. In the CMTprogram, an ongoing case history for an on-campus building is introduced to the freshmen classthrough plans and specifications. This case history is used throughout the curriculum in severalof the discipline courses. This project is the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) thatincludes a combination of office space and open shop area. Using this case history, fourassignments were given to the students. During the 2004

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

educationalbackground is not specified. Since research is usually not as critical for ET faculty as teaching,many ET programs will hire faculty with only a Master’s degree. As a result, a broader pool ofapplicants and experiences may be available from which ET programs benefit. Sabbaticals aretypically provided and may be used for a variety of professional development activities includingcourse development, discipline specific research and professional education activities.Rising expectations for scholarship without a corresponding reduction in other requirementshave resulted in excellent teaching no longer being the sole requirement for tenure.6-7 Thus ETfaculty must have a plan for professional development that will meet the institution’sexpectations

Conference Session

Capstone Courses I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Smith, University of Kentucky-Lexington; Jamey Jacob, University of Kentucky; Suzanne Smith, University of Kentucky; James Lumpp, University of Kentucky

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

control and ground station designs are presented in detail elsewhere.10In this paper, an overview of the technical accomplishments of the BIG BLUE project isprovided in the next section, along with the plan for phased development of the culminatinghigh-altitude experiment and highlights of the three experiments to date. Descriptions of thestudent experiences have been presented previously,11,12 but the three-year perspective providesan opportunity for more comprehensive review of the educational and project management of astudent project of this technical complexity and scope. Courses, NASA and industry interactionand support are summarized. Finally, workforce development results will be presented.The BIG BLUE Flight ExperimentsThe BIG BLUE

Conference Session

Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinay Kumar Domal, UWA; James Trevelyan, UWA

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International

Manage project: review budget and plans, time and resource estimates, progress data, resource allocation, re-plan where dependencies can be 'relaxed' (eg combining manufacture with testing, concurrent engineering etc).Initial ResultsAt the time of writing this paper we have completed about 40 two-hour interviews and a largenumber of field observations, about half in Australia and half in Pakistan. The need for acomprehensive description of engineering work has forced us to focus first on the Australiandata. Trevelyan (2005) presents the results of this first phase. The current focus is ontechnical knowledge, which seems to be more elusive than the vast number of publishedengineering technical papers might

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma; Beth Brueggen, University of Oklahoma

Camp Concrete.To further instill a sense of mission and urgency,each day of the first week was pre-planned withgroup meetings and work. The meeting topicsincluded an orientation to the summer's goals,introduction to the research topics and instruction oncompleting literature reviews, creating a test matrix,planning work, keeping records of the research in alab book and writing a research report. The worksessions included initial cleaning and organizationof their work area, rebuilding several pieces ofequipment, removing the old racking system fromthe environmental chamber and replacing it with amore efficient rack system built from raw Figure 2 – New shelves in usematerials and modifying a surplus table to serve asa batching table

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, selecting the best design, constructing, and evaluating performancerelative to initial design specifications. Teams undertake a common project – in terms of clientneeds – although design products to meet these needs may vary.Biomedical Engineering Design I & IIDuring these two quarters, seniors undertake and construct their capstone design project workingon a relevant problem in biomedical engineering. This begins from the development of thedesign problem from a set of (real) client needs, establishing specifications, planning the project, Page 11.1427.3scheduling and efficient use of resources, examining ethics and safety in

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

or higher and 47% from those $45,000 - $50,0003. Only34% of the student participants were female. However, the first event was notably successful inreaching younger students: 71% of attendees were freshman or sophmores.Year TwoThe second annual event was held in March, 2000. It was dubbed “I Am The Future, A HighTech Maui Boot Camp.” This time nine local tech companies helped plan, coordinate, andpresent the program to 50 students and 10 educators. Staff from the companies again presentedinformation on the range of job responsibilities and preparation required. In addition, a specialsession was held for teachers and counselors on the education requirements and desired skill setsfor new hires. Information on internships available at the Park

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Alesia Ferguson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Patrick Hager, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Aristide Sanou, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Daniel Shenoda, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

for Medical Sciences. She has collaborated with a series of University, Government and Corporate bodies interested in quantifying activity patterns relevant to understanding human exposure and dose and her current research work focuses on exposure assessment in various residential and occupational settings.Patrick Hager, Armstrong Atlantic State University Patrick Hager is a sophomore civil engineering student at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA. He plans to complete his Bachelor of Science degree at Georgia Tech.Aristide Sanou, Armstrong Atlantic State University Aristide Sanou is a sophomore mechanical engineering student at Armstrong Atlantic State

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Dibella, Northeastern University; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and soon become obsolete. Enter the Dean of Engineering. After somediscussion with the current Dean of Engineering, it was agreed that a larger space would be toeveryone’s advantage due to the extreme popularity of these courses in addition to the initialcorporate interest. A quest for a new and larger space would begin. Interestingly enough, spaceis at a great premium at Northeastern, which made this search for space that more difficult. Itwas at this point that the Dean of Engineering formed a Facilities Planning Committee whosemission was to identify new and innovative ways to obtain teaching and laboratory space. Duringthe course of this quest, a space was identified that would be a possible fit for the new IndustrialControl Systems

