Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

assessment strategy include:1) Establish goals and desired educational outcomes for the degree program, which mustinclude 11 outcomes2 (designated “A-K”) identified by ABET as essential for allengineering programs2) Measure whether graduates of the program are attaining the goals and outcomes3) Use the data collected in step 2 to identify opportunities for improvement, and modifythe program accordingly4) “Close the loop” by assessing whether the changes led to improved attainment ofdesired outcomes1According to Gloria Rogers3 the most difficult part of the process, and one which mostengineering programs do not do well, is “identification of a limited number ofperformance indicators for each outcome.” An outcome is a broad statement such as“The

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Corey Balint, Northeastern University; Christopher Wishon, Northeastern University; Colleen Fritze, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

remindus that “many undergraduate classes occur in large lecture halls where instructional practices areconstrained… such constraints include: student-teacher dialogue limitations, heavily lecture-based formats that encourage passive learners, and memorization of facts and formulas that passtests [yet] fail to achieve genuine understanding of STEM subject matter.”7The declining teacher-student ratio is the result of several factors, such as (1) diminishingresources for faculty and/or graduate teaching assistants, (2) an inclination toward enlisting onlyuniversity faculty with the highest possible degree, (3) a trend toward learning methods thatdepend less on instructor-based pedagogy and foster either individual/solitary responsibility forlearning

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

typical of senior level faculty whose years of effort and contributions in their fieldshave led them to be selected to serve on various committees and commissions related to theprofession.1 Boyer’s view of scholarship resulting from service activities at the highest level ofone’s profession has limited applicability for new engineering educators who are often juststarting out in their professional field. In order for a new engineering educator to use service as a Page 15.849.2scholarly activity, they must not merely serve, but they need to produce a scholarly publicationas a result of that service.Some of the general types of service activities

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

standards while ANSI certifies standards as meeting the criteria to be anAmerican National Standard (ANS). Increasing educational awareness about standardization is one of twelve primaryobjectives of the USSS (1). To that end, over the past several years standards professionals haveconducted studies to determine how professors are incorporating standards into currentcurriculums. In parallel, other attempts have been made to increase students’ awareness ofstandards by imposing minimal requirements for standards use within specific engineering andtechnology ABET requirements. Yet the question of how to adequately implement the practiceand application of standards into curriculums still remains largely unanswered. Among standards

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

additionally includes a literature review on aspects of the case study project, overviewof information literacy standards, description of related engineering and technology accreditationrequirements, and integration of information literacy into the curriculum. The case study and its Page 15.841.2evolution in a changing information world is related from the viewpoint of both instructionalfaculty and library faculty. Student learning experiences are also characterized.Literature ReviewErdmann and Harding (1988) first described the Treasure Hunt in “Information Literacy: Needs– Skills – Assignments” 1 and discussed the definitions of library

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Howe, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the student when encouraging young women tostick with engineering, and it is a very empowering experience. In the full paper, ways toovercome the challenges discussed will be explored in greater detail.IntroductionIt comes as no surprise that the number of female faculty members in engineering is quite low. In2006, a reported 10.8% of tenure and tenure-tracked engineering faculty were female and 5% offull professors of engineering were female1. While these percentages are significantly larger thanthose of 1985 (2.1% and 1% respectively), they still remain low when compared with otherfields. The National Center for Education Statistics reported in 2007 that 53.7% of faculty werefemale, leaving engineering behind at its 10.8%2. Because of this

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

answer the following questions without consultationwith anyone or with the review process documentation.1. “What is the purpose of the CFARC Process?”2. “How is the University affected by the Process?”3. “How is the faculty member affected by the Process?”4. “Who are the stakeholders in the Process?”5. “How should a new faculty member prepare for the Process?”The questions were intentionally open-ended, eliciting candid responses from the groupmembers.Question 1 – The PurposeThe CAO’s responses included both broad analyses and detailed facts. He cited the purpose asincluding “faculty accountability,” “faculty growth,” “positive reinforcement,” “constructivecriticism,” and “sharing of best practices.” That is, the purpose is to ensure

