Conference Session

Career Development in Engineering: From Higher Education to Industry

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development

as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of

Conference Session

Studies in Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin Ashley Keller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stacy L. Chiaramonte, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Beth Wilson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kate Beverage, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Rachel LeBlanc, Worcester PoIytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jody Reis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Continuing Professional Development

meeting together for the first time boasted rich conversations about course design,identifying what’s working well, and areas for improvement.There is an end of course survey filled out by students evaluating the course and the professoronce the online course is completed. After reviewing the breakdown of the quality-relatedquestion, we saw an increase in the average score after the faculty member participated in theFaculty Institute. The question looked at is “My overall rating of the quality of this course is”.The response is on a 5-point scale. Average Score Before Average Score After Participating in the Faculty Participating in the Faculty Percent Increase Institute Institute

Conference Session

Career Development in Engineering: From Higher Education to Industry

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

graduates, co-op activities, and potential development ofcollaborative research programs. Unfortunately, adjuncts are marginalized by the academicsystems in place today; and their contributions to the academic process are undervalued. Next,the paper reports on the success story of an adjunct, a practitioner with good credentials, who“teamed-up” with a “full-time” faculty, in an attempt to bring the practice to 4 thyear students in ageotechnical/ foundation engineering class. The success achieved in meeting course objectives,as a result of practitioner’s role, was attributed, in large measure, to proper planning andcoordination that preceded course delivery. Plus, the willingness, experience and abilities of theadjunct in addressing the practice in