Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Erin McCave, University of Houston

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New Engineering Educators

methods.Dr. Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Courtney S. Smith,PhD is a Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of African American women in engineering,minority recruitment and retention, and best practices for diversity and inclusion in the Engineering classroom.Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the Assistant Di- rector for Research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), both at Virginia Tech. His research interests include co-curricular support, student success and retention, and diversity in STEM. Lee received his

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Anita M. Wells, Morgan State University

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 aware of campus policies, procedures and services related to academic integrity, student conduct,and mental health problems in order to reduce disruptive occurrences. This paper, which may beparticularly useful for those with limited teaching experience, describes research on incivility in theclassroom and features a classroom management workshop for faculty developed and convened at anhistorically black college and university in the southern part of the United States. The workshop examplepresented highlights best practice recommendations from the workshop and the literature.Keywords: Classroom Management, incivility, professional ethicsIntroductionThis paper, which may be of particular value to new faculty and those with little classroom

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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- University HispanicAvida Checkpoint Restart Implementation Boise State Female Afghan UniversityResearch Centered Design: A Case Study in Building Usable Image Michigan State Male CaucasianAnalysis Tools for Researchers UniversityInterpolation of Identifier Points of Landmarks that Create Stitched Michigan State Male CaucasianImages with Varying Levels of Focus University Table 3: Undergraduate Research Projects Completed as part of an Honors Research Seminar for First- and Second-Year

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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. (2014). Using standards-based grading to effectively assess project-based design courses. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN.2. Carberry, A., Siniawski, M., Atwood, S., & Diefes-Dux, H. A. (2016). Best practices for using standards-based grading in engineering courses. Proceedings of the 123rd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA.3. Carberry, A. R., Siniawski, M. T., & Dionisio, J. D. N. (2012). Standards-based grading: Preliminary studies to quantify changes in affective and cognitive student behaviors. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Seattle, WA.4. Guskey, T. R. (2011, November). Five obstacles to

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University; Kelsey Watts, Clemson University; Evan Ko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Balsam Albayati

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practice/experience with the mentor as a guide since the manuscripts are so diverse. Don't feel had enough experience with varied methodologies, writing style, examining fidelity between research questions and methods or data presented.This indicates a need for the program to be more flexible in terms of the number of manuscriptseach triad completes. In future rounds of the program, we plan to emphasize to participants thatthey can continue in their mentoring relationship beyond three manuscripts. The triad structure, where two mentees work with one mentor, was a noted benefit fromprogram participants. For example, one participant shared: The single best aspect of doing the programme has been working in a team of three. It

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

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willrestart the process. Carefully approaching each element in the proposal development processwill ensure a best effort is submitted and thus a good foundation laid for a beginning academicfaculty researcher.Initial Idea (9 months – 1 year before proposal deadline)It all must begin with a great idea and an eye toward the big picture. Good writing will not savea poor idea. To a funding agency, a great idea is one that is innovative and transformative, notmerely incremental, and it fits within its agenda for the research they want to accomplish withtheir money4. Agencies want to fund the idea that has the best chance of being successful, butmore than that they want the one that will affect the most change and progress in the field.Know the technical

Conference Session

Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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New Engineering Educators

criteria be used to effect similar change? (2) How can faculty responses to Swivl-based lecture capture be optimized? (3) What best practices emerge from a QM-based dashboard tool coupled with Swivl-capture technology?Prior to the pandemic, a need for QM-based capture tool was already forming. As The Citadelwas moving some courses and graduate programs online, even before the pandemic, programdirectors and institutional audits noted a disparity in online course delivery. A large number ofstudents taking certain online classes during the summer were failing or withdrawing. In many ofthese courses, the instructor had very little online presence, was communicating solely by emailwith the students and vice-versa, and providing no or very

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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Fortenberry assertthat while researchers and educators have developed a number of classroom and college-wideassessments – oftentimes in preparation for an ABET accreditation visit – no national assessmentexist to measure engineering student learning outcomes and the instructional practices thatsupport those outcomes[2].In response, CASEE has developed two surveys to assess the extent to which engineeringstudents are engaging in identified “best instructional practices” and are achieving certainlearning outcomes desired of engineering graduates. This paper describes the validation processof the E-FSSE survey and provides some preliminary analysis of that validation process.RationaleThe CASEE questionnaires were developed in a systematic and rigorous

