Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Kirk Schulz, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

etiquette and American customs that others may take forgranted.What They Don’t Tell You in Graduate School – Academic ParentingProvide planning, expectations, and guidelinesAs an advisor, it is important to develop clear guidelines and expectations for students.Appendix A gives some guidelines one of the co-authors has used with her graduate students.By putting this information in writing and providing it to the students, this helps the graduatestudents to understand more clearly what is expected of them. Similar documents can bedeveloped for journal paper preparation or other common tasks associated with your researchprogram.Be Patient – Students take time to developIt is especially important to be patient with new graduate students who are just

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Chalmers, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

cadets, or an individualstudent, to devise, solve, and execute the solution to an open-ended engineering problem.Finally, each faculty member is encouraged to sponsor cadets as formal mentors. We each havesix to ten cadets that we periodically invite to our homes on weekends to relax, have dinner, dolaundry, watch television, or entertain with war stories. Through all of these varyingextracurricular activities, we create relationships that increase the engagement with the cadets inthe classroom.In the classroom, we learn techniques to further increase the cadet and instructor engagement.The interaction in the classroom is essential to active learning. We shun lesson plans that arepredominantly run on slide shows, and we practice different

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Anita Jain

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New Engineering Educators

has been working as an undergraduate researcher at the EERC since 2014 and plans to pursue a Master of Engineering degree in Engineering Management at Cornell University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 No Excuses: Use of Simple Active Learning in Electrical and Computer EngineeringAbstractStudent-centered active learning, in which students are called upon to “do” something duringclass beyond listening and note taking, should be used to some degree in STEM courses. Activelearning has a significant positive impact on learning, understanding, and retention ofinformation. Fortunately, active learning can be incorporated into a course in many ways

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

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New Engineering Educators

pricing, traffic simulation, and engineering education.Dr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is a professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech and is a registered professional engineer. His research interests focus on transportation infrastructure planning and design, highway safety, and active living by design. He teaches courses in engineering management, transportation engineering, geographic information systems, and land surveying. Page 26.219.1 c American

Conference Session

Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth

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New Engineering Educators

obviously committed to teaching, enjoying his job (“truly amazing, themind of a child”) and accepting student feedback that spells trouble for him and the whole JediOrder. Yoda earns positive scores in each of these areas. The authors agreed that Yoda’sorganization was neutral. While having a clear lesson plan that captured the attention of so manyvery young students is impressive, allowing Obi Won to interrupt is a significant, if important,distraction. The authors disagreed on how to assess Yoda’s communication. While clearlyengaging young students at a level they could understand, “Yoda speak” is confusing to many.Ultimately, the largest Star Wars nerd among the authors insisted this not count against Yoda andassigned a positive score. However

Conference Session

NEE - 3: Improving Homework and Problem-solving Performance

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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New Engineering Educators

for plagiarism afterstudents hand in their assignments. Both TurnItIn [50, 51] and Viper [52] provide the ability tocheck student essays against a database of existing content. They differ in their privacy policiesand payment plans. Viper is a pay-as-you-go platform where the author retains ownership oftheir work and receives a free limited report [52]. TurnItIn includes a product called iThenticate,a basic plagiarism checker [51], and also Feedback Studio, which includes a rubric and feedbackplatform for writing similar to some of the features in the previous annotation category [50].TurnItIn products also include the ability to integrate with existing LMS platforms [50]. Thepricing for TurnItIn products is not publicly available.Discussion

Conference Session

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

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Gau, University of Pittsburgh; Deanna Christine Easley Sinex, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

underrepresented faculty, more emphasis must be placed on building allies to develop a better community and institutional culture for underrepresented faculty. The critical mass theory states that roughly 30% of people are required to create an influential body for policy changes [7]. 2. Lack of strategic planning for early-career faculty towards coping with the demands of the academic career based on informed/realistic expectations [8]. There are many unsaid nuances to obtaining and keeping faculty positions, and due to implicit bias, and culture, sometimes it is difficult to know what to ask, whom to ask, or how to ask to get the information required for success. 3. Lack of encouraging URMs into the professoriate

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 3 - Grading: Grate or Great

