Conference Session

Technical Session 6 - Paper 4: Retention Strategies for Educators from Women STEM Graduates of the 1970’s & 1980’s

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce; Debra Musch, Rising Careers, LLC; Allison Goodman, ArtCenter College of Design

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

University and her MFA from ArtCenter. She is also an accreditor for NASAD, The National Association of Schools of Art and Design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 RETENTION STRATEGIES FOR EDUCATORS FROMWOMEN STEM GRADUATES OF THE 1970’S & 1980’S CoNECD Conference February 20 to 23, 2022 Kathleen Buse, Ph.D. Debra Musch Allison Goodman Abstract • Research study on the career experiences of women • All obtained STEM degrees between 1979 and 1983 • Explores expectations, achievements, challenges, and reflections on career journey • Recommendations are provided to

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies, Student

GraduateCertificate[5] and the Future Professoriate Graduate Certificate[6] programs at Virginia Tech.These programs are designed to prepare graduate students for a future career in academia byexamining topics in higher education. I found these courses very helpful in preparing me forteaching and mentoring. Since I was teaching while taking some of these courses, I was able toimmediately integrate some of this new knowledge into the classroom. If you are passionateabout becoming an effective teacher, seek out opportunities to learn about practical methods ofmanaging a course, from assessment design to teaching practices in the classroom. If you do nothave access to courses in higher education, seek out advice from faculty members you respect.In my case, I

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Mullenax

Session 1355 Obtaining an Academic Position – Job Hunting Strategy and Resources Carol Mullenax Tulane UniversityAbstractEven in this age of seemingly endless information available on the internet, job postings foracademic positions can be difficult to find and even more difficult to evaluate.Contrary to the industrial job hunt, potential employers do not generally come looking for entry-level faculty members. Academic positions are not handled at career fairs, and headhunters areseldom employed to find an entry

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Robert Bruce P.E., Fulbright University Vietnam; Sebastian Dziallas, Fulbright University Vietnam

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

student survey is reflective qualitative remarks from individual commentssubmitted after course completion. The individual comments were in the form of an open endedessay with the writing prompt framed with three questions: What are the things you reallyappreciated about the course or things that could have be done better, what are the concepts thatyou learned that you think will help you in your continued career at Fulbright (and beyond!), andwhat are the things that surprised you that you learned about yourself through your time inCreating & Making.Students wrote between 500 to 1500 words for their personal reflections and the information wasthen compiled and evaluated as to congruence with the breakdown of elements in active learning

Conference Session

Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Pennsylvania; Julie Schafer McGurk, University of Pennsylvania; Emily R. Elliott, University of Pennsylvania; Ursula J. Williams, University of Pennsylvania; Leann Dourte Segan, University of Pennsylvania

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Student

examples of how this was implemented in the Introduction toBiomechanics course, and the importance of the topic learned through experience inrestructuring the Biomechanics course. Examples from the Biomechanics course are provided asa model of how this system can be used to restructure a course and are not meant to reflect theonly way in which these concepts can be applied. The recommendations posed to TAs in thispaper are based on experience, and specific course restructuring decisions were guided byeducational literature. The lessons learned through experiences described in this paper maybenefit current graduate students who are helping an instructor redesign a course to include moreactive learning techniques, graduate students who are

Conference Session

Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Ana Alanis, University of Texas, Pan American ; Jose Luis Chavez Jr., The University of Texas, Pan-American; Joel Guadalupe Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan American; Ricardo Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan-American; Haidy Enid Soto, University of Texas, Pan American

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Diversity

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Student

curriculum developmentand instructional support. As part of this group, nine undergraduate students were hired to helpin the development of five CBI courses. The students were directly supervised by a graduatestudent under the direction of an engineering faculty member. The courses included ComputerAided Design, Water Science, Systems Thinking, Nanotechnology, and Computer Science.The students had access to previously developed curriculum and TexPREP instructors who hadtaught similar content in prior years. Their objective was to develop and support an effectiveCBI challenge for each course that was engaging for students and addressed the majority ofcourse content. Developed materials supporting the CBI challenge included detailed courseoutlines and

Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Continuing Professional Development

little or no accountability or decision reached on the success or failure of "service" activities. ≠ Accountability would have to be performance and output based. The outputs would include items such as: publications in archival journals, generation of trademarks, patents, and/or copyrights, invited presentations to discipline-specific industry/trade conferences, and generation of funded activities, including scholarships, tuition remission programs, faculty buy-out, equipment purchases, maintenance offsets, and related issues. ≠ Again I think for research and scholarship efforts it requires funding, publications, and graduate student production, where those students have also published their work

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Neal A Lewis, University of New Haven

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Engineering Economy

survey results (n = 116 all students answered every question)This anonymous survey is designed to assess your opinion of your learning in the Engineering Economy coursethat you took, and the use of personal finance examples, assignments and content. Personal finance refers to thefinancial decisions that students face as persons, versus as working engineers. As an example, below are twoequivalent questions both of which teach/test finding the future worth of a present investment:Personal Finance Orientation: An engineer inherits $10,000 on graduation day, and invests it in an account thatearns 2% per year. How much will they have in this account to help with a down payment on a house in 6 years?Engineer/firm Orientation: ABC Inc. invests $10,000

Conference Session

Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

learning as a required outcome and graduate attribute for our engineeringstudents, and advocates for careful deliberation regarding the definition of lifelong learning,especially in regards to the recently proposed changes to ABET EC-2000 Criteria 3.1. Introduction and objectives In the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba, a large research university incentral Canada with an accredited engineering undergraduate program, two studies wereundertaken to explore students’ educational experiences and perceptions. One study was designedto be a formative assessment tool for an introductory Thermodynamics course that wasrestructured using Student Centered Learning methods to explore the instructor’s and students’experiences and

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2012-4204: ”OMG! THAT’S WHAT AN ENGINEER DOES?”: FRESH-MEN DEVELOPING A PERSONAL IDENTITY AS AN ENGINEERStephen Rippon, Arizona State University Steve Rippon is the Assistant Dean of Student Services in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. In this capacity, he oversees the Engineering Schools’ K-12 outreach, under- graduate student recruitment, undergraduate engagement programs, and the Engineering Career Center.Dr. James Collofello, Arizona State UniversityMs. Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University Page 25.16.1 c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Megan Mercedes Echevarria, International Engineering Program, University of Rhode Island; Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island

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Student Development

seriously at an institution. Many programs includeglobal competence in their strategic plans and general education programs, and some evenconsider this important concept when developing new curricular offerings. Initiatives like thosedescribed in this paper require a stronger institutional commitment to global competence, onethat focuses not only on concrete student experiences but that reaches those who come in closestcontact with students and who are ultimately responsible for crafting student learningexperiences. Faculty members who are proficient in more than one language, who have ties toother countries and who regularly collaborate with people from other cultures and countries areespecially well prepared and motivated to initiate the kinds of

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Caleb Hill; Robert John McErlean, Rowan University; Jacob Willetts, Rowan University; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

environment?MethodsThis section will contain an overview of our study design, a description of the interventionContents Under Pressure (CUP), and discuss the data analysis performed.Study DesignThis study consisted of a semester long pre-/post- research design involving the use of CUP as anintervention. A total of 187 senior chemical engineering students, enrolled in either a seniordesign or process safety course from three different institutions, participated in the study. Inorder to understand how senior chemical engineering students prioritize criteria relevant toprocess safety decisions, they were asked to complete a pre-reflection where they sequentiallyranked the criteria (budget, personal relationships, plant productivity, safety, and time

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kristine K. Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Elizabeth L Hutchins, Tennessee Tech University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

the General and Basic Engineering (GBE) department thattalk about an engineering topic. This exercise serves to serve students in General Engineering, Computer Science,connect the students to their discipline of study, to explore Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering.the human factor associated with engineering, and to have These course sections are coordinated by the Chair of thean informal introduction to public speaking. Our paper GBE department. Faculty include members of the GBEwill help to better explain the reasons behind our chosen

