Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

laboratories, and industry partners. Initiallycreated to empower junior faculty to connect with funding agencies, industry associated programdirectors and researchers, Faculty Development created a paradigm shift in the program whenmid- and senior-career and non-tenure track faculty expressed strong interest in participating.Trips were then also tailored to mid- and senior-career and non-tenure track faculty to stimulatenew energy and opportunities and broaden current research development. The program has beeninstrumental in achieving connections for all faculty resulting in new proposals, invitations toserve on panels, new collaborations and opportunities for their graduate students. An addedoutcome of group travel has been the enhancement of cross

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

classroom management problems and students with abewildering assortment of academic and personal problems, doing what it takes to learn aboutand integrate into the campus culture, and finding the time to do all that and still have a personallife (Adam et al. 2008, Felder et al. 2012; Kember and Kwan 2000). It becomes more challengingto get established when the department or the college does not have the adequate resources tosupport the new faculty, and lacks a formal faculty development and mentoring program oncampus. There are some tricks of the trade—what I have learned from the literature and from mypersonal experience that will be shared in this article so that new E and ET faculty become moresuccessful in their careers. Some of the key issues

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

students about thebenefits of acquiring industrial experience, and its relevance to their future careers asfaculty members, and becoming engineering educators. Encourage them to get intouch with industry, have a connection with someone on the inside, and plan to getinvolved with the practice when they do graduate. This notion of reaching out toindustry at an early stage is foreign to the halls of the engineering academy in theRegion, and likely to meet cultural resistance. Nonetheless, if we are pragmatic anddesire to do a better job in equipping our students with the “tools of the trade” thenwe need to alert our graduate students( the future engineering teachers) to the need ofdeveloping proper and enduring connections with industries in their