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Valeriya Yudina, Higher School of Economics; Yulia Skrupskaya, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Victor Taratukhin, SAP Silicon Valley and University of Muenster; Elvira Kozlova; Natalia Pulyavina, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

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thinking and is the originator of thecreative archaeology lab at Stanford University, working closely with Design Thinking.Another speaker was Kakeru Tsubota, Principal and Japan Representative, SAP LabsSilicon Valley. Also, Tamara Carleton, the CEO and founder of Innovation LeadershipGroup LLC and a research associate at the Foresight & Innovation lab affiliated withStanford's Center for Design Research.During the Ideathon Challenge, there was a division into two time zones (European andAmerican) to provide an opportunity to pitch the project at a suitable time. The studentswere offered but not limited to three challenges.Case study 1: Learning and interaction in the post-COVID worldIsolation can often lead to a reduction in communication

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Millman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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research to communities beyond the laboratory and address the work’s possible“Broader Impacts” to society. NSF CAREER awards and many of the NSF Research Centergrant solicitations are even more explicit, requiring that grantees craft educational initiatives thatare based in best practices, bring the academic research to the broader community, and positivelyimpact the pipeline of students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) education and careers. For new faculty, and even veteran faculty, these requirementsfor creative educational initiatives that significantly affect a community outside the confines ofthe laboratory can be very daunting. This paper addresses how to design an effective educationalplan that incorporates

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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New Engineering Educators

of Personality/Behavior/Motivation Assessment in the Design of a Good Group Project Team o Teaching in Large Classes: Ensuring Student Success and Engagement o What Makes a Good Assessment? o Collaborative learning in the Classroom o Technology in the Classroom: What works and what does not o How and where to Incorporate Active Learning into Courses o Learner-Centered Teaching o Grades and Learning: Expectations, Assessments, and Accountability o Developing Cross-Disciplinary Learning Experiences for Students o Incorporating and Teaching Global Perspectives o Promoting Learning through WritingInnovation and Creativity o Teaching Innovation in Design Courses o Benefits of/Best Practices in Integrating Innovation

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2008-1766: SMALL INTERVENTIONS, BIG IMPACTS: HOWMODIFICATION OF DELIVERY PROCESS OF IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES FORFRESHMEN CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE LEARNINGAly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Aly Tawfik is the VTSTA President and a Graduate Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is a doctoral student in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research is in the area of transportation systems. He is currently a workshop leader for freshmen courses at Virginia Tech.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in Engineering Education and Mechanical

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Brewer, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Dr. Walther is an assistant professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is a director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology and social work. His research interests range from the role of empathy in engineering students’ professional formation, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methodologies in the emerging field of engineering education research. His teaching focuses on innovative approaches to introducing systems thinking and

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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Paper ID #12167What makes an undergraduate course impactful? An examination of stu-dents’ perceptions of instructional environmentsDr. Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexandra Coso is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to her time at Georgia Tech, she received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include graduate student experiences in engineering programs, engineering

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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program encourages the awardees tobe cultural change agents, “by establishing innovative new models for graduate education andtraining in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinaryboundaries8. In 2010 the NSF IGERT program was renamed as NSF Research TraineeshipProgram (NRT).5.2 Programs and Initiatives Supportive of Rank The COE Faculty Development Office serves a community of approximately 300 facultywhich includes non-tenure track (teaching and research professors and lecturers) and tenure-trackearly career faculty, mid-career faculty, and senior faculty.5.2.1 Non-Tenure Track Faculty In a targeted initiative, the COE Faculty Development Office provided mechanisms fornon-tenure track

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Thomas Baird, University of Illinois Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruihua Sui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maryalice S. Wu; Rob Kooper, NCSA / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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assistant and frontend developer of ClassTranscribe. He was nominated for Illinois Innovation Prize 2020 because of his contribution to educational software.Dr. Maryalice S. Wu Maryalice is the Director of Data Analytics at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She holds a position as an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois and has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Illinois. Her recent research focuses on the economic and health empowerment of women in developing nations. Her other projects relate to program evaluations and learning analytics in academia. . She has taught several courses at

