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Confidence Of Graduate Students In Engineering Masters’ Programs: A Comparison Of Returners And Direct-Pathway Students, Diane Peters, Elizabeth Gross
Confidence Of Graduate Students In Engineering Masters’ Programs: A Comparison Of Returners And Direct-Pathway Students, Diane Peters, Elizabeth Gross
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
Confidence is a critical factor in the success of graduate students; those who are not confident of their ability to succeed will have greater difficulties in persisting and graduating with the degree that they seek. Therefore, cultivating confidence is an important part of equipping graduate students for success, and the question of where confidence comes from is an important one. In this study, 300 graduate students were surveyed, including both returners (students with a gap of at least five years between completing their undergraduate education and starting graduate study) and direct pathway students (students with a gap less than five …
Development Of An Online Course In Research For Undergraduate Students, Diane Peters, Ronald Kumon, Garielle Feeny
Development Of An Online Course In Research For Undergraduate Students, Diane Peters, Ronald Kumon, Garielle Feeny
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
This Work in Progress paper will cover the development of an online course in research practices for undergraduate students. Active participation in research is an important part of experiential learning, which can help to prepare students for careers in a variety of settings including industrial R&D departments, academia, and government research labs. Undergraduate students’ research experiences may be limited in their value, however, by the learning curve students face as they begin to conduct research. The quality of their training may also be limited, with some receiving excellent training and orientation from a strong research lab or faculty mentor, and …
Student Perceptions Of Connections Between An Introductory Dynamic Systems Class And Co-Op Work Experience, Diane Peters
Student Perceptions Of Connections Between An Introductory Dynamic Systems Class And Co-Op Work Experience, Diane Peters
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
This work focuses on connections that students see between co-op work assignments and a specific class in their mechanical engineering curriculum, typically taken in the second half of their junior year or the first half of their senior year. Students in the course wrote an essay, as a required assignment, in which they reflected on the links between their co-op work and the course, and were asked for permission to use those essays in the professor’s research on this topic. Analysis of the essays shows that students typically did see connections; in many cases, these were connected to the course …
How Students View The Role Of Faculty Advisors In The Swe Organization, Diane Peters, Maryam Darbeheshti, Gloria Guohua Ma, Karinna M. Vernaza, Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, Christina Remucal, Stephanie G. Wettstein
How Students View The Role Of Faculty Advisors In The Swe Organization, Diane Peters, Maryam Darbeheshti, Gloria Guohua Ma, Karinna M. Vernaza, Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, Christina Remucal, Stephanie G. Wettstein
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) collegiate sections attract many men and women to the society, and they can be among the largest and most active student organizations on the university campuses. A key factor to boost membership is the active involvement of faculty advisors, who serve as the liaison between SWE collegiate sections, the university, the National SWE organization, and professional SWE members. A group of SWE faculty advisors previously conducted a survey of faculty advisors and counselors, with advisors and counselors aggregated in the results, to determine what aspects of their role they consider most significant, and how …
Investigating The Experiences Of Military Professionals Who Return To Engineering Graduate School, Diane Peters, Elizabeth Gross
Investigating The Experiences Of Military Professionals Who Return To Engineering Graduate School, Diane Peters, Elizabeth Gross
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
Those graduate students known as returners, who have a gap of at least five years between their undergraduate degree conferral and their return to school for a graduate degree, have a wide variety of different experiences. While many of them spend those gap years in employment at an industrial employer, some of them serve in the military in various capacities. As military experience is different from working at an industrial employer, one might expect that these returners will be different in their outlook, skills, or approach to learning. In this study, the differences between military returners and returners from industry …
Professional Women Identify Their Professional And Personal Needs, Diane Peters, Anne M. Lucietto, Liza Ann Russell, Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan
Professional Women Identify Their Professional And Personal Needs, Diane Peters, Anne M. Lucietto, Liza Ann Russell, Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
Professional women in various fields often express issues they encounter in being able to access quality materials to support professional and personal needs, as well as work-life balance. By studying a variety of modes through which these materials are generally obtained, including conference participation, informal communication via social media, and utilization of networking opportunities, several gaps were identified in available support for professionals. Professionals from various backgrounds were also surveyed in order to better identify their needs in terms of career development. Distributed through a variety of social networks including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, as well as the Indiana Secretary …
The Autodrive Challenge: Autonomous Vehicles Education And Training Issues, Diane Peters, Jennifer Bastiaan, Juan R. Pimentel, Mehrdad Zadeh
The Autodrive Challenge: Autonomous Vehicles Education And Training Issues, Diane Peters, Jennifer Bastiaan, Juan R. Pimentel, Mehrdad Zadeh
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
Automotive companies are focusing significant research and development efforts on autonomous vehicles. As they do so, they recognize the need for a large, well-trained workforce that is equipped to conduct these research and development projects, particularly in light of the projected shortages of STEM professionals in the United States. Some of these companies have found various ways to engage with professional societies and with universities to encourage the development of this workforce, and to promote themselves to STEM students while they are still in school. One such effort is the SAE / GM AutoDrive ChallengeTM, a new collegiate competition organized …
Choose Wisely: Static Or Kinetic Friction—The Power Of Dimensionless Plots, Daniel O. Ludwigsen, Kathryn A. Svinarich
Choose Wisely: Static Or Kinetic Friction—The Power Of Dimensionless Plots, Daniel O. Ludwigsen, Kathryn A. Svinarich
Physics Publications
Consider a problem of sliding blocks, one stacked atop the other, resting on a friction-less table. If the bottom block is pulled horizontally, nature makes a choice: if the applied force is small, static friction between the blocks accelerates the blocks together, but with a large force the blocks slide apart. In that case, kinetic friction still forces the upper block forward but with less acceleration than the lower block. The choice, then, lies in the relative terms—what is meant by small and large? After a confusing experience during a recent exam, we’ve found a demonstration and graphical presentation that …
A Simple Electric Field Probe In A Gauss's Law Laboratory, Daniel O. Ludwigsen, Gregory N. Hassold
A Simple Electric Field Probe In A Gauss's Law Laboratory, Daniel O. Ludwigsen, Gregory N. Hassold
Physics Publications
Early in our calculus-based introductory course, students are introduced to electric fields and sometimes struggle with the abstraction of a vector field. They have less familiarity with the phenomena associated with electric fields, and the connection between phenomena and mathematical formalism is weaker. Our very next topic is Gauss's law.
Mechatronics Education At Kettering University: Development Of Learning- Specific Hardware And Software, Jeffrey Hargrove, Theodore J. Stokes
Mechatronics Education At Kettering University: Development Of Learning- Specific Hardware And Software, Jeffrey Hargrove, Theodore J. Stokes
Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials
A series of learning-specific electronic circuit boards and associated software has been developed to support mechatronics education in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Kettering University. The boards are designed to interface to the Toshiba TLCS-900H Microprocessor Trainer and Evaluation Board. The purpose of these boards is to provide mechanical engineering students of mechatronics with robust hardware that readily permits interfacing of sensors and actuators to microcontrollers used in mechatronic applications. Further, the boards feature signal conditioning circuits for use in conjunction with sensors, and driver circuits for operating high-current actuating devices. Supporting software has been written to permit ready use …