Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, The University of Georgia; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and university faculty; and K-12 represents secondary level interests, such aselementary and high school faculty.Information about this survey was communicated to members of ASEE’s three division duringtheir respective business meetings at the 2007 ASEE convention in Honolulu, Hawaii.Hardcopies of the survey were distributed, although few members were able to complete thehardcopy instrument. A majority of data was collected electronically.InstrumentThe instrument was developed by the authors and pilot tested to a group of 20 educators andengineers and modified based on their feedback. Basic demographic information includeddivision affiliation, gender, Carnegie ranking of participant’s institution, years of service inprimary affiliation, and

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

have a basis for evaluating the quality of the contribution. In contrast,professional review committees are able to rely on peer review of proposals and journalpublications when evaluating the quality of a faculty member’s contributions in technicalresearch. For faculty who invest time and effort to develop learning objects because they feel itis “the right thing to do”, it would be pleasant to have a mechanism for broad dissemination andpeer review of these contributions. This is one step to increase the respect for teaching asresearch and research on learning in engineering programs.The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT,www.merlot.org) is a database of educational resources, primarily for post-secondary

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

Is a successful r esear ch labor ator y possible with under gr aduate students alone? Roger V. Gonzalez, J uan Lopez, and Paul Leiffer LeTour neau Univer sityAbstractDeveloping a successful research laboratory with qualified graduate students is a demandingventure. Trying to accomplish this with undergraduate students alone, given the demandingacademic load and steep research learning curve is daunting. Nevertheless, during the past eightyears the Biomedical Engineering Faculty at LeTourneau University have managed to develop asuccessful undergraduate research program and secure multiple external funding sources.Laboratory research has

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Brenda Capobianco; Judith Zawojewski; Margret Hjalmarson; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman

within each respective data set. One theme that developed fromstudent interview data was “contextualizing engineering”. This theme describes the ways theMEA’s facilitated interest among students and how MEA’s allowed students to understandprinciples of engineering by placing them in the context of real world applications and practicalexperiences.VI. Initial Evidence of ReformProfessional Development of FacultyThis has been a highly collaborative effort between faculty of the Schools of Engineering andEducation. Education of the project staff has taken place in an implicit manner duringdevelopment and implemention of the MEAs and ongoing discussion about gender equity issuesas this curriculum reform is investigated. While one would expect a great

Conference Session

Understanding Students and Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; Nina J. Truch, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students’ development,the faculty map the number of connections between terms onto a graph with six dimensions: Page 22.235.3social, cultural; environmental; economic scientific, politics, multidisciplinary aspects, actors.Their method helps illicit the breadth of students’ thinking about the factors. A challenge withthe assessment method is the subjective, time-intensive nature of the analysis. The methodpossibly confounds students’ understanding of sustainable development concepts with the extentof their verbal skills. The present work was motivated by the need for a straightforwardassessment of students’ readiness to collaborate sustainable

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

programs first attempting to develop assessment processes, surveyswere relied upon heavily. The results of these surveys identified general concerns. However, theinformation obtained did not have sufficient detail to effectively pinpoint the problem areas anddevelop specific remedies.Faculty were sent to ABET program evaluator training sessions, ABET international facultyworkshops conducted in Istanbul and Singapore, the ABET annual meetings, and the “BestAssessment Processes Symposium” at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Additionally, consultants with ABET experience were engaged to help train the faculty, reviewthe processes established, and review the materials prepared for a future ABET visit. AnInternational Academic Advisory Committee was

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Fredericks Volkwein; Linda Strauss; Lisa Lattuca; Patrick Terenzini

Education Statistics’ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and ABET databases, provided information about engineering programs, their students, faculty, and Page 9.88.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education administrators. This information was used in developing the study sample, and selected variables serve as controls in this study. New Information: • Survey of Engineering Faculty

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Depew

andtechnology, who are at the leading edge of advancing the practice of engineering through theirteaching, industrial engagement, and original professional scholarly work relevant to creativeengineering practice and its leadership for technology development. The paper raisesfundamental questions that must be answered to design a complementary faculty reward templateof creative professional scholarly work, teaching, and engagement for high-caliber engineeringprofessionals in parallel to the academic scientific research template, which predominantly existsat schools of engineering and technology across the nation. Page 9.823.1

Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Sue Guenter-Schlesinger, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, most importantly, find and focus on the barriers that impede theadvancement of women faculty within the College of Sciences and Technology (CST). Onecomponent of the project was the development of a climate survey, which was based uponprevious surveys at ADVANCE (research-intensive) universities, but was specifically adapted toaddress faculty issues unique to comprehensive universities. The development of our surveyinvolved our Faculty Leadership Team (FLT), our department chairs/directors, and several otherfaculty members. This paper focuses on the findings from the comprehensive institution climatesurvey that we developed, which consisted of approximately 100 questions in seven areas ofclimate indicators: employment demographics, job

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

that has theability to make quick decisions and craft teaching assignments to foster family life and can betteraddress dual-career issues. There is great security that comes with tenure, but there is alsosecurity in a non-tenure system that carefully mentors its faculty. There is clearly no “one sizefits all” solution; indeed, I have succeeded at both a large research university as well as at a smallundergraduate school.My experiences have given me insights into careers at both types of institutions that can provideguidance to new faculty entering academic positions. In addition, these insights can aid chairsand deans in fostering the development of women faculty, as well as addressing career andfamily balance issues, with solutions that are

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Anita R. Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

NC State UniversityAbstractAccording to recent literature, non-tenure-eligible or non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty comprisebetween 50-75% of current 2-year and 4-year university faculty members and new universityfaculty hires. Women comprise a disproportionate number of full-time NTT faculty and there arelimited studies that assess the work environment of this faculty group. The purpose of this workis to discuss recent survey data collected from NTT faculty at NC State University (NCSU) todescribe current efforts by NTT faculty in engineering to promote development and collaborationbetween NTT faculty, and to make recommendations for improving the university culture forhiring, fostering, and promoting NTT faculty. The Collaborative on Academic

Conference Session

Training Faculty to Teach CE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the Dean and the University leveladministration. It is the highest position where an individual still controls curriculum, teaches courses,and has daily contact with students in the classroom. While many descriptions of department headduties exist, Graham and Benoit1 divided the responsibilities into four broad categories:administrative, leadership, interpersonal, and resource development. Table 1 uses these categories andtheir sub-responsibilities to indicate where a new department head might be experienced, have someexperience or be inexperienced. The table is not universal as some faculty members will gainexperience through service in student activities, university committees, or professional societies priorto assuming duties as

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

with a goal ofbuilding a more supportive climate, enhancing promotion and leadership, and increasingretention of women faculty in STEM. The project has eight programs: monthly facultylunches; workshops/distinguished lectures; mini-grants for research activities; aMentoring Program; a Worklife Policies effort; Executive Coaching; an Advocates andAllies Program for male faculty; and a Grant Writing support program. The project hasadapted materials from other ADVANCE projects and utilized the latest research onprofessional development, gender issues and leadership, with project personnel, on-campus speakers and external experts to deliver content. Data suggests that participantsappreciate the collegiality and focused content of the workshops. The

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Tao Shen; Amy Zander

Development of a BS Environmental Engineering Program in a Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Amy Zander and Hung Tao Shen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 13699-5710AbstractThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University recentlyinitiated a new B.S. degree program in Environmental Engineering. The proposal for this newdegree program was recently approved by the departmental faculty following roughly a decadeof deliberation. We will discuss our approaches in achieving harmony between the civil andenvironmental

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

thesewomen are tenure-track assistant professors, several have advanced to become full-professors and a few advance into administrative positions. Being such a minority has its Page 9.7.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” challenges, one of which can be isolation. However, these women have developed a special network that provides support and friendship that many of the male faculty wish they had! As at most institutions of higher education, TAMU is working to diversify its student body. Nationally, the

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Hawkes, WiSE / University of Southern California; Jean Morrison, University of Southern California; Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

