Com- puter Engineering the University of Denver where he was on the faculty from 1986 - 2019. He has received all of his degrees in Electrical Engineering: the B.S. degree from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 1974; the M.S. degree from the University of New Mexico, in 1978; and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1991. Dr. DeLyser, a member of the U.S. Air Force between 1965 and 1986, held a teaching position at the United States Air Force Academy, served as a development engineer at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory at Kirtland AFB in New Mexico and was the Requirements Officer for the Nellis AFB Ranges in Nevada. Prior to 2000, his research areas included pedagogy, outcomes
Session 1675 Consulting and Industrial Experiences as Related to Promotion and Tenure of Engineering Technology Faculty Andrew T. Rose University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractTo successfully achieve the goal of tenure, a well thought out professional development plan isessential. For engineering technology (ET) faculty, the requirements of the ET tenure process maybe well suited for utilizing consulting and industrial experiences as a portion of the professionaldevelopment plan. Engineering technology programs are different from engineering programs
Effectively organized project tasks to minimize wasted time and effort Organization 3 Identified relevant tasks but struggled with setting priorities and planning Still managed to develop a workable plan 1 Had difficulty converting broad objectives to specific tasks Wasted time Record Keeping 5 Kept detailed records often including a laboratory notebook, computer files, purchase records that are easily followed by others 3 Kept a lab notebook but records lacked organization or contained omissions Faculty had to ask team for records at the end of project 1 Kept haphazard records and future groups would
member, the student successprofessional, and the students. The key to a successful implementation of a wrap-around advisingprocess is collegiate communication between the faculty members and student successprofessionals, and always remembering to be student-centric with regards to their academicsuccess and well-being. In this work, the authors discuss the history of development of thisadvising plan, some minor challenges, early results, and long-term goals.Advising Plan DevelopmentThe early development of this advising plan began with the work done by Assadollahi (2020)[2], which provided a template of course assignments to be incorporated into a first-yearintroductory civil engineering course. This subsequently led to an open discussion between
Knowledge Transfer of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices in Faculty Communities of PracticeAbstractCommunities of practice (CoP) have evolved from interactions between novices and experts tobeing applied as managerial tools for improving an organization’s outcomes. Culturaldifferences, assumptions, and preferences affect the way members access and share knowledgewithin CoP. Communities of practice take several forms including informal groups developed bypractitioners to provide a forum for discussion; supported groups sponsored by managementaiming to build knowledge and skills for a given competency area; and structured groupsdeveloped and managed by an organization aiming to advance the organizations
&M University. He is also the Assistant Lab Director at the Sketch Recognition Lab.Dr. Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University Dr. Thomas is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineer- ing at Texas A&M University. She is a member of the Engineering Education Faculty in the Institute for Engineering Education & Innovation at Texas A&M. She enjoys project-based learning and incorporat- ing active learning techniques in all her courses. She received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2010, focusing on developing robotic motion planning algorithms and applying them to computational biology problems including protein folding. She continued this work as
through continual partnering after thefellowship. A key factor contributing to the success of NAFP is the continuedcommitment of the Fellows to serve and develop the capacity of MIs after thefellowship ends.This paper describes the NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program as avaluable opportunity for faculty at minority institutions to gain valuable researchexperience at a NASA center and for NASA employees to enhance theirprofessional experience through engaging minority institutions and the studentsthey serve. Accomplishments over the first ten years illustrate the success of theprogram. The paper discusses how to prepare for the experience by providing alist of best practices. Practical issues include how to identify a host institution anda
] c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Understanding the Participation, Perceptions, and Impacts of Engineering Faculty Learning Communities: A Mixed Method ApproachAbstractAs important community assets for sustainable development of engineering education, facultyLearning Communities (FLCs) play an important role in facilitating faculty development andcareer transitions. Viewing FLCs as community-based programs with great diversity, the currentresearch argues that engaging with new/junior engineering faculty as a learning community hasimportant impacts to engineering education for students, institutions, and the communities thatwe work with and live in (Cox 2004). Specifically, guided by
Paper ID #11906Gendering Engineering Leadership: Aspirations vs. Shoulder TappingDr. Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto, ILead Cindy Rottmann is a Research Associate at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include engineering leadership, engineering ethics education, critical theory, teacher leadership and social justice teacher unionism.Dr. Robin Sacks, University of Toronto Dr. Sacks is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto teaching leadership and positive psychology at both the
policy measures to ensure its ongoing health andprosperity. Under a former president, a University Diversity Action Plan was written (1998); theposition of assistant provost for diversity was created to oversee the implementation of the actionplan; and a unique and highly successful African American, Latino American, and NativeAmerican (AALANA) faculty recruitment program was developed. As a result the percentage ofAALANA tenured and tenure-track (T/TT) faculty has grown to 9.8% (Fall, 2014). In the firstyear of his presidency (2007), the current university president inserted two gender-relatedperformance commitments to support the strategic goal of student success focused on increasingboth the percentage of entering undergraduate women and the
