Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

provided additional mentoring opportunities to deliver professionaldevelopment and leadership training, as well as coverage of topics such as lab management,worklife balance, and gender issues for women in STEM. Moreover, the networkingopportunities afforded by the monthly lunches have contributed to a stronger sense of confidenceand encouraged peer mentoring among women faculty who participate. The initial target grouphas expanded to include collaborators in other disciplines, faculty whose research focuses ongender and STEM, as well as colleagues from areas such as entrepreneurship and social sciencewho face many of the same issues as women faculty in STEM. Lastly, hosting well-knownexternal speakers for small, on-campus workshops focused on

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kushner; Jay Martin

engaging in a parallel experience with the students leads to new waysof interaction. In addition, it can provide a frame of reference for students to which they cancompare their own work.Despite many of the concerns faculty may have about engaging in this approach to teaching,our experience suggests that there are many different ways to make this activity workable forthe faculty. What is important is identifying some of the issues and concerns prior toparticipation, and looking for ways to mitigate the discomfort. It is encouraging to note thatsome of the discomfort one may feel in learning/working alongside students fades with eachnew experience. In our second experience we were somewhat prepared for some of theissues we would encounter, and were

Conference Session

Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

University he was a research associate in Florida Center for Advanced Aero- Propulsion. Dr. Solomon’s research interests include high speed flow control, actuator development, experimental fluid mechanics and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Study on Student Success in a Blended-Model Engineering ClassroomAbstractOne of the primary issues that many engineering educators face is the lack of engagement of students intheir classroom. This becomes a more crucial concern for new engineering educators, many of whom lackany significant teaching experience. While the literature suggests a variety of factors that mightnegatively influence student engagement, the theory of

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

information, the basis for a price quote,equipment specifications, company profiles, standards compliance and a myriad of other types ofinformation. Throw in issues of ethics and determining the validity and reliability of sourcesamong the millions on the internet, information literacy becomes a critical instrument in thepractitioners toolbox. Yet few classes address practitioner's needs for broad informationresearch literacy skills.This paper details strategies for a student research project that new faculty may use to enhanceundergraduate technical research experiences in an information literacy context within anyengineering or engineering technology discipline. It leverages the internet plus the resources ofa well-endowed, or even a modestly

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

students’ perceptions. Alist of successful and unsuccessful course activities, including the ever subjective issue ofgrading is provided. A simple validation tool for student evaluations is also proposed.IntroductionStudent evaluations of teaching have been investigated extensively, especially in the past threedecades and reported in hundreds of publications. Reliability, validity and bias have beenreported with varying conclusions, and usefulness of the evaluations, or their certain parts, hasbeen both acknowledged and questioned. Prevailing common sense beliefs among faculty oftencontradict these conclusions, and many engineering educators can show their own datasupporting and questioning general conclusions from evaluations. Several studies

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Miraglia, Syracuse University ; Sharon W. Alestalo, Syracuse University; Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

leaders in the field, ranging from psychology, management, law, public policy, and sociology to deal with a variety of issues concerning women and leadership. A case in point is the awarding of the ADVANCE Institutional Transformational Award for Women in Engineering Leadership Institute (WELI) (National Science Foundation, May 2003-2006). This multi-institutional proposal was accomplished by Bhatia and other internationally-renowned leaders from Utah University, Iowa University, University of California at Davis, University of Central Florida, Guelph University, and University of Louisiana. The main findings and contributions resulted in a coau- thored book entitled ”Engineering Women and Leadership,” published by

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline Community College; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Douglas Karl Faust, Seattle Central College; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

practitioner [5].The vision of a cycle of professional practice has been particularly apparent in facultydevelopment efforts. For example, a study of the engineering educator teaching concerns thatwas situated in the instructional consulting context highlighted the core issues of problemidentification and resolution as central to what the educators wanted to do in the consultations[3]. Other papers describing and evaluating particular professional development activities alsoseem to highlight activities that center on problem solving. For example, Finelli and hercolleagues experimentally compared different forms of faculty development and found thatproviding a ratings report along with a consultation to discuss the report was particularlyeffective [6

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Sherif N Kinawy, University of Toronto; D. Grant Allen, University of Toronto; Chris Damaren, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Bryan Karney

