Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

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AC 2012-3702: GRANTSMANSHIP AND THE PROPOSAL DEVELOP-MENT PROCESS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEVERAL YEARS OFPROGRAMS FOR JUNIOR FACULTYDr. Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Laurie Garton is a Senior Research Development Associate with the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta- tion Office of Strategic Research Development. She has B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineer- ing (environmental) from Texas A&M University and was an engineering faculty member before joining TEES in 1999 where she started working on technical research project grants related to interdisciplinary environmental themes. Currently, she leads the TEES New Faculty Initiative targeting grants such as the NSF CAREER awards

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

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AC 2012-2979: CRITICAL THINKING: A PEDAGOGICAL INSTRUMENTFOR NEW ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE EDUCATORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a Fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, secured a Gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St. Joseph’s College (au- tonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; I. Richmond Nettey, Kent State University; Edem G. Tetteh; Philip Weinsier, Bowling Green State University, Firelands

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responsibilities, if any, and their institutionalCarnegie profile3 are as follows:Professor and Associate DeanUndergraduate Instructional Program—Prof+A&S/HGC: Professions plus arts & sciences, highgraduate coexistence; Graduate Instructional Program—CompDoc/NMedVet: Comprehensivedoctoral (no medical/veterinary); and a Community Engagement—Outreach and PartnershipsCarnegie classification—category institution.ProfessorUndergraduate Instructional Program/Prof+A&S/HGC—Professions plus arts & sciences, highgraduate coexistence; Graduate Instructional Program—Doc/Prof: Doctoral, professionaldominant; and a Community Engagement—Curricular Engagement and Outreach andPartnerships Carnegie classification—category institution.ProfessorUndergraduate

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

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New Engineering Educators

?AbstractAs higher education evolves, one instructional tool, the classic textbook, is undergoing varioustransformations. Textbooks, once viewed as the cornerstone to instruction in higher education,are now often seen as outdated. Some instructors are opting out of published textbooks andinstead designing content for their courses on an as-needed basis by creating electronic classreadings from an array of digital resources. While the limitations of textbooks are not new,today‟s technologic advances afford many alternatives to print-based books. Furthermore, certainfields, by their very nature, dictate the need for timely, current resources and the coursedescribed in this paper is one such course for it covers alternative energy sources. This upper

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara W. Knott, Virginia Tech; Thomas D. Walker P.E., Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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, a team teachingmodel is used in ENGE 1114 during the on-sequence semester. Depending on the number offaculty assigned to the course, one or two faculty members are assigned as the module leader(s)for each module. The module leaders prepare the materials for both lecture and workshop duringthe module and deliver the lectures.Personnel RolesIn the on-sequence semester the teaching team for one of these first-year common courses mayinclude up to 10 faculty, 17 graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), and 15 undergraduate graders.One or two of the faculty serve as course coordinator(s). In ENGE 1024 and ENGE 1104, thecourse coordinators have primary responsibility for course content, including lecture materials,workshop materials, assignments

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Meredith, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette

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New Engineering Educators

test will look at two billiard balls.Since I only see recent high school graduates, I consider it part of my responsibility to improve the problemsolving skills of the students and (in many cases) to break some of the bad habits that they may have learned inhigh school. It amazes me every year how many engineering students have forgotten the formulae for volumesand surface areas. So they get some practice early in the semester on homework and entrance quizzes to ensurethese basic equations are fresh in their memory. The students that I see are usually weak in converting units. Sothey quickly learn (because I tell them repeatedly) that if they need the velocity in m/s for the equation they areusing, they can expect the velocity to be given in

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

Faculty in Acquiring Relevant Practical Experience:Encourage faculty members, particularly the young, to get involved with the practicein their locale, and devise equitable system(s) that allow faculty to gain theengineering experience they desperately need, in order to keep up with newdevelopments in their areas of specialization. Thus asserting the view thatengineering faculty “with practical experience under their belt” would, in general,make better teachers. Administrator (deans, chairs, and decision makers in general)should investigate ways for helping new faculty members gain industrial experienceby spending a semester on-site at a cooperating industry, using summer release timeto work within industry, or allow for a dual appointment, say

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William R. Marshall, Alief Independent School District

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New Engineering Educators

; Feletti, G. (1991). The Challenge of Problem-Based Learning (p. 13). New York: St. Martin’sPress.9. Albanese, M.A. & Mitchell, S. (1993). Problem-Based Learning: A Review of Literature on Its Outcomes andImplementation Issues. Academic Medicine, 68. 52-81.10. Marshall, J. and Marshall, J. (2007). In Search of Teaching Excellence. American Society for EngineeringEducators, June, 2007.11. National Joint Apprenticeship Training Commission (2008), Course 42, International Brotherhood ofElectrical Workers.12. Michaelsen, L., (1998). Three Keys to Using Learning Groups Effectively. “Essays on Teaching Excellence”.Center for Teaching, University of Southern Maine. Vol. 9, No 5, 1998.13. Price, P.C., (2006). Are You as Good A Teacher as You Think

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Wade, U.S. Military Academy; Robert J. Rabb, U.S. Military Academy; R. Clayton McVay, U.S. Military Academy; Peter Hanlon, U.S. Military Academy

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. “Test Preparation and Performance: A Self-Regulatory Analysis,” The Journal of Experimental Education, vol. 70, no. 2 Winter, 2002, 101-113.6. Caudron, S., "Can Generation Xers be Trained?" Training and Development, v.3, 1997, 20-24. Page 25.134.147. Hines, W. W., et. al. Probability and Statistics in Engineering, 4th Ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.

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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semester were:ECS Core Competencies in Teaching, Academic Integrity Update, and Innovation andCreativity in the Classroom.Seminar 1 – ECS Core Competencies in TeachingThe overall seminar series had four primary objectives: to intentionally refocus on one ofthe ECS’s Core Competencies, excellence in undergraduate teaching; to foster cross-disciplinary discussions within the School of ECS; and to promote the development of “bestpractices” in teaching. This first seminar was aimed at getting the faculty to identify whatcore competencies in teaching should be important for the School of ECS. Teachingexcellence is consistent with Baylor University 's Christian commitment, to do “…whateveryou do, you must do all for the glory of God.” (I Cor 10:31) or