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Christina Marie Zambrano-Varghese, Rutgers University-Newark; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Swapnil Moon

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

academic accomplishments.• Be wary for how students cheat. Once a method of cheating is identified, create a solution that does not allow this type of cheating in the future. Figure 4: A sample of academic policies that can be added to course syllabiCheating during examsCheating on exams can be either opportunistic or planned. Here are a few tips to preventcheating during exams-• Questions asked on the exams should never be repeated from previous semesters. In this technologically advanced era, do not ever recycle your exams.• Questions from textbooks and publisher text banks should be altered to avoid students copying from a solution manual that is readily available online.• If possible, at least two different sets of exams

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

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New Engineering Educators

results of that analysis to the solution of a technological problem. Work effectively as a member of a team to solve a 7 technological problem. 8 Plan the implementation of an engineered solution. Communicate an engineered solution to both technical and 9 non-technical audiences. 10 Assess the effectiveness of an engineered solution. Demonstrate basic-level technical proficiency in an 11 engineering discipline that is relevant to the needs of the Army. In response to a technological problem, learn new concepts 12 in engineering and learn

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

factors as important to accomplishing the mission of teachingengineering. In the intellectual excitement column there is preparation, planning, technology,motivation, active, organization, enthusiasm and experience – all adjectives that lead to inspiringstudents to learn and be interested in the subject. In the interpersonal rapport column there isstudent involvement, teamwork, interaction, enthusiasm, communication, motivation, trust,connectivity, and student responsibilities – all adjectives and phrases that lead to a relationshipbetween teacher and student. Teachers who use some number of these ideas have theopportunity to excel as teachers and be efficient in the classroom, thus providing more time forother important efforts such as research

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Emma Rose, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

and some suggestions on textbooks, but Dr. Nguyen still has to determine how to plan the day to day lessons to teach. He wants to make sure that the classes he teaches are effective for the students, but also since several of his colleagues will visit the class this first quarter, he wants to make a good impression on them too. Dr. Doris Johnson teaches a required engineering course with over 100 students. She has taught the class a number of times before but this time has noticed that her students don’t seem to be paying attention. During the lectures, they talk amongst themselves, a few fall asleep, and as the semester progresses, she notices that attendance is slipping. Dr. Johnson knows that

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Kim, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

experience has been with juniors, seniors, and graduate students, the author enjoysasking students periodically about their future plans as well. One regular mentoring opportunitywhich the author schedules each semester is an informational session about graduate school(engineering, business, etc.). The purpose of this informational session is to provide students theopportunity to hear from engineering professors about their graduate school experiences and toask questions.LecturesFor engineering courses and for university courses in general, the lecture still is the primarymethod of instruction. This section contains the author’s thoughts and observations regardinglecture preparation and effective use of the lecture period.As discussed previously

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

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New Engineering Educators

is very important for tenure and promotion purposes. d) The dean has an essential role in ensuring that new faculty members are socialized into the department and have a reduced teaching and service load (at first) so that they can develop solid and successful research agendas. The dean also assists new faculty members develop reasonable annual work plans. In the efforts to gain their bearings in new positions, new engineering faculty members feel daunted in achieving a work-life balance and inevitably, the scale tips in favor of work. As I address each topic, I examine the importance of the topic and suggest some guidelines for consideration. I also recommend some useful academic resources for new faculty. In

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

.” Curriculumcriteria are divided into several subject areas including communications, mathematics, physicaland natural science, social sciences and humanities, technical content, and cooperative education.The criteria for communications mentions the preparation of technical reports and the use oftechnical literature. These abilities are related to information literacy: a. Plan, organize, prepare, and deliver effective technical reports in written, oral, and other formats appropriate to the discipline and goals of the program. b. Utilize the appropriate technical literature and use it as a principal means of staying current in their chosen technology.In the case study, most types and forms of technical literature are used in the case study

