Conference Session

Faculty and Course Evolution: Teaching With Technology, Online Delivery, and Addressing Emerging Student & Industry Needs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan

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Continuing Professional Development

of a faculty professional development program is partially due its design. Programs thattake into account factors for adult motivation (e.g., [14]) are likely to be more effective thanthose that do not [2]. For instance, the perceived expertise of the program facilitators must not bein question, and the content must be directly relevant to the interests and goals of theparticipants. The participants must also have a choice in how to apply the presented concepts, aswell as the opportunity to put them into practice.With these criteria in mind, we designed our “Teaching Circle for Large Engineering Courses” toinform faculty about effective teaching practices, influence their approaches to teaching, andgive them the tools to change their

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems

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Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #8204An Effective Leadership Development Experience through Modular Skill BasedSimulationsMr. Tim Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation After graduating from the California Institute of Technology in 2006, Tim started working at Northrop Grumman as a Systems Engineer. Since 2006, Boyd has not only been involved in performance analysis and on-orbit sensor characterization but has also managed technical teams as a technical team lead and a deputy Integrated Project Team lead within the SEIT (Systems Engineering Integration and Test) organi- zation. Boyd has presented his work at both academic and industry

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman

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Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #8203”Decision Making: The Full Monty!” – A Uniquely Inspired Leadership Train-ing ExperienceMr. Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems Noah Miller – Change Agent, Intrapeneur, and Software Engineer – brings passion to all that he does, es- pecially in fusing technology and people to accomplish the mission. Most recently, ”His business aware- ness and leadership skills have grown in scope as he takes on challenges beyond his cost and schedule objectives that are geared towards helping elicit excellence from others in the company.” He has kicked it into high-gear as an engineer-teacher after

Conference Session

Faculty and Course Evolution: Teaching With Technology, Online Delivery, and Addressing Emerging Student & Industry Needs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

support of engines across the globe.Engine designers from companies such as Cummins, Harley-Davidson, Navistar, Toyota, Honda,GM, and Fairbanks-Morse, study together, complete team-based design projects, and learn fromeach other as well as senior faculty from UW’s Engine Research Center. The online design ofthis program enables engineers who “live and breathe engines” to study and work with similar-minded peers from throughout the world and to learn from world-class research faculty withUW’s Engine Research Center. Students complete team-based projects using a set ofcollaborative tools that teach them how to contribute and lead similar projects with global teamsin their everyday work.The online design of the MEES program both makes the program

Conference Session

Faculty and Course Evolution: Teaching With Technology, Online Delivery, and Addressing Emerging Student & Industry Needs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

throughantiquated methods such as: multiple choice, true/false, essay or thesis presentations. Thebest measure of a growing leader occurs when the challenge is fairly well defined, yet theanswer is unknown. The best solutions are developed when a group of like-minded peopleembrace a challenge together and through their diversity of thought and backgrounddiscover several plausible choices and embrace the "best” answer, not just the first correctanswer.A second example of how "The Bottom 3" attitude in The School of Engineering is makinga difference is at California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo; better known as Cal Poly, SLO.Key to Cal Poly, SLO’s success is that the School of Engineering bases its curriculum on