Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2009-769: DAD AND LAD: ADVANTAGES, BEST PRACTICES, ANDPITFALLS TO AVOID FOR A PARENT AND SON OR DAUGHTER WHO AREBOTH FACULTY MEMBERS IN A SIMILAR DISCIPLINE (WITHAPPLICATIONS TO MENTORING)Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. At LTU, he serves as the Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter, the Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Coordinator, the Aeronautical Engineering Minor Coordinator, the Energy and Environmental Management Certificate Coordinator, and the SAE Aero Design Faculty Advisor. He is chair of the LTU Leadership Curriculum

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

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New Engineering Educators

Multiple Intelligences (MI) proposed in1983 by Howard Gardner 5, 6 ; their relation to student evaluations is described later in the paper.Kotys et al. 7 studied impact of interactivity in the engineering classroom on student performanceand attitudes in course the Manufacturing Processes and Systems, a required senior level coursein mechanical engineering. Their approach to creating different levels of active learning was touse different levels of interactions that take place in classroom and laboratory. The three levelsof interaction used were: low-level interactivity, mid-level interactivity, and high-levelinteractivity, corresponding respectively to the following types of personal interaction: learner-teacher, learner-content and learner

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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New Engineering Educators

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

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hinton, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

successful university-based researchprogram, the faculty member needs to look at their role as more of a research entrepreneur rathertha n the focused researcher that would be found in an industrial research laboratory. A successfulresearch enterprise will require the faculty member to; 1) create the vision and direction of theresearch enterprise, 2) manage a large group of stude nts and professional staff, 3) bring infunding to support the enterprise, 4) produce academic products and services, and 5) market theacademic products to both industry and their professional community. All of these activities arevery similar to a young entrepreneur trying to start a new business, only in this case, the productsare new ideas to be sold in the academic

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

weighted accordingpredefined relationships, and final course grades are handed out. With this model ofdevelopment, all that is required is for the faculty member to store final assignmentgrades in the grade book.This, however, does not allow faculty members to compile student performance metricson a sub-assignment level. For example, the net final score would not reflect if half ofthe students are having extreme difficulty expressing the problems they encounteredwhile performing a laboratory experiment. Simply recording grades also does not allowone to readily factor in other aspects of grading, such as improvement with time in areasof difficulty. However, by converting the grade book into an electronic rubric book,multiple aspects of a student’s

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Maryland and their libraries’ experiences collaborating with various research programs." New Review of Information Networking 11, no. 1: 83-98.[19] Kearns, Katherine and Tracy Thrasher Hybl. 2005. “A Collaboration Between Faculty and Librarians to Develop and Assess a Science Literacy Laboratory Module.” Science & Technology Libraries 25, no. 4: 39-56.[20] Trussell, Alice. 2004. "Librarians and engineering faculty: Partnership opportunities in information literacy and ethics instruction." IATUL Annual Conference Proceedings 14.[21] Poole, Clifton H. 2004. “Plagiarism and the online student: What is happening and what can be done?” Journal of Instructional Delivery Systems 18, no. 2: 11-14.[22] Dibble

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

. Ethics and Behavior 10:1 (January 2000), pp. 27–50.[10] McNeill, N., Cox, M., Diefes-Dux, H., Medley, T., and Hayes, J. Development of an instrument to collectpedagogical data from graduate teaching assistants within engineering laboratories. 2008 ASEE Annual Conference.[11] Reges, S. Using undergraduates as teaching assistants at a state university. In Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSETechnical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Reno, Navada, USA, February 19 - 23, 2003). SIGCSE '03.ACM, New York, NY, 103-107. DOI= http://doi.acm.org.www.lib.ncsu.edu:2048/10.1145/611892.611943[12] Gehringer, Edward F. Using independent-study projects in your research, teaching, and service program

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, and “snail mail” are still available, the fact that electronic communication has evolved into the default tool-of-use means that it may be awkward to utilize the other tools.3. Technology and Associated Pedagogy in the Classroom: Related to 1. And 2. is increasing use of technology within the classroom. Although technology has always been a part of laboratory courses, only recently has it begin to compete with chalk and marker boards in lectures. Although offering advantages, there are disadvantages to slides, projectors, smart boards, web sites, distance learning, etc. when it comes to the discipline, effectiveness, and convenience of learning (and teaching). Chalk and marker boards may be “low-tech.”, but they rarely lock-up