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Conference Session
Career Decisions and Faculty Development
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rohini N. Abhyankar, Arizona State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University
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Educational Research and Methods
-curricular andextracurricular activities and to take greater advantage of on-campus academic and careerresources. Through this engagement, students may be more likely to meet potential socializerswho can stimulate and expand their career planning. Engineering programs can also liaise withemployers to make sure that job exploration and career mentorship are an explicit component ofco-op and internship programs, in addition to impressing upon industry personnel the impact ofindividual, one-on-one interactions with students on student career decision-making.Engineering faculty particularly have a large platform with which they can influence students’decisions, as they interface with students as professors, academic advisors, club advisors, andresearch
Conference Session
Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E., Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Tech ; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech
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International
, interdisciplinarymix of undergraduate and graduate students and a post-doctoral researcher from various colleges and de-partments at Virginia Tech who work together to explore engineering and construction human centeredissues with an emphasis on understanding difference and disparity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Key words: Study abroad; Faculty motivation; Faculty engagementSustaining a Study Abroad Program at Scale: What Motivates Faculty Members to Engage in Such Programs?As engineering work continues to become more globalized with multinational teams working onproblems in an array of contexts, engineers will need to understand how to work across politicaland
Conference Session
Faculty Track - Technical Session II
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Nicole N. Aljoe, Northeastern University; Stacy Blake-Beard, Simmons College; Michele C. Deramo, Virginia Tech; Barbara J. Guthrie, Northeastern University; Kathleen Kenney, Northeastern University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University; Jan Rinehart, Northeastern University; Rania Sanford, Stanford University; Shawna Vican, University of Delaware
Tagged Topics
Faculty
lived experiences of faculty women ofcolor, including “surviving and thriving” strategies; 3) sessions on diversity research; 4) hands-on workshops focused on career development strategies; and 5) a screening of the documentary“Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower” followed by a Q&Asession with the filmmaker. The conference was also designed to encourage networking andincluded a poster session, a breakout session where small groups brainstormed solutions to careerproblems, and an evening networking reception.The conference drew 181 attendees from more than 50 institutions across the US, includinguniversity faculty, administrators, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students. While mostparticipants were from
Conference Session
Faculty Track - Technical Session V
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E. Smith, North Carolina State University; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington
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Faculty
focus on Operations Research at Georgia Tech. She is President of the Health Systems Engineering Alliance (HSEA) Board of Directors. She is an active member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Dr. Ivy served as the 2007 Chair (President) of the INFORMS Health Applications Society and is a past President for the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum. Her research interests are mathematical modeling of stochastic dynamic systems with emphasis on statistics and decision analysis as applied to health care, public health, and humanitarian logistics.Dr. Jessica T DeCuir-Gunby, NC State University Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby is a Professor of Educational Psychology and University Faculty
Conference Session
Faculty Track - Technical Session IV
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Elsa D. Garcin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Wayne G. Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan McDonough, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Kevin Erling Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Faculty
, department chair, and a junior faculty member. Adding these additionalcharacters allows us theatrically to explore the power differentials between faculty, along withimplicit biases, and to illustrate just how complicated an unstructured process can become. At theconclusion of Act II, we again moderate a conversation guided by three questions: 1) How didthe individual reviews impact the dynamics of the group review?; 2) What is your impression ofthe overall dynamics of that meeting?; and 3) What are some suggestions for improving thisprocess? In the discussion, we again provide space for our colleagues to raise other questions andto take the lead on “unpacking” these skits. Our performances of this focused conversation haveresulted in enriching
Conference Session
Engineering Career Attitudes
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer, Texas State University; Sara Garcia Torres M.Ed., Texas State University; Laura Rodríguez Amaya
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Pre-College Engineering Education
Engineering Education, 2018The influence of early STEM career exploration as related to motivation and self-determination theoryDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Dr. Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer, Dr. Laura Cano Amaya andMs. Sara TorresAbstractA science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer intervention program is thesetting for a career-exploration research study with over 30 adolescent students in a low-incomecommunity. Using motivation and self-determination theory as a framework, the impact of earlyexposure to engineering and mathematics career opportunities is examined. In the larger study weutilized mixed methods to analyze how changes in middle school students’ affective characteristicsmay be linked to their future career decision
Conference Session
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Leon Szeli, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University
Tagged Divisions
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
you keep in mind that some of the respondents graduated 16 years ago.In order to increase response-rate we took multiple actions that were developed based on pastexperiences and best practices [40]: • The invitations and survey featured clear but appealing design with photos of the course • We ensured concise content without unnecessary details. The content of the three e- mails varied slightly, highlighting various values for the respondent each time: the opportunity to give something back to their alma mater and prospective students by further improving the curriculum; the chance to reflect on their own educational and career goals; and an opportunity to win a prize. • The initial drafts took 20
