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Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Genik, Wayne State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

11.1213.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Labs: The Challenges and Practical Considerations for New FacultyIntroductionIt is very common for untenured engineering faculty to be assigned the responsibility forteaching and managing a teaching laboratory in their program. At undergraduate institutions thisis due to the relatively low numbers of faculty in departments, the faculty replacement process,and the desire for the program to update their laboratories. Similar reasons exist atgraduate/research intuitions, but, in addition, we might add the unwillingness of senior faculty tocarry out this task as a reason for the assignment of a new faculty member to this task. Thepurpose

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Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

2006-1168: EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PEDAGOGICAL TECHNIQUESJohn Marshall, University of Southern MaineJune Marshall, St. Joseph's College JUNE MARSHALL received her doctorate from North Carolina State University and is Director of Education at St. Joseph’s College in Maine. Her specialization is learning strategies focusing specifically in cooperative leaning and character education. Page 11.514.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Effective and Efficient Pedagogical TechniquesThe purpose of this paper is to identify and describe teaching tools and techniques thatwill help new faculty

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Malicky, University of San Diego; Ming Huang, University of San Diego; Susan Lord, University of San Diego

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New Engineering Educators

education,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Conference, 2002. http://www.asee.org/about/events/conferences/search.cfm10. Prince, M. J. and R. M. Felder, “Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases,” to appear in Journal of Engineering Education, 2006.11. Kanter, D. E., Smith, H. D., McKeenna, A., Rieger, C., and R. A. Linsenmeier, “Inquiry-based laboratory instruction throws out the “cookbook” and improves learning,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Conference, 2003. http://www.asee.org/about/events/conferences/search.cfm12. National Research Council, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. National Academies Press, 2000a. http://www.nap.edu

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Barath Baburao, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

through the stimulation and motivationof students [1]. Accordingly, it makes sense that those selected to teach undergraduatestudents should be trained properly for this function. Unfortunately, while mostcandidates applying for openings have little teaching experience, the institutions that arelooking to hire prospective faculty expect their candidates to be “teaching ready”[2].Adding to this problem is that the teaching experience that graduate students receive isquite different across the nation. For example, some graduate students are just used tograde homework and examinations, while others run homework recitations and a thirdgroup handles the laboratory. All of these experiences are quite unique and, at somelevel, a newly-hired faculty

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

2006-1858: PORTFOLIOS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: WHAT DO THEYPROMISE AND HOW CAN THEY BE USED?Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington ZHIWEI GUAN is a doctoral student in the University of Washington’s Technical Communication department and a member of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education (LUCEE).Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington STEVE LAPPENBUSCH is a doctoral student in the University of Washington’s Technical Communication department and a member of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education (LUCEE).Jennifer Turns, University of Washington JENNIFER TURNS is an assistant professor of Technical Communication at the University of Washington

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

publication, submitting grant proposals, participating in professional societies,and working on departmental and university committees.Teaching is considered the primary activity for faculty members and carries the highest weight(65%) toward the tenure decision. As a result a great deal of effort is channeled each year intoevery aspect related to teaching courses. Lectures are updated to improve class discussions andunderstanding; laboratory exercises are restructured to provide the right emphasis; homeworkassignments are refreshed; and projects are rejuvenated to increase the application of the subjectmatter. All of this effort is aimed at increasing the students’ comprehension of the material beingstudied. Regrettably this process creates a

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

Learning and Education,”“Course Curriculum, and Laboratory Innovation12-13.” This is “educational scholarship”at its core. It is just as rigorous as traditional research in Topic X, Y, A, or B, although itmay be a good idea to talk with your Department Chair or Dean before submitting one ofthese proposals.Tip #2: Teach to Your Strengths, then to Your Goals – When you start your facultycareer, you are an expert in Topic X and have a broad view of your discipline as a whole.However, as research continues to add increasing depth, it may be very difficult for a newfaculty member to teach certain courses. Go through your department curriculum andplan out what courses you would like to teach and which you would like to avoid.The author was fortunate to

