update and upgrade programs in powerand energy in light of new technologies and requirements for the electric power grid includingissues associated with policy and regulations. The workshop described in this paper is the first ina series conceived to develop, implement and evaluate responses to this need. These workshopsbring together diverse sets of academic and industry participants from Canada and the UnitedStates to address a range of issues including curriculum changes, faculty development andstudent recruitment.The goal of the workshop is to identify actions that will create a strong academic foundation foreducating the next generation of power engineering professionals and supporting the industrythrough fundamental research in relevant
of the intellectual merit and the broader impactstatements. The Key findings from these statements are:The first component of this project will be the implementation of a REU program that willprovide a rich research experience and professional development opportunities to a largepopulation of under-served minority students enrolled in the 13+ engineering programs andtheir partner community colleges that have been unable to participate in traditional summerresident research programs. It builds on the strength of an existing 13+ institution Engineeringconsortium. The REU/RET Megasite will be built around the Smart and Connected City researchtheme, which will encompass the following research strengths in the host sites: Cyber Security,Power
, power systems, communications, computer hardware and software,signal and image processing, control systems, optics and lasers, and electromagnetics, amongothers — some are more commonly chosen by students than others.1 Electromagnetics is often perceived by students as being too highly mathematical,conceptual, and theoretical in nature.2 With a reputation of being difficult and demanding,electromagnetics has become one of the least popular undergraduate specializations withinelectrical engineering programs.3 Introductory classes in electromagnetics focus on the study ofMaxwell’s equations, the fundamental equations governing electromagnetism.1 The broader fieldof electromagnetics also encompasses antenna theory, radar systems, and the
engineering project activities to engage the following STEMconstituents (a) students (b) educators (c) first-year engineering students in undergraduate degreeprograms. Laboratory and engineering project experiences can effectively introduce and reinforceSTEM-related concepts. The first two constituents form part of the K-12 STEM education process.The third constituent represents the graduates of the process. The constituents identified as studentsare introduced to aspects of engineering design, assembly, test, and validation through step-basedproject activities. The introduction takes place with the students either participating in projectactivities in the undergraduate engineering laboratory or with faculty from undergraduateengineering programs
to do something bigger than themselves.” On this project, focusing on“why” supports: • using research to inform instructional practices; • stimulating a socio-technical context in engineering; and • fostering motivation, inspiration, and innovation.A Y-circle is vital to departmental change as a vehicle for implementing and blending processesbased on collaborative transformation, crucial conversations [26], and essential tension [27]. AY-circle is comprised of X-team members, department faculty members, postdocs, academicadvisers and other interested staff, and undergraduate and graduate students. Participants includefuture X-team members who will learn from the experiences of current X-team members. X-teams share progress
entireclass, we award every participant of each survey with 0.1% extra credit on the 100%scale for the course. The maximal number of points that a student can earn viaparticipation in surveys was 1.6% in the Fall 2012; for comparison, the reward for earlysubmission of homework was ~3-fold higher. We believe that extra credit forparticipation is justified, because thoughtful feedback requires reflection on learning andteaching, which in turn stimulates meta-communication and comprehension of the coursematerial. The average amount of extra credit for participation in surveys earned bystudents in the Fall 2012 was 0.86%, while the width of each letter grade bin was 4%(straight scale, no “curve”); thus extra credit points only slightly influenced the
the College of Engineering. The Engineering Education Transformations Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic in- terdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineer- ing, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering
solving from his father (ran a gray iron foundry), his mother (a nurse) and grandparents (dairy farmers). He has had the great good fortune to always work with amazing people, most recently professors teaching circuits and electronics from 13 HBCU ECE programs and the faculty, staff and students of the SMART LIGHTING ERC, where he is Education Director. He was ECSE Department Head from 2001 to 2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association from 2003 to 2008.Dr. Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY Dr. Dianna Newman is a research professor in the Evaluation Consortium at the University at Al- bany/SUNY. Her major areas of study are program evaluation with an emphasis in STEM related pro
Heads Association (ECEDHA), the group created a new organization,the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC), consisting of a core group of collaborators and asecond, much larger group of affiliated members from other universities, industry andprofessional societies.The overall IEC vision is to be a collaboration of Minority Serving Institutions Working as Oneto Advance the ECE Enterprise. It is organized as a virtual super department with broadly basedstrengths in education, scholarship and service. Collectively, IEC can function as the equal ofany ECE program, accomplish more and have a greater impact through access to resources andopportunities not available individually. IEC works to more fully engage MSIs in the USeducation and research