Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

little experience in scholarship but wouldenjoy working with a faculty member on research and publications. There are small steps that newfaculty can take in their classes that will help students be better prepared for scholarship. Forexample, conversion of a class project report from a generic format to a journal paper formatintroduces students to a logical and structured way of presenting information coupled with a processof multiple revisions. Results of using such an approach in a third year technical class are presented.The students’ efforts resulted in a professional-looking paper and a sense of pride in the finalproduct. IntroductionNew faculty members are often expected to produce scholarly

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

powerful sets of instructional principles andillustrating how they can be mapped to educational practice, we will empower these educators totry out new ideas in their own teaching.ApproachWe first introduce the two teaching cases that we will be using. The first case, the squaresactivity, was a class exercise used at the beginning of the term with a class of just under 30undergraduate students. The second case, the journal landscape project, was one of threeprojects assigned in a graduate class of just under 30 students. These two cases arecomplementary in that they vary in the unit of teaching (class activity versus multi-week project)and in terms of student population (undergraduate versus graduate).We did not select these cases because of any

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Grau, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

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New Engineering Educators

workforce. Currently, he investigates the effect of a novel program to increase the retention of first-year undergraduate students enrolled in an engineering college. The program also aims at increas- ing engineering student success, enhancing the sense of community and belonging by the students, and improving the transfer of knowledge in the engineering disciplines. In order to succeed in his research endeavors, Dr. Grau frequently collaborates with social scientists and educators. Prior to his academic career, he worked for more than seven years both leading an engineering department and managing com- plex industrial projects in South and Central America, and Europe. He is a registered Industrial Engineer in Spain and

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Scozzari, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Jennifer Astwood, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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New Engineering Educators

the change and technology. The market will demandindividuals with these skills, competencies, and personal convictions to create the changesnecessary to achieve an environmentally sustainable future.Industrial designers apply specific problem-solving processes to develop ideas. Classmates andcolleagues inexperienced with design are unfamiliar with this style of development, such assketching ideas, making mock-ups, producing engineering and illustrative graphics, creatingmodels of a project, and problem solving methodologies applied. A specific area of difficultyexperienced by many students in this environment is honest verbal and written critique of ideasfor fear of criticism. The critique process is particularly challenging, as students from

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

– Mechanical Engineering Analysis ME 412 – Heat Transfer Reading, thinking, and teamwork Design Project Documentation: Tools: Matlab Formal Report (1 @ 10 pp. + App., Individual) Memo Reports ( X @ 2 - 5 pages App., Individual) Page 22.1263.5

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

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New Engineering Educators

ideas for class activities, projects, and other methods ofengaging students.Teaching is a skill that few faculty excel at upon becoming an Assistant Professor. Becauseengineering educators are hired as teachers does not mean they instantaneously become effectiveteachers. Some people are “born teachers” and know how to teach by intuition (4). Though itmay be a slow process, others must learn how to teach effectively. Some faculty consistentlywork to improve their teaching by finding better ways of engaging students in their classes whileothers spend their careers teaching unproductively. One growing set of resources are theteaching workshops, videotaped lectures, and teaching consultants that many universities nowoffer. However, these programs

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

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New Engineering Educators

posing probingquestions to the students, with hints when needed; (3) increasing ability to analyze and criticallyevaluate ideas, arguments and points of view; (4) integrating labs with lectures; (5) providing thestudents with lecture objectives in each class; (6) thorough preparation for, and goodorganization of lecture; (7) providing useful feedback on exams, projects, and assignments; (8)maintaining course content that is consistent with the educational objectives of the course; and(9) facilitation of learning. While these practices are not new, the way in which they wereexecuted and integrated with each other was innovative.The way of integration of the nine best practicesThe authors believe that if students do not learn the material it is

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Shree Frazier; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

AC 2011-1396: ATTRIBUTES OF SUCCESS FOR ENGINEERING PH.D.S:PERSPECTIVES FROM ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRYMonica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Pri- mary research projects explore the preparation of

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; James G. Ryan, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

numberof times in the presentations and papers of Mihail Roco 1 of NSF who has projected thatapproximately 2 million nano-related jobs will be created by 2015 (40% of them in the US) andif typical multipliers are used the number of Nano-related jobs would be substantially more. Thiscorrelated with the predictions made by Lux Research (a well known contract research firm) thatnanotechnology will contribute $3.1 Trillion to the world's economy by 2015. We expect JSNNgraduates to find positions in industrial, academic and government research labs in fieldsincluding pharmaceuticals, defense, materials and electronics companies. The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) currently offer twodegree programs (a Professional M.S. in

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Maj Jonathan Bodenhamer, U.S. Military Academy, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers

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New Engineering Educators

, 2005a, 2005b; Zoricet al., 2007). Some nonverbal behaviors are learned (Zoric et al., 2007), such as a wink; whileothers are innate, such as a blush. As an educator, looking for a student’s nonverbal cues, it isimportant to realize that unconscious actions and reactions are often the manifestation of astatement that a student feels uncomfortable otherwise expressing.A discussion of nonverbal cues must include recognition of the influence of culture and genderon both the sender and the recipient. These variables are embedded in both the bias used ininterpretations made by an instructor in the classroom and in the outward projection of thestudent. That is, as an instructor, our perspective on the interpretation of observed bodylanguage could be

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Moll Weisbrook, University of Missouri; William Schonberg, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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New Engineering Educators

professional behavior. Within these areas ofproficiency, graduates will exhibit the explicit skills and knowledge as detailed below.Technical Knowledge and Analytical Problem Solving: Graduates of the Engineering Management Program areable to analyze and solve complex problems utilizing:• a mastery of Engineering Management tools and techniques including those utilized in operations management, project management, Management of Technology and supply chain management• in-depth knowledge in at least one emphasis area within Engineering Management• an understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts of engineering• sound business judgment• relevant analytical and modeling tools such as statistics.Finance: Graduates

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

presented Other, please specify: Wrote a thesis for a Master's in Education degree; Will publish results and articles in coming year. My project is funded; Currently working on a funded course development.Table 6. Involvement in Scholarship or Research on Teaching and Learning. Objective 2 Students will be aware of curriculum issues… Responses to the question “What would you list as the top three or four curriculum issuesrelated to engineering education today” (114 of the 143) gave a very wide range of responseswith approximately 265 identifiable items. Although difficult to categorize, an emergent typecoding by the author showed that the largest elements dealt with 1) curriculum issues such adepth vs. breath, length of

Conference Session

Lessons for New Engineering Educators

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

focus involving mathematical modeling. Whatsets the first-year engineering courses apart from traditional engineering classes is instructionthat requires students to not only solve technical problems, but apply and adapt engineeringconcepts in mathematical models while developing professional skills - the ability to work inteams and translate mathematical models into a written procedure8.B. Model-Eliciting-Activities (MEA)Typical engineering classes are exam-based, project-based, or a combination of these. Seldomdo engineering classes provide sufficient activities that involve real-world problem solving.Therefore, there is a need for engineering classrooms to increase students’ exposure in suchactivities. One method for fulfilling the FYE