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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Colin Cerretani, University of California, Berkeley; Marjorie S Went, UC Berkeley

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, University of California, BerkeleyDr. Marjorie S Went, UC Berkeley Dr. Went is a lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UC Berkeley. In teaching the freshman course ”Introduction to Chemical Engineering Design” she has worked with teams comprised of 4 to 14 first-year graduate student instructors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching with Graduate Teaching Assistants: Tips for Promoting High- Performance Instructional TeamsAbstractMany engineering faculty work with graduate teaching assistants (TAs) to conduct their classes.An effective partnership and clear delineation of responsibilities can have a meaningful positiveimpact on the

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, Middle Tennessee State University; Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

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- ally circulated journals related to materials science and mechanical engineering. He has also served on several NSF panels as a reviewer. He is currently teaching fundamental courses in materials science and mechatronics engineering at MTSU.Dr. Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Ahad Nasab received his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1987. He then worked as a research scientist at the Center for Laser Applications of Physics Research Group of University of Tennessee Space Institute. In 1991 he joined the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University where he is currently the coordinator of the Mechatronics Engineering degree program.Dr. Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Paper ID #15274Case Study: Establishing a Sustainable Faculty Development Unit within aCollege of EngineeringDr. Christine S Grant, North Carolina State University Dr. Christine S. Grant joined the NC State faculty in 1989 after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. (Geor- gia Institute of Technology) and Sc.B. (Brown University) all in Chemical Engineering (ChE). One of less than 10 African-American women full ChE professors in the country, her research interests are in interfacial phenomena and recently biomedical systems. She is the first Associate Dean of Faculty Ad- vancement in NC State’s College of Engineering. Awards

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech; Darren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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from Texas A&M University. He has had extensive training in hydrology and currently works in the LEWAS lab, where he conducts urban hydrol- ogy research. He has developed and implemented curricula for introducing the LEWAS into multiple courses at Virginia Western Community College and Virginia Tech. He also has international collabora- tion experience in first-year course development, engineering education research, and real-time watershed monitoring.Mr. Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech Daniel S. Brogan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Working under Dr. Vinod K. Lohani, he has had a leading role in the development and implementa- tion work of the Learning

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Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Matthew Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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various locations around theUnited States. The courses referenced by the surveyed instructors were primarily engineeringdesign-based project courses, but did also include other technical courses in engineering andcomputer science.    Data Collection and Analysis: An open-ended survey was administered through the onlinesurveying tool Qualtrics. Each instructor was asked the following questions:     1. Please describe your implementation of standards-based grading in your course(s), including best practices. 2. Please describe any barriers or obstacles you have faced or currently face in your implementation of standards-based grading. 3. What benefits do you believe students gain from your course(s) using standards

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Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gillian M. Nicholls, Southeast Missouri State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport

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the same subject.Second, build a spreadsheet model to solve the calculated problem to test out your formulasbefore you put them into the LMS question. Have a data block in the spreadsheet that shows thelabels for all problem variables, identifies the randomized parameters by name, and includesyour settings for those parameters’ minimum value(s), maximum value(s), and number ofdecimal places. If your LMS has other potential settings for algorithmic parameters, includethose as well. While the formulas and functions are obviously different for a spreadsheet than anLMS formula answer, this step is still valuable for building the question.Having the parameter value settings worked out in advance makes constructing the calculatedquestion in the LMS

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University

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students use the proper solution technique with the correct equation(s), theywill still get an incorrect answer if the property values are wrong. It is believed that spending asufficient amount of time to teach this skill is very beneficial to the students and necessary forsuccess in both thermodynamics courses. Thermodynamics I looks at the primary laws of thermodynamics and some additionalconservation equations along with the application of these when analyzing various processes andcycles. Although the zeroth law is critical in measuring temperature, it is only given a trivialamount of coverage due to its simplicity and the fact that it is not actually used in the analysis ofthermodynamic systems. The first law of thermodynamics examines

