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

AC 2009-545: DESIGNING EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FORGRANT PROPOSALSDonna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn is the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)at Georgia Tech. Donna received her B.A. in Mathematics from Swarthmore College, her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University. After working as a faculty member in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, she changed career paths to lead CETL where she works with faculty, instructors, and graduate students to help them teach effectively so that our students can

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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New Engineering Educators

goals of the program are (1) to increasegeneral awareness of the field of materials engineering among participants and the largercommunity, (2) to increase the awareness of students and parents of the specificopportunities available to study engineering at UAB, and (3) to recruit students to thematerials engineering program at UAB. The paper will discuss the methods used toevaluate the efficacy of the program, as well as best practices and lessons learned sincethe program’s inception. Since the author initiated the program during her first year as afaculty member, the use of rigorous evaluation methods has been important to justifyingthe time and expense of the program, as well as its value in her tenure portfolio.Background and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hinton, Utah State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2009-619: RESEARCH ENTREPRENEUR MODEL FOR MONITORING THEPROGRESS OF FACULTY RESEARCH PROGRAMSScott Hinton, Utah State University Page 14.1026.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Research Entrepreneur Model for Monitoring the Progress of Faculty Research ProgramsAbstrac tThis paper describes a model that visually outlines the strength and sustainability of a facultymember’s research enterprise. This model can be used by individual faculty members to identifythe areas that they personally need to develop and improve as they try to build a successfulresearch program and by administrators who need to have the ability to monitor

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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New Engineering Educators

appropriatetopic and develop a stable undergraduate research group that builds and maintains knowledgeover time. Such a research group requires tasks encompassing many skill levels, a steadyfunding source, and an orderly progression of short-term goals for each student. Web basedcommunication and archiving tools can be used to share and pass on data, references andinformation. Selecting the research topic, obtaining funding, and initially training andorganizing the student team are the major start-up tasks. The benefits for the students and thefaculty member are worth these efforts.IntroductionThe role of research at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI) is complex. Two decadesago, research was shunned by faculty at these institutions, who viewed

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

strengths and areas for improvement, and ensurethat the student understands how they fell short of the initial expectations.In other cases, it is not possible to terminate a student (either firing or zero class credit); forinstance, students may be on campus for a specific summer research experience funded bysomeone other than the mentor. In this case, it is recommended that the mentor conduct the threeweek interview as if the student was being terminated and then try to minimize furtherinteractions with a poorly performing student. Obviously, this can be difficult – particularly insituations where students continue to be compensated – but is important for mentors who do notwant to waste resources on students who are unprepared, uninterested, or

Conference Session

Mentoring & Development:Creating Successful NEEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

nature ofknowledge, namely their epistemological positions. The purpose of this project is to study engineering faculty who conduct engineering-educational research to find out how they developed their current expertise in order to offer otherpracticing engineering-education researchers, whether new or seasoned in the field, direction infurther developing their own expertise in the field. Semi-structured, open-ended interviews wereused as the main means of data collection in order for themes to be inductively generated acrossthe particular case-studies. In this initial work, two themes surfaced: engineering faculty develop understanding ofeducational theories, practices, and research techniques as it relates to projects they are

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University; Kelsey Watts, Clemson University; Evan Ko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Balsam Albayati

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.Dr. Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University Gary Lichtenstein, Ed.D., Director of Program Effectiveness for the Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

theirproposals prepared far in advance of funding deadlines. If you take the initiative, settingup a mock panel is a way to enhance the visibility of your research, as well as improveyour chances of having it funded.Finally, set your horizon far beyond your first grant. Think of what you want to be doingten years from now, and work backwards from that. That will help open your eyes towhat you can achieve, and diminish the chances that you will miss out on a useful projector collaboration because your mind was focused too narrowly on your immediate goals.Note to reviewers: If you, or anyone you know, would like to contribute ideas to improve the final versionof this paper, please fill out the survey (anonymously, if you wish) at http://tinyurl.com/res

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Scozzari, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Jennifer Astwood, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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New Engineering Educators

of initial research to help them pinpoint adesign opportunity. Although the fast food experience may not have been their chosen topic, ithelped to limit their choices and gave them a common task as a group.Both methods have proven quite successful with the timeline of each project throughout thesemester. Traveling to Scandinavia during the middle of the process has given students adifferent perspective when completing their design.Another factor to take into account when designing the projects for this course is the enrollmentnumbers from each of the different majors prior to the course starting. Each year, differentmajors take on the course. In future courses, the class will be flexible to allow creation ofdifferent products and spaces

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

thestudent will usually initiate contact. However, because faculty have more research experience, itis more likely that they can suggest topics that will get the students excited about research.Consider your options for building an effective research program. You can start with researchassistants (RAs), which are often funded as part of a faculty “startup package.” But how do youknow who would make the best RA? You can go by performance in courses, but often grades donot correlate well with success in research. (This may come as a surprise, but it is true!) You canmake a more informed decision if you actually supervise the candidate on a project; only then do

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Jaime Hernandez, Texas State University-San Marcos; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Robin Adams, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

