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Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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Foundation. I submitted (as a co-PI) my firstproposal in summer 2004. I was a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site proposaland was funded in December 2004. Batting 1000 is not typical, but the PI and I spent the entiresummer planning and writing the proposal. It was so polished and had been internally reviewedby so many people that I now understand that is the minimum that new faculty need to target. Ithen had a Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) funded in 2006 (NOTE: these are nowGrants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for ExploratoryResearch (EAGER)). My second submission of the CAREER award was funded in 2007 (plus 5supplements), and a Course, Curriculum, and Lab Improvement (CCLI) proposal (NOTE

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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preparingstudents to become engineers in the 21st century and the importance of integrating all elements ofsuccessful engineering practice in engineering education. In addition, they wrote a shortdescription of an idea or plan for implementing innovative techniques in their classroom. On thebasis of these ideas, they were preliminarily placed in one of four affinity groups that stemmedfrom Educating Engineers: design education, engineering fundamentals and analysis, laboratory/project/ experience-based learning, or ethics/society/broader engineering skills. Attendees wereable to attend more than one affinity group session at the symposium.The organizers strove for a mix of formal and informal networking opportunities, small groupdiscussions, and panel

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Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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venuesappropriate for the proposed paper. Several examples will now be presented.A tenure stream faculty member served on an institution’s diversity task force assigned todevelop a plan to help promote diversity at the institution. As part of their work, a number oftask force members attended a two week long diversity workshop in the summer highlightingways to incorporate diversity issues into the classroom. The faculty member used the methodspresented in the workshop in his own teaching, obtained student feedback, and prepared andpresented a paper for the ASEE Annual Conference.11 Page 15.849.3A newly tenured faculty member served on a university’s global

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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an optimization of thelearning experience that balances the needs of students and faculty alike.New faculty members entering the classroom for the first time have several daunting tasksincluding: teaching, research, service, and grantsmanship. The need for self-discipline and timemanagement was clearly established by Samples but the execution of the plan that results in abalance is always in question since it varies from person to person. Some faculty members cometo the classroom with a charge to be a great teacher and are challenged to use many of thestudent-centered techniques described in the literature. It may be expected that they areimmediately successful in implementing paradigm shifts within colleges and schools that taketeaching

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alisa Clyne, Drexel University

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Page 15.768.4implemented that incorporated development of skills in key areas for career development, astructured values-based approach to career planning, and instruction in scholarly writing. Mostparticipants enjoyed several key meaningful outcomes, including structured short- and long-termcareer planning; development of close, collaborative relationships; development of skills innegotiation and conflict management, scholarly writing, and oral presentation; and improvedsatisfaction linked to participants’ decisions to remain in academic medicine 19. These types ofmentoring models may produce organizational change that benefits men as well as women 17.Since 2003, the Drexel University College of Engineering has hired and retained 35 new

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Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Greene, University of Alabama; Carol Romanowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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crucial for them to quicklydevelop their scholarship foci, and research plans to allow them to achieve tenure.A successful tenure program requires a balance of teaching, scholarship, and service; however,developing a robust research and scholarship agenda while trying to maintain the excellence inteaching and a broad service agenda is a challenge. In addition, teaching-oriented colleges oftenlack research laboratories, have a very limited number of graduate students, and offer little or nostartup funds to new faculty. Because of economic constraints, both administrators and facultyare being asked to do more with less support [6]. Simply put, the “action figure” portrait oftoday’s engineering/engineering technology professor[7], who has to do it

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henry Louie, Seattle University

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number of questionsneed to be asked, perhaps three to six, and therefore the time spent on the survey is minimal.Carefully crafting each question of the survey and the possible responses is fundamental inempowering the students but also limiting their opinions to a reasonable range. As a rule, thestudents should only be surveyed on course policies that the instructor is amenable to changing,otherwise the students may resent the survey as a waste of time. As an example, assume that theinstructor for a course has planned for the midterm exam to count toward 30 percent of the finalgrade. To gauge whether or not the students agree with this policy, the following Likert

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Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