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Twin Cities; Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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assessments from faculty, experiments they perform, and client corrections. Theassessments from faculty are often based on intuition and wisdom which allow them to predictwith some success the outcomes of the experiments the students perform. Regardless of thepredictions of the faculty and the students, the actual outcome of the experiments dictate nextsteps. Either the design works, or it does not. If it does not, which is most often the case, at thispoint in the semester there is little to no time for recovery. Finally, as a design comes togetherthe client(s) may provide feedback that the students did not appropriately frame the problem (i.e.the design is doing what was asked, but this is not what is needed) or that the design teammisinterpreted

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith P.E., Tuskegee University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

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affective outcomes wereinvestigated with the goal of predicting and improving engagement and connection tocommunity across a diverse range of institutions, students, teaching styles, and faculty. In theportion of the study discussed here, qualitative analysis of focus group data was used to identifydifferences in student perceptions of formal (in class) and informal (out of class) faculty supportby class size and institution type at five different institutions in engineering and computerscience majors.Research SettingThe five participating institutions in this study, described according to their Carnegieclassifications34, and their key characteristics as drawn from institutional data and missionstatements are as follows: HBCU (Masters S): A

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Krista Lynn Adams, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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. Schaffer, S. P., X. Chen, X. Zhu, and W. C. Oakes. Self-efficacy for cross-disciplinary learning in project-based teams. Journal of Engineering Education. 2012. 101(1): 82-94.6. Richter, D. M., and M.C. Paretti. Identifying barriers to and outcomes of interdisciplinarity in the engineering classroom. European Journal of Engineering Education. 2009. 34(1): 29-45.7. Jones, F. and S. Harris. Benefits and drawbacks of using multiple instructors to teach single courses. College Teaching. 2012. 60(4): 132-139.8. Krometis, L. H., E. P. Clark, V. Gonzalez, and M. E. Leslie. The ‘death’ of disciplines: development of a team-taught course to provide an interdisciplinary perspective for first-year students. College Teaching. 2011. 59: 73-78.9

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny L Lo, Virginia Tech; Kacie J. Hodges PE, Virginia Tech Dept of Engineering Education; Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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 team­writing team,  review a test led to  team used contributed test  preferably not the coordinator.   long and  questions, but were ultimately  This team should create the  unproductive  responsible for creating and  solutions and rubrics for grading  discussions.  printing the final version(s) of its  the tests as part of the test design.  assigned test.   Instructors who  Any instructor could express  Provide a deadline for comments  weren’t directly  concerns about any questions that  prior to review by the test creation  involved in  had been submitted to the Google  team and then

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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

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innovationsaddressed in SFIP. This statistical analysis is relevant because if it could be proven that thesefactors do not have statistical significance (after they have been averaged), then the surveyresults would suggest that faculty variation might be less of an influence on outcomes than somepeople might think. The statistical analysis was set up as a “Hypothesis test on means of normal distribution –variance unknown” using Student’s t-test [24]. The test was performed on the means of all sevenquestions in the survey. The results of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 SFIP groups were categorized asthe “population mean (μ0)” while the results of the 2015 SFIP group were categorized as “samplemean (X)” and “sample standard deviation (S)”. The number of samples

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Sensing (S) or Intuition (N). The third categoryis about the way one takes decisions. Does he/she base decision on logic and consistency(Thinking (T)) or on people and circumstances (Feeling (F))? The last category is about howpeople deal with the outside world. Do they prefer to get things decided (Judging (J)) or stayopen to new information and options (Perceiving (P))? When the preference in each category isrecorded, the personality type is expressed as a code with four letters, one from each of the fourcategories. That leads to sixteen different personality types. This test is widely used in Americancompanies to form teams and it is used more than twenty years to form engineering designteams.12 However, some studies have shown that the Myers

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet

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instructor can encouragestudents to respect the ideas and opinions offered by fellow classmates. S/he can stress theimportance of active listening (using both the mental and physical components of listening).After different viewpoints are exchanged, students can be encourage to decide on a course ofaction for dealing with the issues identified. Table 15 provides an example of the potentialComponents of Civility that can be satisfied using the preceding example.Table 15: Potential Components of Civility satisfied by the preceding example.Civility Assignment Features/Author’s (Civility) BehaviorComponentGive Praise The instructors can express appreciation to students for ideas contributed.Be considerate The instructor

