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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, Middle Tennessee State University; Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

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New Engineering Educators

the schedule for classes. Primarily items discussed wereassignment of chapters, topics, preparation materials, schedule of laboratory exercises, laboratoryequipment and homework assignments. On day one, the GA started with the introduction of the course, explained the syllabus,textbook, laboratory exercises, and instructor information. He did his best to explain why theinstructor could not be available for the first two weeks of classes. The laboratory exercisesimmediately followed the lectures where the GA demonstrated safety orientation and safetytraining. Homework was assigned at the end of week one based upon the introductory chapterfrom the textbook. Since Introduction to Metals and Metallurgy was a freshman course, theinstructor

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University; Melani I. Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M. Veilleux, Simmons College; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

, which they tend to speak about morethan others. We also probe more deeply into how and why the most effective teams or groupswork for students. In a mixed methods approach, our quantitative (survey) data first show whichacademic communities students participate in and how active they are in these communities. Ourqualitative data (interviews and focus groups) then explain how the most influential communitieswork for students. Our results show that while students reported participating at various levels,ranging from minimally to very active, in a broad range of academic groups available throughtheir home departments and colleges, most (53%) are active or very active in laboratory groupsand a large number (42%) are active or very active in

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Topics and AssignmentsThe author provides substantive examples on how humor can be incorporated intospecific engineering and/or technology topics and assignments. For example, humor canbe used with class topics and assignments involving: (1) planning and scheduling, (2) justin time (JIT), (3) plant layout, (4) methods and motion studies, (5) statistical techniques,(6) measuring performance, (7) continuous improvement, (8) laboratory work, (9) Page 26.1667.14multidisciplinary learning, and (10) flowchart diagraming.(1) Topic: Planning and SchedulingAfter providing students with a newspaper article on the poor performance of a givencompany, the author

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Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

were better in a larger city. After about nine months, Joe found anexcellent chaplaincy job at another hospital. Two years later, Joe was finally able to start the jobhe had always wanted, as the pastor of a church.Chris and Jon’s Story:Chris and Jon met during Chris’s final year and Jon’s first year of their common Ph.D. programat Northwestern University in Chicago. This meant that employment location challenges startedearly when Chris defended his Ph.D. dissertation and needed to find a job a year into theirrelationship. The two subsequent years involved a rewarding postdoctoral position at SandiaNational Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM and a staff scientist position at Honeywell Aerospacein Morristown, NJ. Of course both of these positions

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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New Engineering Educators

to overcome resource limitations, andcollaborations across different countries.The impact described by the interview participants regarding their technical advances showstheir commitment to the betterment of society and to the affordability of solutions for all people.One engineer commented that “thousands of laboratories use some of the technology that we’vedeveloped,” indicating a sort of second-order impact, where the advances by these laboratorieshappen as a result of the engineers’ research. Some engineers indicate that they work on projectswith personal significance, for example, one was discussing his/her work with devices to monitorheart health, that “what we’re working on is something that’ll keep people from that—from notbeing

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Leadership Development in Change: A Panel to Explore Experiences, Skills, and Learning in Change Management for New Engineering Educators

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

the fore- seeable future and in fact it’s probably likely to get worse. We anticipate that the market place will have a demand for engineers trained by people with practical experience in a program geared toward practicing. We knew that’s what we wanted to do. The market place is ready for students who fit that bill.Erica’s perspective was consistent with Julian’s – the needs of the marketplace were drivers ofidentifying needs of the students. For her communication project in science, Erica reformulatedthe worth of the laboratory experience: I think we often go for…these knowledge pieces. I look as those [communication] skills as much more important, in all honesty. I think those are the skills that you

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

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Societyof Engineering Education (the acronym “IGIP” is derived from the society’s originalGerman/Austrian name, “Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieurpedagogik”), accredits trainingcenters to offer this certification. Centers exist in Germany, Russia, Austria, Brazil, Switzerland,Czech Republic, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Estonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,Slovenia and Ukraine. The curriculum requirements are modular and extensive, requiring 600hours total, across eight areas, including: Theoretical and Practical Engineering Pedagogy (180hours), Laboratory Methodology (60 hours), Psychology and Sociology (90 hours),Ethics/Intercultural (30 hours), Communication Skills (90 hours), Project Work (30 hours),Electronic Technologies (60

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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New Engineering Educators

thevariety of potential learning activities and structures for delivering and assessing the coursecontent. Forty percent of the remarks included some discussion of particular in-class activitiesand assessments, including, but not limited to in-class demonstrations, projects, presentations,labs, competitions, and example problems.Grace’s Mechanics of Materials course, for instance, “had a laboratory component, where [she] explored phenomena discussed in class in the physical world - this helped [her] link equations and concepts learned in lectures to how materials physically deform.”Victor, on the other hand, was impacted by the problem-based learning experience he had inSystem Dynamics & Control: “I believe that I devoted

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University; Melani I. Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

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New Engineering Educators

study styles in a larger population; and (b) effectivemeans to identify student preferences for group work in multiple types of situations (laboratories,design projects, problem sets, etc.). This study has exposed patterns of study and workingtogether that can form the basis for a follow-up quantitative study.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the National Science Foundation for theirsupport of this work under the REESE program (grant numbers DRL-0909817, 0910143,0909659, 0909900, and 0909850). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation. The authors would also like to