Conference Session
Professional Skills for Graduate Students
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 “I came in thinking there was one right practice”: Exploring how to help graduate students learn to read academic researchAbstractIn the fall of 2017, an engineering educator with many years of experience offered a course toincoming doctoral students. The course was focused on helping the students explore approachesto reading published scholarship and develop their own scholarly reading practice. The coursewas taken by a student who documented her experiences in a reflection journal. Against thisbackdrop, this paper uses
Conference Session
Student Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bryon Kucharski, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joan Giblin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mehmet Ergezer, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Student
enter college and combine past study habits with new learning strategies in an effort tohandle the collegiate workload of 4-5 undergraduate courses. Undergraduates learn new learningstrategies from personal experience, suggestions from faculty and staff, adaptation of past habits,and observation of and discussion with their peers. Thus, their ability to incorporate newstrategies into their own academic life is in many ways limited to the people they have contactwith, both in face-to-face settings, and now through the Internet. Undergraduate help-seekingbehavior can be influenced by faculty and peers 1,2 . While faculty members, tutors, mentors, andadvisors are a valid source of advice, recent graduates and current junior/senior students
Conference Session
Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Beyond the Undergraduate Years
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cliff Fitzmorris, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma
Tagged Topics
ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity
experience to quickly bolster their program in areas where more courses are neededbut more research faculty are not.We found that the diverse career experience among our participants was an asset to their departments andthey believe their experience provides unique perspectives and experience that enrich their courses.G. Self-Reported Motivation to TeachOur second research question explores the factors that non-tenure-track engineering faculty believe motivatethem to teach. Studies of non-tenure-track faculty from all disciplines have shown that non-tenure-trackfaculty are motivated to teach by interaction with students, the classroom environment, and the ability tostrike a satisfactory balance between work and personal responsibilities. We asked
Conference Session
Connecting BME education to the "real world"
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Julia N. Savoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas at Austin; Henry Grady Rylander III P.E., The University of Texas at Austin
Tagged Divisions
Biomedical Engineering
Paper ID #21704The Influence of an Externship on BME Predoctoral StudentsCareer Devel-opmentMs. Julia N. Savoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Julia N. Savoy, M.S., is an Assistant Researcher in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Univer- sity of Wisconsin-Madison. One aspect of her research examines the effects of professional development participation on the career pathways of doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars, and early-career faculty.Prof. Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Mia K. Markey is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in
Conference Session
Faculty Track - Technical Session I
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Padma Akkaraju, Oregon State University; Joseph McGuire, Oregon State University; Thuy T. Tran, Oregon State University; Andrea Zigler, Oregon State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity, Faculty
college fall 2018, including anintroduction to productive teaming skills through a collaborative game; use of productarcheology to help student explore ways in which products are gendered or racialized;exploration of cognitive bias and how it manifests in our personal and professional lives; acritical history of engineering; and exploration of team roles and the importance ofunderstanding one’s own personality and inclinations when participating on a team. In addition,two members of this subgroup are participating in a parallel effort supported through an NSFRevolutionizing Engineering Departments award: a Professional Learning Community (PLC).PLCs are collegial groups that provide educators across disciplines facilitated opportunities
Conference Session
Research in Faculty Development
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Benjamin David Lutz, Oregon State University; Allyson Jo Barlow, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Dominga Sanchez, Oregon State University
Tagged Topics
Faculty Development Constituency Committee
professional practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Ms. Allyson Jo Ironside, Oregon State University Ally Ironside is a recent graduate from LeTourneau University where she studied Water Resources in Civil Engineering. She is currently fusing her technical background with her passion for education in pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering while conducting research in Engineering Education at Oregon State University. Her research interests include the adoption of teaching best practices in engineering and the personal epistemology development students.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
Grades Influencing Decision to 68% Yes, 32% No 81% Yes, 19% No Stay at WVU Tech People Discouraging Staying in 24% Yes, 76% No 20% Yes, 80% No College Top Three Campus Services Advising, TRIO, Tutoring Advising and TRIO (tied), Used TutoringTable 5: Summary of Themes for Female Students Encouragement to Pursue College Family (with a few citing faculty, career plans, and outside sources) Encouragement to Pursue Major Family, Faculty, Mentors, and Self People Discouraging
Conference Session
Research Methods
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin J. McCave, University of Houston
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
integration of critical incident technique [10] andSchlossberg’s Transition Theory [11–13] to create “incident timelines” capable of examining thetransition of early career engineering education researchers into new faculty positions.Studying transitions is particularly difficult for several reasons, which is why it requires a novelapproach. First, asking questions after-the-fact may not elicit information about how people wereexperiencing a situation in the moment, as people often forget or distort events. Second, peoplemay be reluctant to share certain information, particularly in a situation where interviews wouldeither be conducted by another faculty member or a graduate student. Third, the significance ofan event can be misunderstood if not