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Schawnery Lin; Yuxin Xu, University of Washington; Andrea Jacqueline Sequeira; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. Reflection as a form ofmetacognition that involves stepping out, thinking about, and connecting forward [18] helped usmake sense of our experiences during the seminar as an ongoing practice. We designed reflectionactivities that took into account where students were in the quarter, what topics we had beendiscussing, and made use of a creative range of materials and formats.Iteratively designing the seminarCurriculum. We turned the notion of visual notetaking into a meaningful educational experiencewithin the constraints of a 10-week academic quarter. Originally, we planned on using anexisting visual notetaking online resource and then adapting the instruction for our seminar.Serendipitously, the online resource we found had 10 visual notetaking

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; David Socha, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, summary results from evaluating the session, and future plans for promotingstorytelling in engineering education research.The affordances of storytellingStorytelling has a long tradition as a method for communicating ideas and images. As alinguistic and “transactional” activity, storytelling supports meaning making through discourse,narrative, and the process of translating private experiences into publicly negotiated forms [23-26].As such storytelling has been associated with developmental models of learning, identityformation [21, 27], and “folk psychology” which asserts that culturally shaped notions, stories, andnarratives organize experience [28-29]. Storytelling is also associated with the methodology of oralhistories and self-studies as

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

Tagged Divisions

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

theconclusion that engineers well deserve our “significantly higher” salaries? As I’m strugglingwith these thoughts the administrator answers my question for me: “Engineers are very important to our economy. Engineers create new companies, they create wealth, they create new jobs.”The “economic hero” rhetoric doesn’t land with me, and my reaction is personal. If engineersare very important because they create companies and “wealth”, then what is an engineerwhose primary concern isn’t economic growth? This is more than a philosophical point for me.My personal career plans not only take me away from service to “our economy” but put mesquarely in opposition to the values I’m hearing described by the one of the highest leveladministrators

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

 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

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Justin R. Vander Werff P.E., Dordt College

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

attended a teaching workshop in summer 2009, but the workshops had distinctdifferences.Known to many in the ASEE, the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) has convenedThursday–Saturday prior to the ASEE Annual Conference since 1991. 1 The application of thematerial is biased toward engineering education, yet a few instructors from other areas (e.g.,physics, math) also attend. The content for the NETI focuses around four core areas: Page 22.1415.3understanding students (both their learning process and their hangups), course planning andassessment, developing teaching strategies, and other professional concerns. A recent paper by theworkshop

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel; Dan D. Nale P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

well to remember this method, as itrequires no preparation (besides a well-formed question) and no additional technology in theclassroom [2]. However, with a little planning and forethought, student response cards (a set ofsymbolic or color-coded index cards) can provide additional granularity and open up variousmultiple-choice questions [3], [4]. These pre-technological SRS approaches have very lowcognitive demands on instructors and students alike. Both methods predate the development ofelectronic SRSs.The modern electronic SRS began in the 1960s as hardwired audience response systemsdeveloped for the movie industry. As early as 1966, Stanford University introduced an SRS tothe classroom, followed by a hardwired system at Christopher Newport

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Stephanie Jorgensen; Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

with the group genius strategy that themembers follow during the entire period from the identification of the innovation challenge untilthe finalization of the PIT, as suggested by the Foundry. A few selected illustrative examples aredescribed in Section 5. Table 3: Suggested Functions for a Team Tackling the Development of an Academic Organization Proposal Function Comments Coordinator of Member facilitating the planning of activities and helping to Activities formulate schedule for milestone of the draft Member facilitating with the budget formulation and Budget Coordinator

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #11293Third-Year Status of a Summer Faculty Immersion ProgramDr. Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo Dr. Juan C. Morales, P.E., joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Universidad del Turabo (UT), Gurabo, Puerto Rico, in 1995 and currently holds the rank of professor. Dr. Morales was the ABET Coordinator of the School of Engineering for the initial ABET-EAC accreditation of all four accredited programs at UT. He has been Department Head of Mechanical Engineering since 2003. His efforts to diffuse innovative teaching and learning practices derive directly from the outcomes assessment plan that he

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

potential funding sources (government agencies, foundations,industries, etc.) and, perhaps, identification of some colleagues at that university (inside andoutside of the engineering college) with whom they may overlap – perhaps with an eye towardsestablishing a center down the road. This research interest document can often be dozens ofpages as the applicant tries to impress the search committee not only with their accomplishmentsto date, but their “rain-making” plans for the future.The teaching interest/philosophy statement, on the other hand, does not often receive the samelevel of detail by the applicant for a variety of reasons (they don’t know educational literatureexists, they don’t know how to properly prepare a meaningful teaching