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sustainable,assessment plans must make efficient use of faculty time. This paper will presentstrategies for collecting assessment data that serves multiple purposes beyondaccreditation, using the Rowan University Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic as anexample.The Rowan University Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic is a multidisciplinary, project-based course required for engineering students in all disciplines. Students solve realengineering research and design problems, many of which are sponsored by localindustry. Because each clinic project is unique, grading student work and maintainingapproximately uniform expectations across all projects is a significant challenge. At thesame time, the Clinic is the course within the Rowan Engineering curriculum

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Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Janet Braun, Western Washington University

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organization. Research activity andproject based instructional best practices could cover effective activity planning, includingpitfalls to avoid, and departmental / university protocol.While there typically are orientation sessions for grant writing provided by senior faculty orfoundation administrators, this can be one of the more difficult areas for those new to academia.Tips for effective, or at the very least, ineffective methods from colleagues in the same contentarea could make the difference in a successful R&D program or grant proposal.Another area of concern for new faculty deals with the successful implementation of courses ofindependent study. Best practices, or even departmental SOP’s could help to provide definitionof consistent

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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lecture Page 15.582.3 Figure 1. Approximate template for one hour class (slight modification needed for one and half hour class)specific classes.) The first minute or two was used to make any announcements, addressgeneral concerns (like course website related, test dates, homework dates) etc. The nextfive minutes were dedicated to a review of previous class, any homework relatedquestions etc. This was then followed by what was planned for

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Corey Balint, Northeastern University; Christopher Wishon, Northeastern University; Colleen Fritze, Northeastern University

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AC 2010-1298: ATLAS - ACADEMIC TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSISTANTSSTUDY: THE USE OF PEERS AS ‘QUALITY MANAGERS’ IN ENGINEERINGCLASS INSTRUCTIONBeverly Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly K. Jaeger, PhD is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a select group of full-time faculty devoted to the First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University (NU). While she concentrates on first-year engineering courses and instructs across all engineering disciplines, Dr. Jaeger also teaches specialty courses in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU in Digital Simulation, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems.Corey Balint, Northeastern University

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Howe, University of Evansville

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a junior facultymember. Over the years I will be able to refine my teaching style and learn to be firm andeffective when dealing with difficult students. Time will also allow me to have connected withmore people and to have a larger network of support. Women supporting other women is oneroute to success that I will continue to pursue. The challenges that female faculty face in a maledominated field of study are difficult, but if faced head on and with a plan can be effectivelydealt with.References1. J. Burrelli, Info Brief: Science Resource Statistics,NSF 08-308, July 2008. [Online] Available: .http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08308/2. Digest of Educational Statistics, National Center for Educational Statistics, 2008

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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, these labels are illegible. Page 15.372.3 4. Content from multiple sequential slides could be not displayed in a row or a column. For example, there is no flexibility in PowerPoint for printing five slides on one page, two on the second page, three across the width of a third, with strategically planned whitespace. 5. Homework assignments were limited to what would fit easily on a slide, which made it difficult to assign wordy problems, or problems using graphs or pictures. 6. Supplemental handouts were stapled to the back of the packet, because PowerPoint will only print slides from the slideshow itself. If the

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Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

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.” Curriculumcriteria are divided into several subject areas including communications, mathematics, physicaland natural science, social sciences and humanities, technical content, and cooperative education.The criteria for communications mentions the preparation of technical reports and the use oftechnical literature. These abilities are related to information literacy: a. Plan, organize, prepare, and deliver effective technical reports in written, oral, and other formats appropriate to the discipline and goals of the program. b. Utilize the appropriate technical literature and use it as a principal means of staying current in their chosen technology.In the case study, most types and forms of technical literature are used in the case study

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Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

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in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals (EF), they may teach a section of a first-year engineering course. The practice of the Engineering Fundamentals department is to pair agraduate student with a faculty mentor to assist them with things such as lesson planning, studentethics, and grading policies. Recently, this program has been evaluated in order to betterunderstand the impact and future directions of EF graduate student mentoring. Additionally, theapproach of the EF mentoring program has been compared to its contemporaries at otheruniversities.Some universities have graduate courses specifically aimed at teaching techniques in highereducation for STEM fields. The University of Washington has developed a 2 credit graduatelevel

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Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