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

after graduation. The objective isto provide students with an introduction to starting and maintaining a successful academic careeras new engineering educators. The Prospective Professors in Training (PPIT) program is aconstantly evolving program comprised of 12 seminars and a non-credit course which discussissues from interviewing, acquiring research funding, to teaching in the classroom, among othertopics. The seminars are hosted by a variety of individuals, including recently-tenured faculty,the dean of engineering, and the provost of the university. These seminars often include personal Page 23.1003.3narratives that result in greater

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Larson, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

optimization problem: maximize student learningwhile minimizing the grading time. In this paper, we provide advice for new faculty on how toimprove grading efficiency without sacrificing its effectiveness; in other words “how to savetime while grading”.Tips are presented for different types of student work found in engineering courses. For eachtype of graded activity, we encourage the faculty member to think about grading before handingit out to students. Poorly designed questions or assignments can lead to unnecessarily long anddifficult grading. We also suggest methods that reduce the time spent on grading student workbut still accurately assess the students’ progress. Overall, the techniques presented in this paperare designed to help to make the

Conference Session

Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Engineering, primarily in the mechanics area. His pedagogical research areas include standards-based assessment and curriculum design, the later currently focused on incorporating entrepreneurial thinking into the engineering curriculum.Prof. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process En- gineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First- Year Engineering Program

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Kim, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

classmanagement, which can be considered successful due to the consistently positive feedbackwhich the author has received from students. While the information provided in this papercertainly is applicable to new faculty, these principles also can be utilized by more experiencedfaculty.From the author’s experience, the majority of students wish to learn the material and are willingto work. It is critical that the professor prevent students from becoming frustrated anddiscouraged because of their perceptions regarding areas such as professor indifference, lack ofcourse focus and organization, and unfair grading procedures. This especially is important forlaboratory courses, for which the author has had extensive experience in teaching.The governing

Conference Session

Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Ashwini Menon; Guoyi Wang

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

university. All but the Curtin study were performed inintroductory courses.Perhaps most significant is the fact that all of these studies were conducted before the pandemic.When students and faculty were thrust into online learning with no preparation, it resulted inincreased stress for all, and made students feel more isolated. Stress and disconnection areamong the strongest risk factors for cheating [10].3. Remote ProctoringA fairly common approach to online exam security is remote monitoring. The Wiley survey [3]found that 16% its respondents used webcams and video monitoring, and 6% used Zoom.However, webcam monitoring is far from perfect. The first issue is accuracy. Students caneasily use other devices to access forbidden content during the

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Constant, Iowa State University; Sharon Bird, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

.1 Numerous studies have investigated the barriers encountered bywomen with aspirations of university careers, many referred to in “Beyond Bias andBarriers”, a 2006 report by the National Academy of Sciences.1 These studies seek toprovide a deeper understanding of various issues including those pertaining to the careerpipeline, and faculty recruitment, retention and advancement. Recognizing the critical needfor full participation of women in the sciences, the National Science Foundation hassupported for the last 7 years efforts to study and improve recruitment and retention ofwomen faculty in the sciences through the ADVANCE Institutional Transformationprogram.2 Work within this program has allowed researchers to study multi

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

have cross-over or overlap between categories2, theseoverlaps make it difficult to clearly define or efficiently design a portfolio for a specific purpose. Page 11.1000.3There are also concerns that since these portfolio models are not formulated in science,technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) related disciplines, they might be not applicableto engineering students, faculty, and programs.6Selection of Portfolio Practices in Engineering EducationAs we showed in the last section, educators are defining and using portfolios in a various ways.For new engineering educators, it can be helpful to see specific examples of the design and useof

