Katy Colbry

• Michigan State University

Definition Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity, especially in low-resource settings, and requires an interdisciplinary response across academia, government, countries, and societies. If unchecked, AMR will hamper progress towards reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (...

We describe a pilot program to engage undergraduates from international institutions in engineering research at a major research university in the Midwestern United States. The inGEAR (Internship in Global Engineering & Advanced Research) program was developed after a number of years of working to accommodate individual faculty who wished to bring...

The CyberAmbassador project aims to provide professional skills training for Cyber-Infrastructure (CI) professionals, with the goal of developing "CyberAmbassadors" [16] who are prepared to facilitate and lead multidisciplinary, computationally-intensive research. This NSF funded program (Award Number 1730137) has the following objectives: (1) Deve...

This paper focuses on the dual-career job search with an eye toward iteratively finding the right fit as a job-seeking couple in engineering education. A review of trends for dual-career couples and dual-career hiring policies underscores the prevalence of dual-earner families. Strategies and resources are outlined for couples with one or more memb...

This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a facilitated discussion series designed to build community among graduate students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) at Michigan State University. Discussion topics were based on themes from "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" by Sheryl Sandberg. Six,...

The College of Engineering at Michigan State University developed a facilitated book discussion series that used the best-selling book "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg1 as a framework for promoting professional development and community building for graduate students. Building on the themes of the book, this program sought to promote reflection among p...

We discuss results from surveys of faculty involved in mentoring undergraduate research assistants in a summer program at Michigan State University. The goals of this study were: (1) to examine how mentors set expectations and communicated with students early in the research experience; (2) to explore the ways that mentors and students interact dur...

We describe the design and implementation of a new honors research seminar for first-and second-year undergraduates. Open to students from all majors, the "CyberGreen" seminar introduced key concepts in engineering, sustainability, and computational science through a series of lectures and hands-on projects. Students learned about the use and maint...

We developed an Engineering Graduate Research Symposium with the goals of (1) giving graduate students the opportunity to present their current research; (2) encouraging cross-disciplinary conversations; and (3) exposing undergraduates to graduate research. The day-long Symposium featured 270 poster presentations from graduate students in nine Engi...