Conference Session
Evidence-based Practices in Faculty Development
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Megan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph C. Tise, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven G. Bilén, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Topics
Faculty Development Constituency Committee
innovations within newteaching materials and the support provided by the Leonhard Center helped to facilitate andcatalyze the faculty. Led by the course chair and director of the design program, a proposal wassubmitted to develop a series of modules with the following goals in mind: • Strengthen relationship between the experience of a first-year engineering student and the vision of the college of engineering for graduating students • To provide a framework for students for the world-class engineer early in their education • Provide experience and vocabulary needed to make the World-Class Engineer an important part of engineering students’ identity • World-class Engineer attributes will be reinforced through
Conference Session
Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University ; Reuben F. Burch V, Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions
Cooperative and Experiential Education
connect engineering students with theirsports interests by establishing internships with on-campus athletics programs. For engineeringstudents, internships serve as the gateway to future employment. Both internships and co-op workexperiences provide engineering students with opportunities to expand their courseworkknowledge by applying that knowledge within professional environments [1,2]. In doing so,students who participate in these kinds of experiences are more likely to look toward engineeringrelated employment post-graduation during their career decisions [3]. In this paper, we discuss the partnership between the industrial and systems engineeringdepartment faculty and students and athletic coaches across sports programs and the
Conference Session
Career Development for Engineering Professionals
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rachel LeBlanc, International Council on Systems Engineering; Stacy L. Chiaramonte, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephanie Pals Papia, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jessica Papachriston, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Amanda Maurer Keighley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ; Brian D. Degon, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions
Continuing Professional Development
faculty advisor. ● Success is also influenced by the attitudes formed by the student toward the university in combination with the environment that the university creates for its students. ● Because remote students do not have the same level of interaction with the campus community, special attention must be paid to providing them services in order to build that relationship. ● Meaningful, informed, personalized services during this period and through graduation will lead to higher levels of student satisfaction, retention, and success. ● Stakeholder engagement during the implementation will result in a better solution that is more readily accepted and adopted by the end users.It is with
Conference Session
LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zoe Reidinger
Tagged Topics
Diversity, LGBTQ+
decision to come out during a job interview, career counselors atWPI help prepare students to think about taking jobs in states that have fewer or noprotections for LGBTQ+ people. “If they’re going to Oklahoma,” this person told us,“they need to understand the legal protections they don’t have there, that they do havehere.” LGBTQ people are “a group that you can legally discriminate against in certainparts of the country still in terms of employment,” our source told us. In ResidentialServices, one of the professional staff organized a 5-week course on social justice and 11diversity for university employees and student Resident Advisors. He was recognized
Conference Session
Potpourri - Technical Session IV
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego
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Veterans
) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle Madsen Camacho is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring the Experiences of First-Generation Student Veterans in Engineering AbstractUnderstanding the experiences of first-generation students is important for expanding diversityand inclusion
Conference Session
Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Laura Ann Gelles, Utah State University; Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Marialuisa Di Stefano, Utah State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Ethics
the case study. Mostgraduate students, especially domestic graduate students, did not perceive there to be an ethicalissue present. Most domestic graduate students deflected the issue of foregoing a family and onlysaw an issue with the situation if the mentor explicitly made it clear that the student could notpursue a family and articulated that it was normal to feel pressure to pursue similar researchinterests. International graduate students had highly variable opinions with some ignoring theissue of foregoing a family and focusing on possible negative career impacts, while anotherfound the situation completely unethical because of the influence on personal life decisions. Allfaculty saw this case study as having ethical issues mostly
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
Society of Engineering Educa- tion with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learning. She was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).Dr. Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education Rocio Chavela is Director of Education and Career Development at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University, a B.S. and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de las Americas, Puebla in Mexico. Rocio’s current efforts focus on engineering faculty and graduate student development, with particular
Conference Session
Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther W. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Manish Kumar
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
well [laughter].” Other challenges encountered by mentors included: the mentor did not know much aboutthe student’s project, differential goals between the mentor and student, different preferences forwork time (early vs late in the day), communication, and having enough of a “heads-up” aboutgetting an REU student. This last challenge may be a factor of lack of communication betweenthe mentor and the supervising faculty member, as all faculty members were provided withinformation about their REU student prior to the start of the program.Discussion The purpose of the current study was two-fold: 1) to explore the ways in which graduatestudent mentors approach mentoring REU students; and 2) to study the impact of the
