A Look at OUr GAANN Program in Civil Engineering

need" has a dual meaning: students must demonstrate financial need, and fellowships are awarded to disciplines viewed as traditionally having a shortage of well-qualified domestic students.Engineering is one such discipline.Since, from the outset, the program has targeted students who are interested in academic careers, statutory requirements dictate the course of study that GAANN Fellows pursue must include a structured education component, so that, upon graduation, they are prepared for both the educational and research missions of academia.Herein, we present an overview of OUr (University of Oklahoma) GAANN program, which we have been offering for the last seven years.A key feature of the program is an educational activity sequence that spans every year of the Ph.D. track; it includes components ranging from traditional TA (teaching assistant) duties to educational coursework on subjects in higher education to team teaching.Herein, we discuss this activity sequence in detail, and we also include observations by students who have progressed