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

application are provided.1. IntroductionContemporary studies have demonstrated that active learning methods can increase the masteringof subject matter by students as compared to the traditional passive lecturing method 1–4 . Activelearning covers a wide spectrum of activities with the common characteristic that the studentsindividually, in groups or as a whole are involved in an activity that requires them to work withthe subject matter being taught 2. An active learning enabling technology that is beingincreasingly utilized is the Audience Response System (ARS). ARS are also known as electronicvoting systems, interactive voting systems and by other generic and trade names.The ARS facilitates a bi-directional learning experience by allowing each

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Greene, University of Alabama; Carol Romanowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

individual funded scholarship foci. Severalexcellent resources exist to assist new faculty as they develop their individual teaching styles,[1-5]but in the authors’ experience practical advice is lacking for new faculty to develop andaccelerate their scholarship productivity. Therefore, this paper will provide practical advice andindividual experiences in operating as an untenured faculty scholarship team.Rochester Institute of Technology is a teaching institution focused on career-oriented educationenjoying a good reputation regionally. Like many universities the institution is in the process ofrefocusing faculty priorities toward more research and scholarship than has been done in thepast. Because many faculty have not been research-active, it is

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

since Fall 2008 semester.1. IntroductionLaboratory safety is very important, particularly in undergraduate laboratories where studentsdevelop practices and habits initially that they may carry with them throughout their futurecareers [1-3]. Because this importance is generally agreed upon, undergraduate engineering labsinclude some amount of safety training, encompassing at a minimum a long list of safety rules [4-5] . These rules are often explained on the first day of lab, along with the course syllabus. Despiteof safety precautions, however, some accidents, near misses, and laboratory rule violationscontinue to occur either intentionally or accidently. Two major causes for these continuing safetyviolations are forgetfulness and complacency

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Janet Braun, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

and competence are low.Combine this state of development with the need to present 3-6 hours of new material each weekper class in an engaging and meaningful way, and it’s a wonder we didn’t hit the highway andhead back to what we’d known!Depending on the mode of instructional delivery, preparation for a single hour-long class cantake 1-6 hours, based on content, level of familiarity with the subject, and degree of calculationsrequired to be performed at the front of the class. Among faculty, the term “new course prep” isoften met with pitiful gasps and painful expressions typically reserved for dental surgery orcompound fracture wounds. One of the greatest challenges coming from industry has beendealing with the need to dust off areas of

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melodie A. Selby PE, Walla Walla University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, mutants are attractive and being smart isconsidered a virtue.”1 Since the movies were so recent and well-known, it was an easy universefor us to ‘visit’. When I introduced new concepts, we often explored them in terms of theMarvel Universe before we talked about them in terms of our universe. We also used Avengersas memory aids.This Environmental Engineering class is a junior-level class which meets for 50 minutes, 4 timesper week, for a 10-week quarter. I primarily lecture but I try to incorporate active learning asmuch as possible. Civil engineering students are required to take the class and it is a technicalelective for mechanical engineering students, so there is typically a mix of students. Thisparticular class consisted of seven male

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chene Chetcuti, United States Military Academy; Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brent J. Pafford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

a three-course core engineering sequence. The rational for this requirement is simple:a leader’s ability to understand and shape the physical world “can both enhance and constrain aleader’s ability to influence the action of people” and “engineering is the process of shaping thephysical world to further human goals.” [1] The belief is that graduates who have studiedengineering are well prepared to solve problems when confronted with complex, ambiguoussituations that require the need to articulate requirements and constraints and formulatesolutions.[1]Problem Statement: Students taking a three-course core engineering sequence have various academic majorsranging from foreign language to law, history, and even physics. Due to schedule

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

completedescription of the Ohio State Model, refer to the subsequent section in the paper.The application of the Leadership Approach to classroom management required theauthor to evaluate the three leadership models to determine which one was the mostapplicable to classroom management. For this evaluation, the author considered severalcriteria. Table 1 shows the results of the author’s evaluation of the three leadershipmodels to determine which model was the most compatible for classroom management.Table 1: Evaluating leadership models for classroom management Rating Scale: 1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neither Agree/Disagree, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree Evaluation Criteria Situational Leadership Ohio State

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

 initial occurrence through organization and communication.15Recommendations for faculty include the following:1. Define expectations early in writing and verbally:  The communication of policies, requirements and expectations on the first day of class via multiple modalities is an important  practice. The course syllabus, for example, is an appropriate tool for written communication;4,14 it should be Page 24.226.6 explicit and, where relevant, should  direct students to university resources containing more in depth explanations of policy and procedure.  Passow et al. caution faculty to explicitly define what constitutes cheating

