Three Penn Staters — one engineering undergraduate and two recent engineering graduates — traveled to China in May to teach undergraduate and graduate students at China University of Mining and Technology in Beijing and Shanghai Jiao Tong University how to improve their research presentation and communication skills.
Kirby Perosa, a rising senior in mechanical engineering, and Kate Waskiw and Mikhala Stevens, who received their bachelor’s degrees in industrial engineering on May 5, were advised by Michael Alley, associate professor of engineering communications. This was Alley’s fourth trip to China to help Penn State engineering students teach the assertion-evidence approach to scientific presentations.