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah; Matthew W. Roberts, Southern Utah University

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. Jossey-Bass, 2007.[2] National Research Council. How students learn: History, mathematics, and science in theclassroom. National Academies Press, 2004[3] Mazur, E. Farewell, lecture? Science, 323(5910), 50-51, 2009.[4] Ambrose, S.A., Bridges, M.W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M.C., and Norman, M.K. How learningworks: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.[5] Barr, R.B. and Tagg, J. From teaching to learning—A new paradigm for undergraduateeducation. Change: The magazine of higher learning, 27(6), 12-26, 1995.[6] Weimer, M. Learner-centered teaching: Five key changes to practice. John Wiley & Sons,2002.[7] Handelsman, J., Miller, S. and Pfund, C. Scientific teaching. Macmillan, 2007.[8] Ebert-May, D

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anant Sahai, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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New Engineering Educators

to see the educational innovations of passionate and talented educators, but howdo these innovations get adopted? It is hard for even the best educational innovations totransfer to a colleague’s classroom16 It is less likely for an innovation to be adopted by adifferent university. As a result, many engineering educators are re-inventing the wheel andexcellent innovations are underutilized.If educators had unlimited temporal resources this would not be an issue. But manytransformative educational practices require teams of people to develop and test. Others arethe result of a personal passion and decades of building, coding, writing, and/or tweaking.Educators do not have the luxury of dedicating years of effort to a project that affects

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

reform effort risks being undermined by the curricular and cultural practices thatpervasively shape student experience and outcomes and drive away too many could-be engineerswith diverse interests, aptitudes, lived experiences, and values.PDI’s response to the bait-and-switch problem employs design-oriented logics of engagement inparallel with the fundamentals-first approach, which provides a partial corrective to the logic ofexclusion. This configuration offers educators new avenues for thinking about explicit andimplicit connections between the design-centric emphasis in K-12 and the content-driven modelof fundamentals first. Moving forward, we hope to conduct empirical research using participantobservation and interviews to compare students

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy B. Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #20572Time Management for Faculty: A Framework for Intentional Productivityand Well-BeingDr. Amy B. Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana Amy B. Chan Hilton, Ph.D., P.E., F.EWRI is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and a Professor of Engineering at the University of Southern Indiana (USI). Her interests in- clude teaching and learning innovations, faculty and organizational development, environmental systems analysis, and applied optimization. Prior to joining USI, Dr. Chan Hilton served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation with experience in the

Conference Session

Technology for Faculty Development and Classroom Management

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rustin Deane Webster, Purdue University, New Albany

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(formally The College of Technology), which is one ofPurdue University’s 10 colleges, is “a transformational college unbounded by tradition… pioneers of learn-by-doing and use-inspired research” (Purdue Polytechnic Institute,2016a). The transformation efforts, which started in 2013 and continue today offerextraordinary opportunities to students and faculty and touch all parts of the college,including curricula, teaching methods, and learning spaces. The breadth and depth ofthe transformation are enormous. Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s mission statement isthe following: 3 To inspire, educate, and mentor students through learn-by-doing and integrated study, preparing graduates for success

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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of Engineering Education, 1998. 87(2): p. 143-148.10.Mourtos, N.J., Portfolio assessment in aerodynamics. Journal of Engineering Education, 1999. 88(2): p. 223-229, 245.11. Heinricher, A.C., J. E. Miller, L.E. Schacterle, N. Kildahl, and V. Bluemel, Undergraduate Learning Portfolios for Institutional Assessment. Journal of engineering Education, 2002. 91(2): p. 249-253.12. Guan, Z., J. Yellin, J. Turns, and V. Kumar. User-centered design of course-based portfolios for mechanical engineering student learning. in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. 2005. Orlando, Florida.13. Lappenbusch, S. and J. Turns. Finding their Place in TC: Using a Community of Practice Model to Research Emerging TC

Conference Session

Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

US Army Chemical Corps, General Motors Research and Development Center, and the US Air Force Academy, and he has received grants from the NSF, the EPA, and General Motors Corporation.Dr. Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Jacquelyn K. Nagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Uni- versity. She has eight years of diversified engineering design experience, both in academia and industry, and has experienced engineering design in a range of contexts, including product design, bio-inspired de- sign, electrical and control system design, manufacturing system design, and design for the factory floor. Dr. Nagel earned her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Oregon