Faculty forOrganizational Retention and Management. TRANSFORM initiatives aimed to increase therecruitment, retention, advancement, and leadership development of female faculty in STEMdisciplines at a Master’s L institution by adapting strategies proven successful at researchuniversities. The grant has been operationalized through three strategies: (1) Dual CareerServices aiming to provide employment opportunities to accompanying partners via the creationof a consortium and a website; (2) Research Initiation Awards supporting advancement andtenure needs by providing release time and funds to early-career female STEM faculty; and (3)Leadership Developments increasing education opportunities in the areas of leadership forfaculty and
track, ● support networking of these and other members, ● development of a STEM pipeline of female STEM academics.SWE, like other professional societies, recognizes the significance of mentoring, relationships,and retention of like-minded engineers. In the case of this discussion, it has been recognized fordecades that female STEM faculty benefit from mentoring due to their unique position inacademia.1 Not only are there issues based on gender, but female STEM faculty are often part ofa non-traditional group, which may include older, minority, and disabled women. Due to thenature of this paper, we will consider these topics as appropriate, but will focus on retention ofwomen in academia, support from other professional societies, networking
]. Instructor communication of university support resources additionally aids students inknowing where to look for general academic and personal supports when needed, furtheringstudent well-being and retention in higher education [15].Instructor-Student Interactions. In this study, student-instructor interactions refer tocommunicated opportunities such as posted office hours, instructor appointment availability, andcourse discussions that occur outside of the class meeting time. Research findings havesuggested that student-instructor interactions outside of the classroom lead to greater studentcognitive development, academic engagement, and persistence in collegiate courses for students[13], [16]. Communication between students and faculty about course
space for all and uses writing, speaking, and research to address each of these important aspects of her academic career.Dr. Emmabeth Parrish Vaughn, Austin Peay State University Dr. Emmabeth Vaughn is an Assistant Professor in the Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy Department at Austin Peay State University. Before join faculty at Austin Peay, she worked in industry as a Product Development Engineer for a commercial roofing manufacturer. She holds a bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee in Materials Science and Engineering. She earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where her thesis topic was Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Networks. Her research interests include polymer physics
researcher, my work spans three interconnected domains: Amplifying marginalized voices across STEM and other disciplines- I aim to bring attention to their experiences and recommendations, shedding light on the challenges and barriers they face while navigating their academic journey Professional development of educators-equipping them with the knowledge, pedagogies, and skills needed to effectively support and engage multi-marginalized students. And finally, I investigate how teachers can integrate students’ identities and cultural capital into classroom lessons, with a special focus on STEM education. My research bridges literacy education and STEM education with an equity lens, and it is deeply rooted in critical
research-focused universities with PhD-granting programs that do not include requiredTeaching Assistant (TA) training programs or have limited training requirements. Theseinstitutions utilize TAs as members of their teaching teams to support undergraduate students intheir programs and sometimes as part of graduate program requirements. Some courses may alsoutilize other models that include undergraduate students in teaching or related support positions.Including graduate and undergraduate students in instruction provides a dual benefit: to allowlarger classes to function, and to support the professional development of those students as futureteachers or faculty through a cognitive apprenticeship model [7], [8], [9], [10].Leading teaching teams
close coordinationbetween the engineering faculty and academic/student support professionals at a campus are veryimportant to increase the level of engagement and retention in the college environment. Also,this coordination would be very helpful for a new faculty whose responsibilities require a strongcommitment with significant time management between participating in teaching, developing aresearch program, and engaging in service missions. This study highlights the experiences of anew faculty member participating in a collaborative retention program within the university andhow the systematic approach implemented helped a new faculty member integrate service andteaching development needs for efficient use of time. The program, called
from UF, coupled with achange in leadership at both student and faculty advisor level of SWE-UF, the program was notcontinued. However, the interest that it developed on campus contributed to the creation of aone-credit graduate course, offered for the last two years as part of the newly started FloridaInstitute for Development of Engineering Faculty11.Diversity Statement Exercise within the ETPPWhile the pressure to meet future demands for an engineering workforce representative of thesociety at large is increasing, present and future engineering faculty have very few opportunitiesto reflect or discuss about diversity before taking decisions (about admission policies, teachingmanner, hiring or promotion) which would affect the under
from UF, coupled with achange in leadership at both student and faculty advisor level of SWE-UF, the program was notcontinued. However, the interest that it developed on campus contributed to the creation of aone-credit graduate course, offered for the last two years as part of the newly started FloridaInstitute for Development of Engineering Faculty11.Diversity Statement Exercise within the ETPPWhile the pressure to meet future demands for an engineering workforce representative of thesociety at large is increasing, present and future engineering faculty have very few opportunitiesto reflect or discuss about diversity before taking decisions (about admission policies, teachingmanner, hiring or promotion) which would affect the under
educational research studies, student applications of the design process, curriculum development, and fulfilling the needs of an integrated, multi-disciplinary first-year engineering educational environment through the use of active and collabo- rative learning, problem-based and project-based learning, classroom interaction, and multiple represen- tations of concepts.Ms. Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Page 26.597.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Enacting Video-Annotated Peer Review (VAPR) of Faculty in a First-Year