Conference Session
Design and Implementation of Graduate Education
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Meredith Welch-Devine, University of Georgia; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; K. Paige Carmichael, University of Georgia; Janet E. Rechtman, University of Georgia; Brandy B. Walker, University of Georgia; Julie A. Coffield, University of Georgia
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
first cohort of doctoral students participating in thepilot program.Training ModelTraining in professional or “soft” skills, although not new in graduate education, is commonlydone on an ad hoc basis, as a ‘bolt on’ to a student’s program of study. Further, professional skillstraining is often targeted towards career placement and generally offered to students who areadvanced in their graduate studies. While there has no doubt been some success in following thisimplicit approach, we sought to explore how a more explicit approach might better serve STEMgraduate students.The innovative model (see Figure 2) piloted through the GS LEAD program challenges thatparadigm by positioning critical professional skills development [15], [13], [5] at the
Conference Session
Design and Implementation of Graduate Education
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
the Capstone Project Capstone Project Proposal Duration 8 Weeks Formal Presentation Duration 4 WeeksProject Sponsor Advisor Instructor Figure 1 – Two Phases of the Capstone Project Courses FrameworkThe course outline for Part A clearly lays out the details for both parts of the capstone includingthe presentations to be made at the end of each part by all members of a student team.Teams also select a Faculty Advisor during Part A. The Advisor is Subject Matte Expert (SME)in the field. The Advisor can be any one of the
Conference Session
Learning Outcomes and Pedagogical Strategies: Problems of Alignment
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Graham, Johns Hopkins University; Tobin Porterfield, Towson University
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
and applicant’s desires provides arobust environment to explore whether professional skills truly matter in the hiring process. Content analysis of job advertisements was used to research recruitment effectiveness[33] and to identify gaps between skills needed on the job and skills advertised [34]. For this study, the development of a list of terms from the existing literature (Table 4)provides a framework to support the identification of soft skills being sought by employers. Thelist of specific skills in Table 4 represents an aggregation across 5 years of academic researchinto engineering education, based on responses from students, alumni, professionals, andacademics. This additional validation step checks the skills
Conference Session
Faculty Development Work-in-Progress Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Heidi M. Sherick, University of Michigan
Tagged Topics
Faculty Development Constituency Committee
philosophy implored in the program is based on self-awareness, intention, andchoice. Observation and the natural skills and abilities that helped get the faculty members tothis point in their careers are emphasized in the coaching process. Meeting them “where they areat” is a common principle. Initially, there was no planned structure for each person; the coachallowed each individual faculty member to choose the agenda and topic to work on for thesession. The essence of the coaching perspective is that other people are full of potential. Theyare naturally talented, innately resourceful, and destined for greater things. They are also fullycapable of making their own decisions, solving their own problems, and seizing their ownopportunities and are
Conference Session
Career Development for Engineering Professionals
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John S. Nelson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tagged Divisions
Continuing Professional Development
explored how considerations of sustainability influences how project success is defined and measured, project risks, market opportunities, and portfolio management. Most recently, a lesson was introduced to the course focused on helping students understand effective negotiating abilities as a critical project management skill. We explain how negotiations are an important element of life in general, and specifically in project management. Example applications of negotiation in project management include: definition of project scope; development of budget and schedule; management of conflict between team members; analysis of requests for changes to scope, schedule, cost, and specifications; handling results of project audits; and
Conference Session
Graduate Studies Potpourri
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Graham, Johns Hopkins University; Pamela H. Sheff, Johns Hopkins University; Evelyn Carolina Torres-Alfaro, Johns Hopkins University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
choose one graduate program overanother remains largely unexplored. Kallio (1995) identified factors for choosing a graduateprogram that appear similar to the criteria for selecting an undergraduate program – “academicreputation of the program, program quality and size, price/cost, financial aid, geographiclocation, contact with faculty, and a student’s individual characteristics such as academic abilityand achievement” [8]. Kallio also noted that graduate students differ from undergraduates in thatspouses, family and work considerations more heavily influence their graduate program choices. In the same research, Kallio asked graduate enrollees in the University of Michigan theirmotivations for choosing the school in a survey exploring 31
Conference Session
Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Laura Ann Gelles, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Marialuisa Di Stefano, Utah State University; Buffy Smith, University of St. Thomas; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Anne Therese Hunt, Hunt Consulting Associates; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gery W. Ryan, Pardee RAND Graduate School in Policy Analysis
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Minorities in Engineering
and collaboration with others cuts across mental and physical health and he has done research on HIV/AIDS, depression, serious mental illness, child- hood diarrhea and acute respiratory illnesses, obesity and complementary and alternative medicine. Ryan has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa on health-related issues and helped redesign and implement a large-scale education reform in Qatar.Dr. Gery W. Ryan, Gery Ryan is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and core faculty at the Pardee RAND Graduate School where he teaches policy analysis and methods courses and mentors graduate students. Trained as a med- ical anthropologist, Ryan has conducted research on decision-making processes, ethnographies of