Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

theirundergraduate research experiences with faculty, students, graduate school recruiters andcommunity members. The co-author also has experience in mentoring students’ research29 andhas co-published several studies related to undergraduate research experiences.30–34With experience, mentors often develop tricks and techniques for streamlining their efforts whenworking with undergraduate research assistants.35 The three-step methodology described herefor working with undergraduates in Engineering research developed over time, and was formallyimplemented in the last two years. During this time, the lead author mentored 20 undergraduatesfrom 8 different institutions, all of whom spent time at MSU working on research related to theanalysis of image data. Many

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

two faculty members who each made the move after over fifteen years inindustry, one who is now early in that transition and the second moving toward full retirement.These experiences along with a review of literature, both on general career transitions and thoseinto education, are used to outline not only ideas on best practices for being successful in thetransition, but pitfalls and traps to be aware of and avoid. The specific goals of the article are to: (1) Provide an overview of the literature on the motivation for career change and explore the current research on the personal reasons for these transitions. In particular, examining specific types of positions and how they fit career changes into engineering education