Conference Session

New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 3 - Professional and Faculty Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Ansell, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica R TerBush, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Elaine C. Schulte, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan; Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

that require TAs with those same specialized technicalskills may have a smaller pool of qualified TA candidates to select from. Most courses wouldalso prefer TAs with strong “soft skills,” particularly in communication and organization. Whilethese skills can be built up over time, that is a time-consuming commitment. Furthermore,identifying which TAs have these soft skills or will be amenable to developing them often comesfrom personal interactions. It is likely that a lower-level undergraduate course that serves manystudents and requires a large staff of TAs will also absorb many TAs who’s technical and/or softskills are yet to be developed.Instructors are also presented with different levels of input into the hiring process. While someare

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 4 - Undergraduate Student Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric J Steward, University of South Alabama; Sean Walker, University of South Alabama; Rachel Chai, University of South Alabama; Zachary Miller, University of South Alabama; Bryant Baldwin, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

undergraduate peer learningSupplemental Instructors are peer-facilitated learning sessions hosted by a student who has metthe criteria of 1) previously taken the course and received an “A” (i.e. exceptional markings,highest achievable grade category), 2) has been identified or recommended by a professor at theuniversity to has “soft-skills” such communication, empathy, and patience. These SI sessions aretypically interactive, group discussions that encourage student participation in a low-stakesenvironment. It is important to note that SIs do not teach content but reinforce content discussedin the course by working on additional problems. It is also important to note that instructors arenot teaching assistants due to the perception by students that