Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Jaime Hernandez, Texas State University-San Marcos; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Engineering Education (ISEE) is one element of the NationalScience Foundation funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE). Theprimary goal of ISEE is to cultivate a diverse community of engineering education researcherswho can think and work across disciplines with the ultimate aim of improving the engineeringstudent experience. A secondary goal is to formulate principles and models for advancing thisscholarship community. To fulfill these goals, the ISEE team designed three year-long Instituteshosted by the University of Washington (2004), Stanford University (2005) and HowardUniversity (2006). At each of these Institutes, engineering faculty and graduate students havelearned research methods, designed and conducted research

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Fortenberry assertthat while researchers and educators have developed a number of classroom and college-wideassessments – oftentimes in preparation for an ABET accreditation visit – no national assessmentexist to measure engineering student learning outcomes and the instructional practices thatsupport those outcomes[2].In response, CASEE has developed two surveys to assess the extent to which engineeringstudents are engaging in identified “best instructional practices” and are achieving certainlearning outcomes desired of engineering graduates. This paper describes the validation processof the E-FSSE survey and provides some preliminary analysis of that validation process.RationaleThe CASEE questionnaires were developed in a systematic and rigorous

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

factors and solutions to overcomebarriers. Thus, the following research question guided this portion of the research study: • What do engineering educators take into consideration when making teaching-related decisions?As part of our research, we have chosen to use a qualitative interview approach to understandengineering educators’ teaching-related decision making. We focus our first analysis on half ofthe dataset (10 interviews), in order to identify hypotheses and themes that can be tested againstthe rest of the dataset. This focused analysis of the collected interview data revealed thatengineering educators in our sample utilized a range of factors that may impact their teaching-related decisions making. For the purpose of this

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Robert Chin, East Carolina University; Charles Coddington, East Carolina University; Paul Petersen, East Carolina University; Fonooni Hamid

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

following: formal procedures for providingmentorship or a formal mentoring program linking university and departmental resources(human and material); the roles and/or responsibilities of the department chair, the mentor and Page 12.1058.5the new faculty member; established Best Practices for mentoring or established Qualities of aGood Mentor; mentorship short and long term goals; mentorship training; and a continuousimprovement feedback process.11 The Faculty Manual is clear on the roles and responsibilities of the Unit Administrator,the Department Chair, in some smaller units this may be the Dean or Associate Dean, thereforewe recognize

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Benitez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Juan Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Yesenia Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Marta Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Industrial EngineersYesenia Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Yesenia Cruz is a graduate student working at the International Service Systems Research Lab in issues of complex systems for disaster relief. She is president of the Student chapter of INFORMS at the UPRM.Marta Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Marta Rosa is a 4th year Industrial Engineering student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and is part of a group of undergrads that participates in opportunities for research at the IE department. Marta is a member of IIE.Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Dr. Alexandra Medina-Borja is an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico at

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

remains a challenge for young facultymembers. There are helpful materials that are provided in the literature 2,3; however, they maynot be specific enough to deal with one’s actual struggles. When a new faculty member joins anew institution, they may be pressured to adapt to that institution’s teaching style, researchinterests, and its cultural environment. This pressure may be driven by the administration and/orthe individual may simply feel pressured to fit in. Graduating from the University of Florida(UF), the author’s academic career started at The City College of New York (CCNY). CCNYand UF differ in teaching atmosphere, research environment, history, demographics, and culture.The author believed that the use of visual aids such as