USCCollege of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering to recruitoutstanding women scientists and engineers to the university and to retain those who might betempted to move elsewhere. In the 5 years since the program’s inception, WiSE resources havehelped the schools to more than double the number of tenured and tenure-track (T/TT) womenfaculty in S&E fields from 15 to 35.In addition to its primary goal of faculty gender diversity, WiSE has developed a series ofprograms to address pathway (pipeline) and institutional climate issues that remain obstacles toattracting and retaining women in the fields of S&E. While WiSE programs provide targetedfinancial support to scholars at all stages of their careers, the

Conference Session

Continuing Education for Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kari L. Clase, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Lauren Ann Terruso, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

strength in pattern recognition, analyzing and improving organizational systems. He is internationally recognized, has contributed to scholarship more than 200 books, articles, presentations and reviews on software development methodologies, manage- ment, organizational change, and program management. Dr. Springer sits on many university and com- munity boards and advisory committees. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions; most recently he was awarded the Purdue University, College of Technology, Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy Award. Dr. Springer is the Chair of the Continuing Professional Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, as well as the President-Elect of the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Pawley

Session 3692 The feminist engineering classroom: a vision for future educational innovations Alice L. Pawley The Delta Program for Research, Teaching and Learning University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstractIn the quest for the gender equalization of the engineering profession, a variety of strategies arebeing developed and used in daily engineering education practice. Colleges and universities arerecruiting girls and women in increasing numbers into the so-called “engineering pipeline” byusing camps, special

Conference Session

Instrument Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timeri K. Tolnay, Colorado School of Mines; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Jennifer Zoltners Sherer, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. 2). Prince (2004) defines active learning as requiring“students to do meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing.” Given thesediscrepancies, the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at the Colorado School of Mines set outto help Mines develop a shared definition of active learning. We sought to develop a tool thatwould collect large-scale data about classroom practices at the Colorado School of Mines, and totrack these practices over time.The goal of the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center is to help faculty provide students with therichest learning experience possible, so we wanted a tool that would provide one data source thatwould capture the impact we were hoping to make on the campus over time, and that would

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Heising; Mary Goodwin

process to meet ISU’s United States diversity requirement. In this paper, thecourse content, course preparation, and classroom experiences are described.Course Development Process The idea for the development of an engineering college course to meet the university U.S.diversity requirement at ISU emerged after the authors were invited to speak on a panel ofwomen engineers in a related course that has been offered for many years at ISU within thecollege of liberal arts and sciences (LAS). This course is entitled: “Women in Science andEngineering”, and is also a 300 level undergraduate course aimed primarily at women students inthe sciences and engineering. Taught by zoology professor, Dr. Eugenia Farrar, who is also anaffiliated faculty member of

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Lisa Brooks, Texas A&M University; Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

source of knowledge. Our recitation leaders have begun to employ strategies that are more student-centered. The interviews we conducted with them showed their evolving perspectives of teaching and learning. The interviews portray a collaboration that faculty with similar intentions to encourage instruction emphasizing student centered pedagogy may find helpful.IntroductionEnergy sustainability is an important concept for human societies and must addresseconomic, environmental, and societal aspects. A long term goal to stimulate researchand technology development toward transformational energy solutions is best addressedthrough the efforts of all educated citizens, and not only by engineers and scientists. Forthis reason, professors from

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

Page 8.1198.1Luckily none of us were alone. With three other freshman engineering faculty, we abated theseProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationfears with simple policies and procedures. This paper discusses the policies and procedures wehave developed or adopted from others to make the most out of teaching “obscenely” largelectures. By “obscenely large” we are referring to lecture sizes on the order of 450 students;however, the tips we present in this paper may apply to lecture sizes as small as 70-100 students.We will first provide descriptions of the course, course infrastructure, and class organization, thenprovide

Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol E. Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Alison Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Education, 2012 Perceived Levels of Faculty Value, Influence, and Satisfaction by Gender, Rank, Ethnicity, College, and Department at a Large Private UniversityAbstractThe ADVANCE IT-Catalyst project, “Establishing the Foundation for Future OrganizationalReform and Transformation at Rochester Institute of Technology” (EFFORT@RIT) was a multi-year study conducted from 2008-2010 across six colleges which include Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The overarching project mission is to increasethe representation and advancement of women STEM faculty. In order to achieve this mission,the project goal was to develop an evidence-based approach to address factors resulting in theunder