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

also emphasize teaching excellence over grantmoney and research accomplishments. Each position has its own characteristics that may beviewed as either advantages or disadvantages by different people. Tenure track positions inengineering technology3-7 and at predominantly undergraduate teaching institutions8-10 provideother options for those not interested in traditional tenure-track positions at research universities.Visiting positions,11-12 adjunct13-15 and laboratory instructor positions also provide alternatives totenure-track positions at various institutions.Most graduate students looking for academic positions have come through a traditionalengineering science program and have attended a research university as part of their education.In

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Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Roxane Neal, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

Yellin forserving as internal advisors as part of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education atthe University of Washington.We would also like to thank the many people who developed the web sites, articles, research,guides, and other teaching-related resources that we have linked to on our web site. Our sitecould not exist without their expertise and hard work.References 1. De Jong, M. and Van Der Geest, T. (2000). Characterizing web heuristics. Technical Communication, 47(3), pp. 311-326. 2. Van Duyn, D.K., Landay, J.A., and Hong, J.I. (2003). Making the most of web design patterns. In The Design of Sites: Patterns, principles, and process for crafting a customer-centered web experience. Addison-Wesley

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Women & New Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cory Hoffman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Melissa Zaczek, Rochester Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

years both grading for the Materials Science course and teaching laboratories.Melissa Zaczek, Rochester Institute of Technology MELISSA A. ZACZEK is a student at Rochester Institute of Technology completing her BS and ME in Mechanical Engineering. Her Masters focus is project management with a concentration in business. Her undergraduate focus is bioengineering with an American Politics minor. Page 11.1160.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Student-Faculty PartnershipsAbstractOne of the biggest challenges facing new engineering faculty members is finding good

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Faculty Development Toolkit

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

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New Engineering Educators

in the state of Louisiana.Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University BILL ELMORE, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor and Hunter Henry Chair, Mississippi State University. His teaching areas include the integrated freshman engineering and courses throughout the chemical engineering curriculum including unit operations laboratories and reactor design. His current research activities include engineering educational reform, enzyme-based catalytic reactions in micro-scale reactor systems, and bioengineering applied to renewable fuels and chemicals.Walter Bradley, Baylor University WALTER BRADLEY is a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He has a B.S

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Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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New Engineering Educators

packages, so very limited facilities are available to start a research program. As a result,the start-up costs of the research may be higher than at research institutions. For many newfaculty, there is no existing research group to join, so the faculty member starts from scratch. Inaddition to these external challenges, often the PUI is not set up to support the faculty inobtaining external research funds, as this may be a relatively new activity there.Locating facilities for research is difficult at a PUI. Faculty must find a way to useundergraduate teaching laboratories for their research, or need to locate funds to outfit a new lab. Page

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Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

research lab and get aresearch group started. Keeping abreast of the literature sometimes falls by the wayside in-between preparing for classes, ordering equipment, teaching laboratory procedures to students,grading, scholarly writing, writing proposals, etc. As many of us know, familiarity with currentliterature is crucial to conducting sound research. While the new faculty member may haveperiodic cramming sessions with the literature prior to submitting a proposal or other scholarlywriting, their researchers in the lab can overlook this important component of conducting soundresearch.Regular, organized meetings focused only on reading and discussing articles in the literature canhelp overcome this literature lethargy, strengthen the education of

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Garrick Louis, University of Virginia

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New Engineering Educators

the NSF New Young Investigators (NYI) award in1992. In 1992, NSF instituted the Presidential Faculty Fellows (PFF) award as a moreselective program that awarded young faculty up to $100,000 per year for five years withno matching-fund option.Among the results of a 1992 report on the Presidential Young Investigator program, wasthe finding that awardees believed that educational activities were not valued by theirinstitutions. Partly in response to this concern, the Faculty Early Career Development(CAREER) program was approved by NSF’s National Science Board in 1994, and thefirst awards were made in fiscal year (FY) 1995. While the focus of earlier programs wasprimarily on research, the focus of the CAREER program is on integrating teaching