At the 2016 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, I published a tips and tricks paper about successfully completing a Ph.D. In this paper, I summarized resources I found useful during my doctoral studies, some advice I was given, and lessons I learned along the way. The full paper can be accessed from the ASEE website.
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On December 5, I presented a webinar for GradSWE on tips for successfully completing your dissertation. The topics included project management, time management, and writing.
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This year I was recognized as one of the Society of Women Engineers' Distinguished New Engineers. This award is given to a maximum of 10 engineers each year. The award recognizes women who have progressed in their technical careers, contributed to their local community, and to SWE.
I was selected for successfully navigating a career transition from industry to academia, for innovative research in engineering education, and for leadership in fulfilling the SWE mission.
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On May 10, 2016, I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering. It was not an easy task, but it was a necessary step to achieve my goal of becoming a professor so I pushed through. Along the way, I identified a few key things that contributed to my success at Illinois:
- Advisor(s) have a huge impact on your progress
- Project and time management skills are important
- Stay focused on the end goal
- Find sometime time for yourself
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The technical details of my laboratory kit for control systems were published in the Raspberry Pi special edition of Electronics. This article also includes the newly added Furuta Inverted Pendulum attachment for the kit. The open access paper can be found on the Electronics website.
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I created a video demonstration of my control systems laboratory kit to help expand the reach of the new possibilities of instructional laboratories with low-cost hardware.
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Recent Publications
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Tips for Creating a Functional Personal Knowledge Management System in Academia
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Preparing Women in STEM for Faculty Careers through a Job Search Workshop Series
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Adopting Alternative Grading in an Upper-Level Laboratory Course in Bioengineering
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Development of a Community of Practice for Rethinking Best Practices in Post-COVID Experiential Learning
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Converting a Biomedical Instrumentation Lab From In-person to Online