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Natalia Kapli, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-737: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEENGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT PERCEPTIONS AND SUCCESS OFACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES IN AN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONCOURSESarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Sarah E. Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support for the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Pennsylvania State University. Her expertise and research interests relate to the use of think-aloud methodologies to elicit cognitive processes and strategies in assessment and related tasks. In her position, Dr. Zappe is responsible for supporting curricular assessment and developing instructional support programs for faculty

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

: A new approach to faculty development and student learning. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. 2 • Eble, K. E. (1976). The craft of teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 3 • (1991) Teaching What We Do: Essays. Amherst College Press. 4 • Skilling, Hugh H., (1969). Do you teach? Views on College Teaching. Warrior Books 5 • Chittister, Joan, OSB (1990). Wisdom Distilled From The Daily. Harper & RowRONALD P. KRAHERon Krahe has over 30 years industrial experience in product design and development related to embeddedcontrols, sensors and instrumentation. He joined Penn State Erie in 1988, and currently holds the rank of AssociateProfessor of Engineering. His teaching

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerri Burke; William Krantz; Joel Fried

very successful multi-disciplinary REU Site program at the University of Cincinnati (UC) whose focus is membranescience and technology. During its first two years, this program received 214 applications, made24 awards, and involved 19 faculty drawn from nine departments and programs spanning fourcolleges; 50% of the awards were to women and 25% to underrepresented minorities; none of theawardees were UC students. This paper describes the administration, financial provisions,planning, and components of this ten-week summer program. Emphasis is placed on theuncommon features of this REU program that include the following: linkage to the NSF I/UCRC for Membrane Applied Science and Technology (MAST) and NSF Integrative GraduateEducation and

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

meeting may require travel away from campus for several days. Theseshort absences are less disrupting to students and can usually be covered by giving an exam,having a guest lecturer, assigning a special assignment or showing a video. Prolonged absencesduring a semester are rare and when they do occur are usually unplanned and result from a suddenpersonal family need to be somewhere away from campus. Graduate or post-doctoral studentsare often available to teach in these situations at research institutions. In other cases, facultycolleagues with similar expertise are able to cover a class or two. At small teaching institutionswhere graduate students are not available and faculty members are often the only one in theirfield, faculty must pursue

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

profession also has some disadvantages. There are areas of academia that arefrightening, not the least of which is struggling to achieve “tenure.” There may also be aperception of boredom, repetition, and that academia is either a very easy profession or a verydifficult one in terms of hours and effort required.The author will give her perceptions of what she has learned over more than three decades ofserving in academia, including being the first female faculty member on an engineering faculty.Factors such as a sense of humor, “getting it in writing,” and a sense of satisfaction in knowingthat you made a difference will be discussed. The career/family balance will also be examined.I. IntroductionMy mother was a teacher (grades 1-8) before she

Conference Session

Understanding Students and Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Brown, Washington State University; Dean Lewis, Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University; Robby L. Borden, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

’ understanding of normal and shear stresses in beamsLiterature ReviewRecent research trends in conceptual change research have highlighted the importance of contextboth in the development of conceptual understanding and in the investigation of it. Learnerspreconceptions seem to be organized into domains of knowledge 3, 4. The boundaries of thesedomains are difficult to define, however, and many researchers argue that the specific context ofa problem statement or interview question can affect which domain students’ are thinking in 5, 6.In order for findings about student understandings to be transferable, then, researchmethodologies need to explicitly account for the contexts created in the data collection processes.Until more is known about how learners

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina Poleacovschi, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Commitment Among ‘Guest- Worker’ Salesforces. J. Glob. Mark. 10, 27–44 (1997).26. Kim, A. & Arditi, D. Performance of MBE/DBE/WBE Construction Firms in Transportation Projects. J. Constr. Eng. Manag. 136, 768–777 (2010).27. Leonard, K. & Nicholls, G. History and Status of Female Faculty in Civil Engineering. J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract. 139, 218–225 (2013).28. English, J. & Le Jeune, K. Do Professional Women and Tradeswomen in the South African Construction Industry Share Common Employment Barriers despite Progressive Government Legislation? J. Prof. Issues Page 24.1249.10 Eng. Educ