Cross, J. A., & Hasan, M. R., & Polanco-Lahoz, D. A., & Beruvides, M. G., & Cargile Cook, K., & Tham, J. (2024, March), From Conventional Wisdom to Evidence-Based Practice: Validation of Programmatic Design Decisions in Engineering Doctoral Education  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--45381

\bibitem{asee_peer_45381}
  Cross, J. A., \& Hasan, M. R., \& Polanco-Lahoz, D. A., \& Beruvides, M. G., \& Cargile Cook, K., \& Tham, J. (2024, March), \emph{From Conventional Wisdom to Evidence-Based Practice: Validation of Programmatic Design Decisions in Engineering Doctoral Education}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--45381

Jennifer A Cross, Md Rashedul Hasan, Diego Alejandro Polanco-Lahoz, Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Kelli Cargile Cook, and Jason Tham.  "From Conventional Wisdom to Evidence-Based Practice: Validation of Programmatic Design Decisions in Engineering Doctoral Education".  2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas, 2024, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45381 Internet.  28 Jun, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_45381}
  Jennifer A Cross, Md Rashedul Hasan, Diego Alejandro Polanco-Lahoz, Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Kelli Cargile Cook, and Jason Tham.
  "From Conventional Wisdom to Evidence-Based Practice: Validation of Programmatic Design Decisions in Engineering Doctoral Education".
  \emph{2024 ASEE-GSW, Canyon, Texas, 2024, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45381 Internet.  28 Jun, 2025

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AB  - Engineering educators rely heavily on experience and “conventional wisdom” in making key programmatic design decisions. This appears to be particularly true of doctoral education, which has received less research attention than undergraduate education among the engineering education community, as well as the broader STEM education community. Thus, there is a need for greater attention to developing evidence-based practice to support these decisions. This paper presents some of the preliminary results from an ongoing NSF-funded study (Award No. XXXXXXX), focused on understanding the longitudinal development of researcher identity in engineering doctoral students. The study employs user experience (UX) research methods including journey mapping, focus groups, surveys, and interviews to identify the most influential factors to identity formation over time for both online and on-campus doctoral students within one engineering department at a large state university. The current paper focuses on the longitudinal results from the journey maps of an online cohort of students. Data from the 10 participants are analyzed using a multi-step coding process involving three researchers, and key themes are extracted. Findings provide evidence-based support for many common design elements of doctoral programs, such as the “front loading” of coursework to develop research interest and capabilities, and the importance of initiating research collaboration with the dissertation chair early in the student’s program. However, the findings also reveal some factors that may be unique to online doctoral education, such as the increased complexity of the matriculation process (in particular due to challenges related to communication with on-campus parties) and a strong preference for solo vs. group work in course assignments.  Future research includes the incorporation of findings from the on-campus cohort of students, as well as the longer-term incorporation of students from other majors and universities. In addition to disseminating our current findings, a purpose of this paper is to build a network of potential collaborators at other universities in the region.
AU  - Jennifer A Cross
AU  - Md Rashedul Hasan
AU  - Diego Alejandro Polanco-Lahoz
AU  - Mario G. Beruvides P.E.
AU  - Kelli Cargile Cook
AU  - Jason Tham
CY  - Canyon, Texas
DA  - 2024/03/10
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - From Conventional Wisdom to Evidence-Based Practice: Validation of Programmatic Design Decisions in Engineering Doctoral Education
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