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

GroupsAbstract: This paper describes two aspects of an ongoing faculty development model thatuses small interactive teaching development groups. We used the model with engineeringfaculty at five institutions. The groups focused their work on the design andimplementation of research-based, interactive teaching strategies.The focus of this work is using ongoing faculty development as a means to broaden theuse of research-proven instructional practices in engineering courses. Jamieson andLohmann explain the need for pedagogical research to connect with the needs ofinstructors 1. There is a long-standing gap between research about interactive teachingstrategies and the implementation of those strategies in classrooms. In our project, weattempted to bring

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matt Anderson, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

anything moresevere. The university academic misconduct policy should be included on every course syllabusand it is a good idea to give students time to read this policy word for word on the first day ofclass and answering any questions that they have regarding the policy.Academic Misconduct Extreme Case 1: A new edition of a Thermodynamics textbook had justcome out and the instructor incorrectly assumed that it might take a few months before studentswould have found access to the solutions. Graded homework was assigned from the textbookand despite explicit instructions one student blatantly plagiarized the solution manual. When thestudent was called into the instructor’s office to discuss the matter they showed up with one oftheir relatives and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.D. B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

paper will discuss thedetail design of experiments and results of the implementations. Page 24.719.2IntroductionOnline learning, one form of alternate learning, has created a paradigm shift in education, and inparticular, the way knowledge is transmitted [1]. The opportunity to access broader andpreviously underserved markets has been spectacular. Moreover, education can be arranged toform learning communities of geographically scattered learners throughout the world. Thephenomenal growth of online education in recent years has made this teaching method a viablealternative for learners who previously may not have had access to traditional

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

goals of the program are (1) to increasegeneral awareness of the field of materials engineering among participants and the largercommunity, (2) to increase the awareness of students and parents of the specificopportunities available to study engineering at UAB, and (3) to recruit students to thematerials engineering program at UAB. The paper will discuss the methods used toevaluate the efficacy of the program, as well as best practices and lessons learned sincethe program’s inception. Since the author initiated the program during her first year as afaculty member, the use of rigorous evaluation methods has been important to justifyingthe time and expense of the program, as well as its value in her tenure portfolio.Background and

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; Randy L. Vander Wal, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

standardtextbook isn‟t employed.I. IntroductionIn many of today‟s classrooms, the textbook sets the stage. Accordingly, textbooks guideinstructional planning and classroom activities “by making content available, organizing it, andsetting out learning tasks in a form designed to be appealing to students.” 1 Whether or not to usea textbook in a college level class is a decision that may or not fall to the individual instructor.Some courses, particularly those that are required of all undergraduates in a major, often use a“standard” text selected by the department. Other courses may allow for more flexibility and aprofessor can decide whether or not to require a textbook as well as select the textbook.Researchers have advocated a variety of approaches

Conference Session

Best Methods for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; Michael Behm, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

] becomesufficiently involved to contribute to it” (p. 4).1 Furthermore, most researchers would agree thatthere is no better way to clarify and organize one’s thoughts than by sharing them with othersthrough the written medium.Most important though, writing for one’s discipline contributes to the vitality of the discipline, inparticular if the writing is done well. It is only by disseminating research findings and the resultsof other creative activities that a discipline can advance.Beyond WritingAccording to Katz (1997), the sharing of new knowledge can be accomplished by a varietyformal, semiformal, and informal means, facilitated by traditional communication mediums andthe Internet.2 The informal may include face-to-face discussions, telephone

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl B. Schrader, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Kotaro Sasaki, Boise State University; Teresa Cole, Boise State University, Computer Science Department; John N. Chiasson, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

institutionalsupport. A total of 69 full-time faculty members were invited to participate in the survey, and 42of them (61%) completed the survey. The primary results were: (1) Assistant and associateprofessors think that their actual teaching load is heavier than their ideal teaching load. (2) Fullprofessors feel that they maintain a good balance between their teaching and scholarly activitiesand incorporate their research into teaching. (3) The faculty perceive different levels ofperformance expectations from the university, college and departments. (4) The faculty perceivethat the reward system for excellent teaching is vague and insufficient in contrast to the rewardsystem for scholarly activities. These results can be used to develop appropriate