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; Carl Nelson Blue, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson’s book entitled Applying theSeven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education . Encourage Student / Faculty Contact“Frequent student-faculty contact in and out of classes is the most important factor in studentmotivation and involvement”.14 Faculty concern helps students get through rough times and keepon working. Knowing a few faculty members well enhances students’ intellectual commitmentand encourages them to think about their own values and future plans. Encourage Cooperation Among Students“Learning is enhanced when it is more like a team effort than a solo race. Good learning, likegood work, is collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

activities due to limitations on faculty time, or the requirement thatstudents have some prerequisites to work on a particular project. The incorporation ofactive learning components within a class makes it possible to include all students. At theVirginia Military Institute, we have started the process of bringing active learningprojects into the class room, and through trial and error have found that some exercisesare effective training tools for the cadets, and that some exercises that seem equally wellconceived and executed do not have the intended effect on the cadets. One concern thatwill be addressed in this paper is how to design the active learning content so that it does,in fact, appeal to students and enhance the learning

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. Faculty members often expose students to standards in laboratory exercisesthroughout their college careers. These subtle opportunities are documented in the paper.ABET criterion and outcomes used to evaluate engineering and engineering technologyprograms now emphasize the use of standards, especially in the design process. This is a newchallenge for the engineering educator. Given that new engineering educators teach theirstudents about standards, it is necessary to become familiar with available information that mayhelp students as well as typical best practices for academic libraries. Acquiring access tostandards is the first step in using standards. The next step is to acquire skill and learn how tocritically read and apply them.The literature

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; Randy L. Vander Wal, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

-level course in the emerging field of energy engineering focuses upon conceptual analysis andinter-related science, engineering, and economic aspects. Teaching any class with a strongcomponent of theory, abstract thinking, and real-world applications, requires making tradeoffs.The new professor teaching this class is juggling not only experimenting with new pedagogies toempower students to be responsible for their own learning and to encourage their ability tosynthesize information, but he is also adapting to the considerable effort needed to create acourse reference from a diverse range of sources. This paper takes a closer look at his efforts tocreate a non-traditional textbook and the myriad of instructional issues that arise when a

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Engineering and holder of the Ned Adler Professorship in mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University. He obtained both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from LSU ME and his doctorate from Purdue University’s School of Mechanical Engineering. He has been actively engaged in teaching, re- search, and curricula development since joining the LSU faculty in 1988. As Associate Dean, he has acquired funding from NSF to support the development of several initiatives aimed at improving student retention and graduation rates as well as supporting faculty with development with effective learning and teaching pedagogies. This work in this manuscript was funded in part by NSF STEP Grant DUE 0622524, 2006

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

engineering student. PSI1, based on thefollowing features, is an approach that helps address this issue. ≠ Students take tests only when they are comfortable with the material. Thus, each student invests the appropriate time necessary to the course for their unique background. ≠ There are no midterms and no finals. Instead evaluation is based on periodic proficiency tests. Programming is emphasized instead of abstract programming concepts. ≠ All instructional material is online as is the test administration. Lessons are more tutorial than instructional, encouraging students to learn by doing. ≠ Faculty and proctors are almost always available via chat rooms, email, phone, extended office hours, etc. to answer

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Optimizing Your Teaching Load AbstractThe teaching responsibilities of faculty members are worked out with their respectivedepartments and/or colleges. Teaching loads are usually fixed, but individual facultymay have options on how to meet that load. They may choose more or fewer differentcourses, multiple sections of an individual course, a combination of undergraduate andgraduate classes, or a combination of face-to-face and distance-education classes. Onthe assumption that new faculty can learn from the experience of others, a survey wasadministered to faculty from across the country, primarily in engineering

Conference Session

NEE - 3: Improving Homework and Problem-solving Performance

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University; Stephanie M. Gillespie, Arizona State University; Nicolle Sanchez, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

of the course. The updates made in 2016 were clearly in aneffort to better explain to UGTAs the pedagogical practices used in developing curriculum, butdid not offer any application of that new knowledge into the classroom. General consensus fromthe faculty had indicated that UGTAs were unsure of ways to help in the classroom and reliedsolely on the direction of faculty before engaging with students. Many participating faculty hadalso fallen into a routine of using UGTAs for menial tasks like grading, making copies, andholding poorly attended office hours, all tasks contradictory to the original goals of the ASUFulton UGTA program which encouraged developing UGTAs to assist with active learning inthe classroom. Results from the 2009 study