. They began theirISEE experience with an intensive, week-long workshop at Howard University during thesummer of 2006, where they designed research studies focusing on issues of diversity inengineering education. Each Scholar came to the summer workshop with an initial researchquestion, which was revised and refined over the course of the week. During the week theScholars also developed research plans, including appropriate research methods and projecttimelines. The Scholars then conducted these studies on their home campuses throughout the2006-07 academic year, with support from their fellow Scholars and the ISEE leadership team.Each Scholar chose a research topic and designed a study with relevance to his or her owncampus, focusing on

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Prashant N. Kumta, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey S. Borovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Sarah K. Pixley, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine; Partha Roy, University of Pittsburgh; Jangannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

AC 2011-2780: BOOTSTRAPPING A NEW GRADUATE CURRICULUMTHROUGH AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERDevdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng) Devdas M. Pai is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and serves as Director for Education and Out- reach for the NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of manufacturing processes and materials engineering.Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University Robin Guill Liles is associate professor in counseling and counselor education in the Department of Hu- man Development and Services in the School of Education at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

department initiated an independent research propositioncourse for all first year PhD candidates. Student performance in this spring semesterthree unit course was treated as a graduate qualifier exam, and both students and facultyhave been supportive of this requirement, as summarized earlier1. Over the last decade, our first year approach to research education hasbroadened. Peter Kilpatrick added a one unit fall course, Introduction to Research, aprofessional development course including research ethics, presentations, andpublications. While these two courses were satisfying as stand-alone efforts, recentfaculty and graduate student sentiment pushed for an earlier engagement of student withresearch advisor, PhD committee, and research itself

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

the true state of affairs. If their knowledge and beliefs are accurate, it can serve as apowerful foundation for further learning because it adds depth of experience. However, ifinaccurate, students may learn class content for a test and then revert back to their initial beliefsin later experiences. How People Learn states, “Numerous research experiments demonstrate thepersistence of preexisting understandings among older students even after a new model has beentaught that contradicts the naïve understandings.”3 Other research shows it is possible for peopleto have contradicting beliefs simultaneously and not realize it. Thus, unless the two beliefs aresimultaneously activated, they may coexist without being clarified. It is necessary for the

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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New Engineering Educators

AC 2012-4885: EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERINGEDUCATION : THE CHALLENGE FOR RESEARCH-ORIENTED PRO-GRAMS IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCEProf. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Cynthia C. Fry is a Senior Lecturer of computer science and Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering & Computer Science, Baylor University.Dr. Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University Ken Van Treuren is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University, cur- rently serving as the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development for the School of Engineer- ing and Computer Science. He received his B.S. in aeronautical engineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and his M.S. in

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

. Page 26.616.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Engineering Bait-and-Switch: K-12 Recruitment Strategies Meet University Curricula & CultureAbstractThis paper uses the metaphor of engineering bait-and-switch to characterize the misalignmentbetween educational approaches of major K-12 engineering initiatives and traditional higher-education engineering programs. We argue that this misalignment is the result of divergentunderlying educational logics. While K-12 engineering education is notably inclusive, “baiting”student interest with context-driven, open-ended problem solving, higher engineering education“switches” toward an exclusive, abstract fundamentals-first

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

   Figure  4:  Computing  Disciplines  at  CPSU  (LSE  total  vs.  LSE-­‐Computing  Disciplines  vs.  Fall  2013  incoming  class)The rest of this paper identifies and explores possible explanations for this difference as part ofan effort to initiate a research agenda in this area.Discussion: Why So Many More Women in LSE Compared to Other ComputingDisciplines at CPSU? – Initiating a Research Agenda on B.A. Programs in EngineeringStudiesOne reason that we believe women students are both attracted to and more successful in LSE ascompared to other computing disciplines at CPSU is the size of the major. LSE is a small majorwith a high level of group and one-on-one advising. To compare, within the broader College ofEngineering, the typical college

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel; Dan D. Nale P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #33491Student Response System Best Practices for Engineering as Implemented inPlickersDr. Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel Timothy A Wood is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. He acquired a Bachelor’s in Engineering Physics Summa Cum Laude with Honors followed by Civil Engi- neering Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Texas Tech University. His technical research focuses on the intersection of soil-structure interaction and structural/geotechnical data. He encourages students pushing them toward self-directed learning through reading, and inspiring enthusiasm for the

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kweku Brown P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #33182Investigating Student Retention of Surveying Course Material fromSophomore Year to Senior Year Using Pre- and Post-TestsDr. Kweku Brown P.E., The Citadel Dr. Kweku Brown is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. He received his Civil Engineering Master’s degree from the University of Connecticut and his Doctoral degree at Clemson University. He is active in the transportation engineering communities including the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Institute of Transportation Engineers, and Transportation Research Board. His research focuses on transportation

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Brewer, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

what thiscareer path would look like in practice, but I’m committed to finding out.About half way through my freshman environmental seminar, my professor, Dr. Walther, askedme if I would be interested in working on a research project in engineering education. Hedescribed a study of media representations of engineering that he was working on with hiscolleague and told me that they were looking for a student who would like to help with dataanalysis. I agreed, and attended his research group’s next meeting. I was initially intimidated byworking with professors on a research project, but I quickly became comfortable after help andencouragement from my supervisors.My participation in this research group formed the context for the present