Paper ID #41219Perceptions of New DEI Laws and the Recent Affirmative Action Decisionamong Engineering Faculty and StaffDr. Julie M. Smith, CSEdResearch.org Dr. Julie M. Smith is a senior education researcher at CSEdResearch.org. She holds degrees in Curriculum & Instruction and Software Development. She also completed a doctoral program in Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. Her research focus is computer science education, particularly the intersection of learning analytics, learning theory, and equity and excellence. She was a research assistant at MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab, working on a
. Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Rungun Nathan, a professor and founding program chair for the mechanical engineering, joined the faculty at Penn State Berks in 2007 as an assistant professor and was promoted in 2012 to associate professor. He subsequently was promoted to Professor in 2021. He has over 30 combined years of increasing responsibilities in industry and in academia, including at the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), a telecommunications technology arm of the Indian government, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore, and Villanova University, PA. Nathan received his BS from the University of Mysore, a postgraduate diploma from the Indian Institute of
framework is presented.Results and AnalysisA. Emergent ThemesOur analysis results in several emergent themes, which include (1) faculty beliefs about Project-Based Learning as a teaching practice, (2) instructor’s level of abstraction when talking aboutstudents, (3) instructor’s affect towards students, (4) value instructors place on one-on-oneinteractions with students, (5) instructors’ perceptions of their role in development of studentmotivation and interest toward their courses, (6) instructors’ perceived ability to impact students,(7) instructors’ overall teaching goals, and (8) instructors’ motivation towards teaching. Each ofthese themes was investigated and two groups with opposing viewpoints were discovered withineach theme. Later, a
call for papers states, our paper is "centered around accumulated guidancethrough educational experiences that can help guide other students with similar experiences”—inthis case, our goal is provide guidance for Student Division members who are considering tenuretrack faculty positions.The engineering education community has a tradition of sharing experiential wisdom, forexample at forums like the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, where papers, and paneldiscussions dedicated to the process are common in the Faculty Development, Graduate Studies,and Student Divisions. Such papers have addressed topics like finding teaching opportunitiesduring doctoral studies1, assembling a dissertation committee2, general advice for graduatestudents3,4
Paper ID #46934The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Faculty Advisor-Graduate Student MentoringRelationships in EngineeringMr. Naqash Gerard, University of Florida I am a graduate student associate at the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida (UF). My research interests include professional development in engineering and computer science, multi-modal tools (e.g., eye tracking, physiological electrodermal sensors), and machine learning in understanding the links between cognition, motivation, and performance in STEM classrooms and connected activities.Idalis Villanueva Alarc´on, University of
MEP Director have focused on developing and implementing high impact practices known to promote student success and persistence. In addition to her work as a practitioner in supply chain and engineering student success, Gerica is a qualitative researcher who centers the lived experiences of various engineering education stakeholders; including faculty, staff, students, and employers; in order to gain greater clarity on the current status of the engineering educational landscape. Gerica believes that each person’s experiences and perspectives are important to understanding the current state of engineering education and thus critical for developing strategies toward a path forward
Attributes Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Univer- sity of Waterloo. He is responsible for leading the continuous program assessment improvement process for the chemical and nanotechnology engineering programs. He is also heavily involved in the develop- ment of Waterloo Engineering’s IDEAS Clinic initiative. Dr. Grove obtained his PhD from the University of Waterloo investigating the microbial community ecology in biofilters used for air pollution control. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 WIP: Student and Faculty Experience with Blended Learning in a First-Year
critical feminist pedagogy.We also drew on lively conversations about what it might look like to bring insights from thesefields together and put them into practice. While much data remain to be collected and analyzed,we write here to describe the project and to explore preliminary insights it has generated.In the 2022-2023 year, we recruited a total of fifteen Fellows: six members of faculty and ninestudents at Colorado School of Mines (or “Mines”) to participate in a yearlong sequence ofpedagogy-focused meetings and workshops. These efforts followed a similar series of activitiesat James Madison University the year prior. Supported by funding from the National ScienceFoundation, our multi-institution research team developed these workshops with
through all codes to prevent misunderstandings and/or identify uncommon coding cases.Finally, any disagreements that occurred were resolved. This process continued until 100% inter-coder reliability was reached. ResultsLevel of CS Student Preparation for Employment by Formal Education All faculty members interviewed believed that formal education provides students withthe fundamental skills necessary for software development. As one participant said: University gives to students the familiarity with the subject. However, real experience comes to you with the job. But after going in work life, the subjects or classes you study in school help you to understand the work
presentation preparation and final report writing. This means that only 7 or 8 weeks are available forstudent research. Each objective can only require, on average, 1 to 2 weeks to complete.Try to structure the objectives so that there is a coupled deliverable that the student perceives as needing to produceto show objective completion. The new faculty can use these products as a means to build together a viablemanuscript (see the section on Developing a Viable Manuscript). The intermediate objectives can be tailored toinclude a deliverable by requiring a demonstration on a representative sample as evidence that the objective iscomplete. Production of a sample with given properties can be measured by having the student produce a picture ofthe sample