Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York at Oswego; Rachid Manseur, Oswego State University College; Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University

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classrooms and laboratories according to our vision of good practiceand needs. One of the ECE faculty temporarily based in the Physics department developed anapplied electrostatics laboratory from scratch to be used in the ECE program and taught thePhysics capstone course twice using the lab facilities. The Applied Electrostatics Laboratory wasthought to allow for great flexibility of projects related particularly to nanotechnology by meansof electrospraying, electrospinning, and gas discharges. The main available equipment consistsof a couple of high voltage power supplies (one high voltage amplifier), single syringe anddouble syringe pumps, a high speed camera system, a Keythley picoammeter, a modified Veecosystem for studying electrospray

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University; John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University; Kamalesh Panthi, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University

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. John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University Dr. DuVall is a Full Professor and facilitator of TECS-TRAIN in the Department of Technology Sys- tems at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. DuVall currently teaches online classes to practicing professionals at the undergraduate, Master’s and PhD levels in areas such as strategies for technology management and communication and industrial supervision. He served as Director of a NSF/ARPA/TRP research project called The Factory as a Learning Laboratory – A Practice-Based M.S. Degree Program for Black and Decker (U.S.) associates and defense industry scientists and engineers. In 1994 this led to the development of the first Internet programs for East

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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is like acknowledging that students at any given agearen’t all the same height: It is not a statement of worth, but of reality”.2 In a differentiatedclassroom and laboratory, the teacher proactively plans and carries out varied approaches tocontent, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differences in readiness,interest, and learning needs.According to Tomlinson, our teaching style “can influence a students’ IQ by 20 points in eitherdirection, that’s a 40 point IQ swing”.2 Key concepts of differentiated instruction include but arenot limited to: More qualitative than quantitative. Merely assigning more or less work based on a learner’s ability is typically ineffective. Rooted in assessment. Evaluation

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

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lecturing. We closeeach area with a succinct “bottom line” for quick reference on practical steps towards achievingthe performance zone.Focus area #1: Pre-lecture stress managementAs new faculty, we face many challenges and stressors, some of which are the same we haveexperienced since graduate school: deadlines for a conference or journal paper, pressure from adifficult co-worker, etc. There are others which might be new: dealing with schedule issues foradvisees, learning the lay of the land in terms of how the college or university operates, or evenfiguring out how to contact the department’s technician when laboratory equipmentmalfunctions. Additionally, there are other stressors that do not necessarily relate to the job itself,but which can

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, University of Arkansas; John DUPE Lee, University of Arkansas; Douglas E. Spearot, University of Arkansas

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fresh Ph.D. graduate has a lot ofhands-on experience in research and experiments or simulations; however, a fresh graduate hasvery little exposure to the fundamentals of teaching. To become a successful tenure-track faculty,a new professor needs to provide excellent teaching, groundbreaking research and outstandingservice to the department/university. Through Ph.D. level research the candidate learns to be asuccessful researcher by building laboratory experiments, performing simulations and publishingarticles in top-notch journals. An aspiring tenure track faculty candidate has the right motivationto provide outstanding service to the university by serving on thesis committees, taking activepart in faculty meetings, bringing in new ideas and