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Roxane Neal, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

can be derived from a number of sources:empirical research of the target user group, the designer’s knowledge of the design context,previously published information about the context, and administrative policy. Design principlesdiffer slightly from heuristics and patterns as they are more generalizable and applied to multiplegenres of resources.In this paper, we will first describe an initial set of principles for designing engineering educationresources and the data-driven rationale for creating them. We will then present the initial pagedesigns for our current prototype web site for engineering faculty, explaining how these designsinstantiate our design principles. The current prototype can be found athttp://depts.washington.edu/next.We

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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New Engineering Educators

to improving theprocesses and outcomes of educating tomorrow’s engineers. To that end, the Center for theAdvancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE), the first operating center atthe National Academy of Engineering, conducts on-going research and implementation activitiesto foster excellence in engineering education. CASEE’s initial focus has been on extending theresearch base on engineering education within engineering disciplines and translating researchresults into practice in classrooms, internship sites, and work sites.In the last several years, we have seen an influx of articles, dialogue, and meetings ofengineering educators looking for ways to improve engineering education by introducing andstrengthening their

Conference Session

Lessons for New Engineering Educators

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2011-826: REALISTIC OPEN-ENDED ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLV-ING AS SITES FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER TRAINING INCOURSE INSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENTAmani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amani Salim is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue University, and was previously a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She receives her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Uni- versity of Minnesota Twin Cities, and her Ph.D. in BioMEMS and Microelectronics from Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. Her engineering education research focuses on prob- lem formulation within Model

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Valeriya Yudina, Higher School of Economics; Yulia Skrupskaya, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Victor Taratukhin, SAP Silicon Valley and University of Muenster; Elvira Kozlova; Natalia Pulyavina, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #34494Bringing Together Engineering and Management Students for aProject-Based Global Idea-thon: Towards Next-Gen Design ThinkingMethodologyValeriya Yudina, Higher School of EconomicsYulia Skrupskaya, National Research University Higher School of EconomicsProf. Victor Taratukhin, SAP Silicon Valley and University of Muenster Victor Taratukhin received his Ph.D. in Engineering Design in 1998 and Ph.D. in Computing Sciences and Engineering in 2002. Victor was a Lecturer in Decision Engineering and Module Leader (IT for Product Realization) at Cranfield University, UK (2001-2004), SAP University Alliances Program Director

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

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New Engineering Educators

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

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Luisa Deckard, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2009-840: SUPPORT FOR FACULTY WRITING PROPOSALS TO NEWINVESTIGATOR PROGRAMSLaurie Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Dr. Laurie Garton is a Senior Research Development Associate with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station Office of Strategic Research Development. She has BS, ME, and PhD degrees in civil engineering (environmental) from Texas A&M University and was an engineering faculty member before joining TEES in 1999 where she has worked 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 for untenured engineering faculty

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

engineering professor initiated acomprehensive faculty development effort to extend workshop elements and provideprofessional advancement opportunities as a thread that could impact mid- and senior-levelfaculty over the life of a faculty member’s career.3.1 Office of Engineering Faculty Development Why a faculty development office inside a COE? While there are myriad scholarlyarticles supporting the importance of engineering faculty development in the realm of teaching,there is a dearth of literature that addresses the need for a more comprehensive engineering-centric faculty development effort 2-6. According to a National Science Board report (2012),[public research universities] “perform over half of all academic research and development

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Clyne, Drexel University

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New Engineering Educators

young engineering researchers has dramaticallychanged the face of the college, a significant challenge lies in integrating such a large number ofnew faculty into existing, established departments. We initiated three programs to facilitate newfaculty integration: a junior faculty advisory board, engineering-specific new faculty orientation,and a women in engineering research network.The junior faculty advisory board’s function is to advise the dean of significant issues facingindividual junior faculty or the entire cohort. The board is composed of at least one junior facultymember from each engineering department. The board is led by the Assistant Dean for FacultyDevelopment, who is also a junior faculty member, and who meets regularly with the

Conference Session

The Care and Keeping of Graduate Students - GSD Tech Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators

graduate education, online engineering cognition and learning, and engineer- ing communication.Dr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands- on learning. Luchini-Colbry is also the Director of the Engineering Futures

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tonya Saddler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret Layne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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New Engineering Educators

program is targeted to improving the recruitment and success offemale faculty members in science and engineering through program initiatives designed toimprove departmental and university climate. As part of the research and assessment componentof this project at Virginia Tech, a research project was launched to conduct yearly interviewswith the cohort of faculty entering faculty positions in engineering in the fall of 2003. A time ofsevere budget restraints, the cohort was unusually small, with only 12 new faculty members (5women; 7 men) hired in engineering. Each member of the cohort was contacted once a year toparticipate in an interview and to discuss the priorities, challenges, and support that were uniqueto that year.PurposeIt is rare to