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Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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aslargely positive by the instructional team. Additionally, it is believed that these perceptions couldbe positively impacted with more directed student instruction as to how to interpret and utilizethe standards-based grading feedback. There was very little such instruction in this course,meaning that students often failed to effectively leverage the rubric feedback to guide theirlearning.AcknowledgementsThis work was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF DUE1503794). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.Bibliography1. Atwood, S. A., Siniawski, M. T., & Carberry, A. R

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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(2007).10. Pan, D., Tan, G. S., Ragupathi, K., Booluck, K., Roop, R., and Ip, Y. K. “Profiling teacher/teaching usingdescriptors derived from qualitative feedback: Formative and summative applications.” Research in HigherEducation 50(1): 73-100 (2009).11. Marsh, H.W. and Roche, L.A. “Making students’ evaluations of teaching effectiveness effective: The criticalissues of validity, bias, and utility.” American Psychologist 52(11): 1187-1197 (1997).12. Brent, R. and Felder, R.M. “A protocol for peer review of teaching.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Societyfor Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004).13. Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. “Peer Evaluation of Teaching: LiteratureReview

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gouranga Banik, Oklahoma State University

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the E and ET academic career. At the end, I would like to mention that some of these suggestions will work while others may not, based on the faculty’s personality and way of implementation, but it’s always good to try. References Accreditation Criteria from Policy and Procedural Manual, www.abet.org. Adams, Robin S. and Felder, Richard (2008) “Reframing Professional Development: A Systems Approach to Preparing Engineering Educators to Educate Tomorrow ’s Engineers, Journal of Engineering Education, Pp.239-241. Austin, A. E. (2003). Creating a bridge to the future: Preparing new faculty to face changing expectations in a shifting context. Review of Higher Education, 26, 119-144. Boice, R. (1992). The New Faculty Member, San Francisco, CA

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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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increase their commitment to teaching may help, but continuing tohire new faculty whose primary emphasis and interests is in research, inevitably doesreinforce existing cultural norms that favor research over teaching.Facilitate and Support Faculty in Acquiring Relevant Practical Experience:Encourage faculty members, particularly the young, to get involved with the practicein their locale, and devise equitable system(s) that allow faculty to gain theengineering experience they desperately need, in order to keep up with newdevelopments in their areas of specialization. Thus asserting the view thatengineering faculty “with practical experience under their belt” would, in general,make better teachers. Administrator (deans, chairs, and decision makers

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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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their search for theright type of practitioners, to enrich the academic process by bringing the practice into the classroom. After Foundation Engineering was over, and the final course grade was out, a“questionnaire” was sent to those who enrolled in the class seeking their opinions, evaluations,and any comment(s) they may wish to offer. Twenty six out of a total of 30 students returned the“questionnaire” on time! The opinions expressed and comments made were, by and large,positive to say the least. After regrouping, and rephrasing to correct the English language; thecomments offered by the ex- students, could be summarized as follows:  The adjunct was easy to approach every time and everywhere, and was always helpful,  His

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Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Thomas Quigley, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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 an array of active learning approaches that pique their interest and spark excitement about the possible outcomes for their students. After initial exposure to new activities, contextual questions naturally arise for educators, and a clear understanding of the essential features for successfully implementing a teaching strategy becomes necessary. Reflection activities represent one approach for active learning that educators reasonably have questions about before adopting the approach.  Reflection is a topic that can have various meanings. For this project, reflection was conceptualized with the following definition: looking back on the past experience(s), to interpret and make meaning of those experiences in order to plan for the future [1

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Listening and Negotiation

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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,and employing good listening skills, faculty can effectively navigate a variety of career situationsto arrive at a mutually beneficial end.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge the review committee for the Women in EngineeringDivision, which encouraged them to formalize the panel discussion into a paper focused onacademic negotiation.References 1. Fisher, R., Ury, W. and Patton, B. (2012). Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. Third Ed., London: Random House 2. Harvard Business Essentials: Negotiation, 2003. 3. Kolb, D.M., Williams, J. (2003) Everyday Negotiation, Navigating the Hidden Agendas in Bargaining, Jossey-Bass. 4. Babcock, L., and Laschever, S., (2003). Women Don’t Ask