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applicable to theproduct. Lectures would be a combination of discussing fundamental methods in findingappropriate standards. Industry representatives would be invited as guest lecturers to instructabout current projects requiring such skills and knowledge. Through a paper and presentation,students would present their findings and provide detailed explanations about why suchstandards were necessary for the product to operate efficiently and effectively. However, it is recognized that while a two-term course would be desirable from theauthors’ point of view, such a commitment might be difficult with many current plans-of-study.As such the modular- or case studies-approach might be a better fit in a particular curriculum. If a stand-alone

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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see its role Page 15.915.4in encouraging the faculty member – a somewhat more positive interpretation. The membersbeing evaluated understand the necessity of the Process perhaps without a broader viewinvolving growth.Question 2 – How is the University Affected?The CAO believes the University becomes a “better educational facility” as a result, and thatfaculty members will “be ever-mindful of their primary responsibilities.” Also, the Processencourages faculty to “examine what they are currently doing and to plan for future behavior.”The responses are philosophical and relate to a broad improvement in the faculty benefitting theUniversity.The

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Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

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instructor. Tolocate required components sometimes takes students’ lab time and is usually not consideredwhen deadline of lab submission arrives. To reduce safety concerns, develop componentorganization, prevent time wasting to locate the parts and include time to locate components,faculty and students developed a novel plan to use workbenches, lab components and testingdevices/equipment more efficiently. In addition to fundamental laboratory safety measures andcomponent management, unique lab management demonstrations are explained by reorganizingthe lab to meet the criteria of the proposed arrangements. Students and faculty in the programcan thus save time and reduce safety concerns by novel administration and organization in thelab environment

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter Schilling, MSOE

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New Engineering Educators

and without performance incentive.SophomoreThe sophomore comparison involved a fall required course taught to Software EngineeringStudents. While these students are no longer freshman, many of them are still developing studyhabits, and returning after the summer break can be difficult.In the baseline class, approximately 18% of assignments were submitted late. As was noticedwith the freshman, this varied with the week, but tended to increase later on in the quarter.This changed, however, with the introduction of the incentive plan. Overall, only 5% ofassignments were submitted late. Furthermore, unlike the previous year, the number ofsubmissions which were late actually decreased as the quarter progressed. A significantpercentage of students

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Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

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associations and professional societies,government agencies, national standards bodies, and international standards agencies.” Hardingand McPherson (2009) 7 describe the present sphere of standards organizations in his ASEEpaper.Two surveys describe the libraries’ best practices for standards. The original plan to do a surveydid not appear necessary after finding these two surveys. Both surveys cover large academiclibraries. Brian S. Mathews (2006)8 wrote about “top engineering schools” while Lorraine F.Pellack (2004)9did a survey of 34 libraries that are members of the prestigious Association forResearch Libraries (ARL). In 2003, Pellack’s survey indicated that there are many librariesdoing special ordering with format half of the libraries buying

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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relationship2. Depending on the type of relationshipdesired, a mentor may be a colleague but not necessarily a friend to the mentee and vice-versa2.Some mentoring programs follow a group construct where a group of multiple mentors andmentees may hold discussions and assist one another in that sense. Specific mentoring paradigmsare described in the next section.“Formal mentoring” is the term used to define a planned mentoring process2. Individuals aregenerally placed together in various mentoring groups and attend scheduled meetings2. Meetingtimes and other scheduled events are logged, and financial costs can be documented to help theinstitution assess whether or not the program experiences continuing success. Informalmentoring relationships are

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Teaching and Learning. Number 47, Fall 1991. SanFrancisco: Jossey-Bass Inc.3. Bennett, J.B., (2001). Teaching With Hospitality. In “Teaching Excellence”. Center for Teaching,University of Southern Maine. 12, No 1, 2000-2001.4. Ladeji-Osias, J.O. “Planning and Teaching an Undergraduate Course,” Proceedings of the 2005 AmericanSociety of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR. (2005).5. Kim, D. “Successful Methods and Techniques for Effective Teaching and Class Management,” Proceedings ofthe 2007 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, HI. (2007).6. Miguel, A., and Larson, E. “Efficient and Effective Grading of Student Work,” Proceedings of the 2006American Society of