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; James G. Ryan, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

program will support many of the current and planned Research Clustersincluding: (1) Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (new nanoengineered materials andmanufacturing processes); (2) Energy and Environment; (3) Biotechnology and Biosciences(new materials & applications of nanoscience in biology, agriculture and medicine); and (4)Computational Science and Engineering (computational aspects of nanotechnology) that are keytechnology areas for the current and future scientific, engineering and technology needs of thenation and the world. The rapidly spawning array of nanoengineered materials and techniques and theirapplications in research laboratories globally hold great promise for new nanoscale engineeringsystems and technologies

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Nathaniel Bird, Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

exercise no later than the end of the fourth week in all of your classes. Please review your responses, then make an appointment to see me so that I can review the cards with you and, if necessary, discuss ways that improvements can be made based on the students’ input. In this way I can effectively work with you to help you become both a better instructor and more in tune with the expectations of a typical ONU engineering student. If you have any questions please feel free to stop by my office. Page 22.1060.3 Figure 1. Body of email sent by mentor explaining index card assessment process.While the use of such

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Maj Jonathan Bodenhamer, U.S. Military Academy, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Frederick Clayton Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

outlier studentbiased the overall summary. To deal with this, a better method might be employed.To start, we want to convert the Likert scale responses to a numerical value. A “Strongly Agree”response is provided a value of 5, an “Agree” is provided a value of 4, a neutral response isprovided a value of 3, a “disagree” is provided a value of 2, and a “Strongly Disagree” isprovided a value of 1. For each class, we can then calculate a numerical average in the rangebetween 1 and 5 by adding the individual scores together. To aggregate this data across multiplesection, we simply, employ a weighted average and sum these results across all classes.Using such a method, a professor may set a goal of no result below a 3.75. As with the previousmethod, it

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

sendmessages about their beliefs by what they do and say.”1 If you ask engineering students manywill respond that that is what their instructors are. The effort should be then to convince facultyof their role (model) in the everyday action of teaching.When you think about it, do any of these faculty ever mention the response that they receive whensending material into journals for review? With the amount of writing that is done, the amount ofpresenting that goes on, and the level of intellectual thinking that goes into the text produced; itwould seem natural that this kind of information would be enlightening to students in everyengineering course. This then fits in quite well with comments by individuals who believe in theintrinsic value of role

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahesh Aggarwal, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. These categories are groups into three major areas: Teaching, Scholarship andProfessional Development, and Collegiality and Service. Tables 1 -3 present the categories undereach area. Table 4 states the specific requirements for tenure and advancement in rank toAssistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor.Table 1: Categories under Teaching Area before year 20001 Supports and contributes to the mission, goals, and objectives of the University2 Demonstrates currency in knowledge of subject matter and methodological procedures of one's discipline3 Is proficient in presenting subject matter and methodological procedures of one's

Conference Session

Lessons for New Engineering Educators

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, limited in-class time, students’ perceptions of learning through open-endedproblem solving, and the training of a large number of teaching assistants involved in the course.Since the Fall of 2002, revisions to the MEA instruction and assessment have been dynamic.MEA reformers – those involved in MEA curriculum reformation - have continuously updatedtheir understanding of the students, faculty, and teaching assistants (TAs) involved in MEAimplementation. The universality and dynamic nature of MEAs makes it a suitable site for PRtraining (or graduate student training) in curriculum instruction and development.In the Fall of 2010, the PR was responsible for training TAs to implement two MEAs: 1) TravelMode Choice MEA – which requires students to

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

environments.BackgroundThe development of teaching workshops has occurred at the university, regional, and nationallevels; the focus of the material presented in these workshops can apply to a specific area (e.g.,engineering) or can provide universal principles with examples of implementation in varioussubject areas. With workshop times being either short with various meetings throughout theterm/year or concentrated periods of eight hour days for 1–5 days, education experts expose bothnew and seasoned instructors to practical teaching pedagogy and effective classroommanagement. These workshops often emphasize research-based methods including use of clearlydefined learning objectives and implementing active learning techniques in the classroom. Theauthors each