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

discussed how a lack of conflict canimpair relationships- I want each student to go home and get into an argument withhis/her significant other.”(10) Flowchart Diagraming: One way the author describes the creative problem solvingprocess is through the use of a flowchart.Humorous comment to the class: “Now that you understand how to create a flowchart,I’ll show you how to diagram some of your future life challenges- including multiplemarriages, how to deal with in-laws and blended-family situations, and family-relatedfinancial concerns.”ConclusionTeaching effectiveness is an on-going challenge for most faculty, including the author. Page 26.1667.16The

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.D. B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

time, and in which students may complete courses or programs without attendingscheduled classes in a specific location (E-learning). Distance learners are growing in numbersand universities capitalizing on this segment by expanding their course offerings. Online coursesare becoming popular, but it has some drawbacks including lack of interactivity. Institutes ofhigher learning are still discovering that teaching methods implemented in traditional coursesmay not necessarily translate directing into the distance learning model. This paper willhighlight a number of issues concerning distance learning and what teaching methods may beimplemented by professors to facilitate student engagement in online courses.There are a number of teaching

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

growing concerns related to environmental sustainability, increased awareness inmulti-use product life-cycles by corporate and industrial organizations have become evident.“Triple bottom line” decisions are now based on societal (people), economic (profit), andenvironmental (planet) performance, and not only profit. Societal responsibilities andenvironmental challenges are the new business opportunities. It is incumbent upon academia toeducate future designers, engineers and other decision makers on sustainability topics. TheUniversity of Wisconsin – Stout has a unique mission in responding to sustainability and a strongrelationship with industry to foster this response. Companies will need to hire technical andbusiness professionals to manage

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

quality of instruction. As SET scores areoften used for tenure, promotions, retention, and salary raise purposes they do havesignificant meaning for instructors. New faculty particularly may be well preparedscientifically but have little or no instruction on psychological issues related to teaching.Although at first glance it appears that the feedback will help instructors improve theirclass performance, studies show that student ratings are of little help to instructors if notsupported by professional advice [1]. This demonstrates that students and instructors havedifferent perceptions relative to instructional activities, which requires a scrutiny ofstudents’ perception and reaction to specific standard questions.Based on data collected at the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

they encounter may result in either an incomplete or latesubmission.Procrastination also has additional effects on college students. College students whoprocrastinate tend to have ``unhealthy sleep, diet, and exercise patterns’’2. Research indicatesthat procrastination can be related to the self paced nature of assignments as well as low selfesteem3. Procrastination is also linked with decreased student achievement 4,5,6 and cramming.Procrastination can be especially difficult for students who are new to the college environment. Page 15.1333.2In addition to adjusting to college life, bad habits may be magnified. This can lead to poorperformance

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

tells students what are common misconceptions or emphasizes the relationshipsbecause, in and of itself, a statement by a professor concerning misconceptions or relationships isreceived by students as factual knowledge. It is only when the student is able to work throughand fix a misconception or when the student identifies a new relationship that deep Page 12.556.8understanding is made possible. Deep understanding is a result of a conceptual framework being developed, a type ofinternal web created by the connection between interrelated topics, skills, and ideas. “Deepunderstanding of subject matter transforms factual knowledge into

Conference Session

NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Karle Flanagan; David Mussulman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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New Engineering Educators

excellent instructor by his students for the past ten years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Adoption of an online queue system for education: a case studyIntroductionAcross the country, student enrollments continue to increase. A major concern with increasingstudent numbers is maintaining quality of the student experience. Faculty employ bothpedagogical approaches and educational technologies to reach ever-increasing numbers ofstudents. While numerous approaches have been successfully deployed in the classrooms oflarge enrollment courses (e.g. iClickers [1]), office hours are often administered in the traditionalmethod which does not account for, nor take advantage of, large student

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Stephanie Jorgensen; Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

implementationof these ventures to advance engineering education are featured and further explored through theschema. This approach is expected to be of value to new and experienced faculty and administrativepersonnel interested in developing the communication skills and collaborations critically importantfor forming effective, equitable team-based funding structures.IntroductionThe identification of funding opportunities and associated proposal development activities areinterconnected items, but the process of writing for grant and proposal opportunities is notnecessarily linear. In actuality, the process is often highly iterative, moving in different directionsby way of the communication and interpretation of those working in the team to develop