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

engineering technology (E and ET) programs are part of STEM, inmany cases E and ET faculty have different academic backgrounds and job responsibilitiescompared to other branches of STEM. E and ET faculty often require industry experience withthe highest academic degree, and have higher teaching and research loads. Faculty are requiredto do a number of things that graduate school and/or industry practice don’t teach them, such asplanning and delivering courses effectively, designing and starting a research program togetting it funded, attracting and managing graduate students and undergraduate students, findingand working with appropriate faculty or industrial collaborators, writing assignments and teststhat are both rigorous and fair, dealing with

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

reviews. The advice in #8 can help. Don’t read reviews while yourfeelings are hurt. Take notes from the reviews and highlight frequency of comments todetermine if what you proposed was a bad idea OR good idea poorly presented. Overall, youwant to make sure that you clearly communicate specific goals of project (both research andeducation) in the Project Summary, in the Introduction, in the body of the proposal and in theIntellectual Merit / Broader Impact discussion at end of project description. Be consistent withyour message and cross reference throughout the proposal (research to education and vice versa).Lastly, have fun both while writing and dreaming about the proposed project!ConclusionsThis paper strove to provide practical advice for new

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 2: Success In and Out of the Classroom

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julie P. Martin, Ohio State University

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administrative position that would allow me to continue working directly with students and to concentrate on techniques and strategies to enhance student learning as an academic leader. In addition, I would be able to develop teams with administrators, faculty, staff and students for their benefit and for the good of the university. The effective teaming research and education activities described in this proposal are a natural extension of my previous work. They will have a lasting impact on my career and the educational environment because they will build a firm foundation for my future development of innovative courses, curriculums and programs to meet the innovative courses, curriculums and programs to

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 4: Tips and Tools

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

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. This resulted in a MSEd from Purdue University in Learning Design and Technology (LDT). This widely varied background prepared me well for my next big adventure. Beginning in August 2018, I accepted a role as the Texas A and M Professor of Practice for the Texas A and M Engineering Academy at Blinn College in Brenham. TAMU Engineering Academies are an innovative approach to providing the planet with more Aggie Engineers. I am a technology learner and have been a regular presenter at the state TCEA (Texas Computer Educator Association) convention and PLTW state convention each year. My career began with a B.S. in Telecom Engineering from Texas A and M. Upon graduation, my learning continued at MCI, Vartec

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Dirk Schaefer, University of Bath

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the highereducation system aspire to send their children to the best universities so they can get aneducation that, hopefully, will turn out to be a pathway to a successful and financially secure life.And this is where the dilemma begins. Most of the nation’s top universities who compete forundergraduate students tend to build their reputation (and prestige) reflected through rankingsand tables predominantly on national and international research performance, which means, inessence, external funding level, research quality of the faculty, scholarly journal publications,and Ph.D. graduation rate4. The rankings on undergraduate programs, on the other hand, arenormally not based on any quantitative information. For example, US News

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University

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New Engineering Educators

applicable history, culture, and constraints, or the full extentof contributions of existing faculty. Web sites now make it easy for applicants tofamiliarize themselves with the university and current professors’ professional histories(for example, research record or teaching innovations), and if not meeting the newperson’s standards, it is possible for him/her to develop a marginal superiority complex.If perceiving approval from the chair or dean, they may, with good motives, propose newideas, proposals, and concerns about the status quo. They may consciously orsubconsciously try to mold the program into the image of their preceding institution(s).However, they may be perceived by senior faculty as not showing respect and deference.This causes

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew E. Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion H. Jackson, Grand Canyon Univeristy

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New Engineering Educators

where anunderstanding of group dynamics, team organizational, and communication skills come into play.Students and faculty face a particularly difficult task when working in academic teamenvironments. Most students realize that several artificial constraints are in play for these student-centered projects. These artificial elements include – but are not limited to: 1) the short-termnature of the team assignments, 2) the final objective of the project assignment [usually a reportor an artificial product] which is generally never developed into a sustainable design or functionalproduct that will ultimately be manufactured, distributed, and maintained throughout a typicallifecycle, 3) the low probability that their individual long-term success is