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Huang, University of San Diego; James Kohl, University of San Diego; Veronica Galvan, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students (second semester mechanical engineering juniors) and both had fairlycompatible learning objectives. Although not as straightforward as the aforementioned ones, thefeasibility factor was affirmed as well after performing a detailed review and planning of thetopics to be covered for both courses. During the review, in addition to topical concerns,attention was paid especially to the timing aspect of the related topics across the two courses, toensure that there could be adequate time gap between the key foundational concepts introducedin the Dynamics and when the students would see their corresponding applications in the Designof Machinery. To this end, the generation of a topics breakdown schedule (similar to the workbreakdown schedule

Conference Session

Teaching Emerging Energy Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; James Sawyer, Macomb Community College

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

framework that will be used for ASE certification• Provided transfer student advising by university faculty at community college3.1 Advisory CommitteeInitiating the development and implementation of all activities requires a system of coordinationfor exchange of information and resources and effective utilization of institutional strengths.Collaboration among faculty and administrators from both institutions and their industry partnerswas formalized through the creation of an advisory committee, which meets regularly to developand implement the planned activities and monitor progress of the project. To create this advisorycommittee, both institutions extend their existing collaborative partnership between theirfaculties to incorporate industry

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

curriculum. Curricular elements ofthe threads include technology enabled learning, service learning, business plans, and enterpriseteam projects. Using the Steps for Better Thinking Model2 as the developmental umbrella, allcurricular elements are strategically placed within the curriculum to provide both an integrativethread between the major components as well as a developmental thread for improving complexthinking skills. The primary role of the technology enabled support modules is to provide thefoundational scaffolding necessary to develop more complex reasoning while simultaneouslyattempting to address alternative learning styles. To develop this more fully, it is first necessary

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chesney, University of Michigan

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New Engineering Educators

about each ofthe branches. Think about when you decided to go to Graduate school, when you met yoursignificant other, or when your family moved as a child. With practice, it will become easy toremember some very explicit details to these personally significant events. Page 12.307.6The second method is the use of images to bring back memories, where images are defined asphotographs, pictures, and/or floor plans. An image is some pictorial or iconic symbol that hasmeaning to us personally. At first I did not think that this method would work well with mebecause I have no talent as an artist. In fact, my artistic development ended in about 2nd

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri

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Women in Engineering

. Page 12.1262.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Self Efficacy of Women Engineering Students: Three Years of Data at U.S. InstitutionsAbstract This paper describes the results of three years of engineering self-efficacy datacollected from engineering students at five institutions across the U.S. Results indicate that whilestudents show positive progress on some self–efficacy and related subscales, they show adecrease on isolation subscale from the first to second measurement period. It is also notable thatthere are almost no gender differences and that self efficacy seems to be related to participationin extracurricular activities and student plans to persist in the

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wu, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sanjeev Khanna, University of Missouri; Richard Wyatt, University of Missouri; Roger Korenberg, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

good fit with energy efficiency concepts we have proposed as part of our integrated resource plan filing with the Missouri Public Service Commission.” • Student Organization: Affiliated with the proposed Center, the MU Student Society of Energy Conservation if formed: “To promote energy awareness, conservation, and efficiency. To promote renewable and clean energy systems. To educate ourselves and the public about energy conservation…” The Society will collaborate with, and compliment to the Center activities in a number of areas.Strategically, this network of partnership work together to utilize the resultant synergy to helpestablish Missouri IAC as the center of resources and services for industrial energy

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

virtualrobot controllable through the interface can autonomously perform a number of basic primitives(such as path planning, unsupervised traversal, etc.), but also allow the human to be flexible inthe type of interaction – from direct tele-operation of the robotic vehicle to a collaborative role inwhich the human communicates to the robot through a natural language processor.As part of the design experience, each team is provided 1-2 robots, basic robot operatinginstructions, and time for each member of the team to individually explore the interface. Eachteam is then tasked with realizing their solution to the problem identified through the team-brainstorming session using the human-robot interface module and associated robot platform(Figure 5

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

think deeper and learnmore.Thirdly, the students will have equal opportunities to learn. In IBSDC, each student has differentprogramming assignment and the student’s performance is evaluated individually by theinstructor. The workload unbalance can be reduced.Fourthly, but not lastly, it is not a “quick-and-dirty” process. It requires the students program byfollowing standard rules and conventions. It is a strict but helpful process to obtain goodprogramming habits.4. Implementation of IBSDCAs illustrated in Figure 2, IBSDC in programming labs is implemented in five steps. For thehomework assignment, the implementation process is similar, but the time lengths may vary.Grouping Planning Coding Testing

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glen DePalma, Purdue University; Pouneh Eftekhari

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

give my peer mentor partner time to talk”. Although peer mentors believed they can assess a situation, understand theaudience, know how to prepare, and know how to report, peer evaluations show thatmentors are not well organized and do not always plan for class. Some of the mentorsshare their weaknesses: “I could also plan more with my peer mentor partner before classso that the class goes smoother and we touch on more topics in one class session”, “Ihave to plan better in order to keep the class engaged and interested for the entire 50minute period”, “Something else that we can improve on is to be more efficient with ouruse of time because some students felt that we take too much time to cover somematerial”. Mentors rank