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Jaime Hernandez, Texas State University-San Marcos; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. They began theirISEE experience with an intensive, week-long workshop at Howard University during thesummer of 2006, where they designed research studies focusing on issues of diversity inengineering education. Each Scholar came to the summer workshop with an initial researchquestion, which was revised and refined over the course of the week. During the week theScholars also developed research plans, including appropriate research methods and projecttimelines. The Scholars then conducted these studies on their home campuses throughout the2006-07 academic year, with support from their fellow Scholars and the ISEE leadership team.Each Scholar chose a research topic and designed a study with relevance to his or her owncampus, focusing on

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals (EF), they may teach a section of a first-year engineering course. The practice of the Engineering Fundamentals department is to pair agraduate student with a faculty mentor to assist them with things such as lesson planning, studentethics, and grading policies. Recently, this program has been evaluated in order to betterunderstand the impact and future directions of EF graduate student mentoring. Additionally, theapproach of the EF mentoring program has been compared to its contemporaries at otheruniversities.Some universities have graduate courses specifically aimed at teaching techniques in highereducation for STEM fields. The University of Washington has developed a 2 credit graduatelevel

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Diane Carlson Jones Ph.D, University of Washington; Tamara Floyd-Smith, Tuskegee University; Nanette M. Veilleux, Simmons College; Caitlin Hawkinson Wasilewski, Seattle Pacific University

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New Engineering Educators

faculty member can actually enable learning by supporting the students’ non-academic needs, which in turn enables the students’ academic engagement. Another means to accommodate external Page 24.977.11 commitments is for faculty to avoid short time frames for completing   assignments. This allows the student to plan around external time pressures while still completing their school work. ii. Our results also suggest that faculty should be explicit in discussing extracurricular activities with students, informing them of the potential benefits of

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Page 24.1074.5courses. In fact, it was the outcomes assessment results from the School of Engineering thatmotivated the proposal that landed this grant. The SFIP is a response to the students’suggestions that more practical problems should be included in the curriculum to provide contextto the theory presented in the classroom. Also, the institution itself, as a norm, sponsors innovation and the pursuit of excellence sothat the SFIP is conducted within a social system in which the upper echelons of leadershipsupport it. This is fortunate as, regarding this point, Everett Rogers starts his book [4,page 1]with the following quote by Niccolo Machiavelli from The Prince (1513): “There is nothingmore difficult to plan, more doubtful of

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

issufficiently broad to provide the foundation skills necessary while also pointing to disciplinesthat may supplement the faculty member’s current skill set and/or suggest potential mentors ortraining opportunities in other disciplines.Sample Implications for Faculty Leaders and MentorsFaculty leaders and mentors have significant roles both at the person level, mentoring andsupporting the development of individual faculty, and at the organizational level, influencingand/or implementing the policies and procedures of the organization that form one set ofconstraints to the faculty career. As we think about the best ways to mentor junior faculty inparticular, how can we design mentoring plans that provide space and encouragement to honeboth base and meta

Conference Session

NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Heather Maness, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

diversity) anda sense of community that allows students to learn from each other [3], [4]. However, this isparticularly difficult in large online courses because it is practically impossible to connect withevery single student and follow his/her progress in detail.The literature has also reported other problems that instructors face when shifting from face-to-face to online learning environments that I too have experienced. For example, the time neededfor the “significant upfront planning and organization” because materials should be loadedbefore the semester starts [2]. This is one of the issues that explains my struggle with thecommunicating assignment instructions. Another is translating and modifying materials from theregular classroom to the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

classroom at Northeastern. Reginald also served as President of the ASEE student chapter at the University of Michigan from 2005-2007. His current research is focused on the self-assembly of colloidal crystal structures for various applications. Upon finishing his degree, Reginald plans to return to industry before pursuing a position at the university level. Page 13.302.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Communicating in an Electronic Environment: Effective Teaching using Electronic Applications for Office HoursAs technologically-competent students enter college, the