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

planned major). What’s next for you? (Or, if not planning on becoming an engineer, explore why they’ve made this decision.)3. What do you imagine yourself doing on a day-to-day basis? (Or, if not planning on becoming an engineer: What do you imagine engineers do on a day-to-day basis?)4. What would you say it takes to be a good (insert student’s career choice)? How are you at (insert characteristics student mentions)? Are there things about yourself that you think you need to work on to become a successful (xxx)?Entire interviews, not just responses to the questions listed here were analyzed. In case study-based research, triangulation of data sources is an important aspect of qualityresearch 36-39. In addition to semi-structured

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Derek David Riley, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

were finishing uptheir projects. Computing projects tended to be easier to work in a remote environment, butother projects requiring hardware proved challenging to complete. Most importantly, the reviewand critique of projects was significantly more difficult.Overview of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Relationships with IACSThe Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) has prided itself on maintaining closerelationships with its Industrial Advisory Committees. As with many schools, the advisoryboards consist of program alumni, employers of graduates, local business leaders, faculty, andselected student representatives. Historically, attendance and engagement has been very strong,with most members reliably attending the meetings. While the

Conference Session

Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

to be, his passion has always been more on the teachingside. One of Jon’s job prospects that was very interesting to him was in Philadelphia. Thoughthis job was not directly related to his field of study, it was an opportunity to use his skill set in adifferent area. When he contacted a graduate student colleague of both Jon and Chris about lifein Philadelphia, that connection proved to be invaluable. He noted his department had a jobposting for a teaching faculty member. This was Chris’s dream job. In the end, Chris left histenure track position for a non-tenure track teaching faculty position and Jon left his researchcareer for a career in software, which has been an underlying passion of his. Patience andflexibility ultimately led to

Conference Session

Session 1 - Track 4: What does an Engineering Instructional Faculty do? Voices of Engineering Instructional Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Viyon Dansu, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa).Dr. Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso An Associate Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, Dr. Meagan R. Kendall is a founding member of the Department of Engineering Education and Leadership. With a background in both engi- neering education and design thinking, her research focuses on how Latinx students develop identities as engineers and navigate moments of identity interference, student and faculty engineering leadership development

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Julie P Martin, University of Georgia

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Student Division (STDT)

, enhancing teaching effectiveness5-7, using specific research methods ormethodologies8,9, writing National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER proposals10, andnavigating the tenure and promotion process11. This paper follows these prior examples bypresenting advice for future or new faculty, especially those considering a tenure-trackappointment at an institution where they will be evaluated based on their research.This paper shares the authors’ collective experiential wisdom for what we consider to be some ofthe hidden curriculum of establishing a research presence as a pre-tenure faculty member. In sodoing, we extend the concept that students are tacitly informed about what is valuable in a givencontext10,11 to future and early career faculty. Despite

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #11724The Impact of Personal Interactions on the Experience of African-AmericanMales on Multiracial Student TeamsMs. Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech Ms. Cross earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2007. She earned her Master’s of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincin- nati in 2011. Ms. Cross is currently completing her studies in the Engineering Education PhD program at Virginia Tech and involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion

Conference Session

Intersections of Identity and Student Experiences: Equity, Culture & Social Justice Technical Session 10

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Yang, Stanford University; Crystal Nattoo

graduate student, I could do both scientific researchand social justice work, but without my scientific research, I would not be able to access theopportunities to do social justice work. This precarious realization that I had stumbled uponmyself was constantly reinforced by none other than every graduate student I talked to as anincoming first-year. In their sage advice, only one person could make or break my experiences,goals, and career aspirations: an engineering advisor who supported me in both my engineeringand social justice endeavors. Without a funding source for my engineering work, I would haveno hope of being able to pursue my social justice research. Luckily, the engineering advisor that I had scoped out during my application

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

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Graduate Studies

engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient.Dr. Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University Page 24.1087.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Snapshot of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Engineering

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Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud T. Khasawneh, Texas A&M International University; Rafic Bachnak, Penn State Harrisburg; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University ; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University; Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

retention rates and recruitment success of Hispanic students in STEMprograms at TAMIU as of Fall 2013.In order to succeed, many University-wide initiatives (not specifically for STEM disciplines) areset up. Engaging Sophomores, for example, encompasses Graduation Roadmap, a programdesigned to increase the academic success of TAMIU’s Hispanic, low-income student populationby: 1) strengthening sophomore academic, career, and personal counseling support services; 2)assessing the sophomore academic experience; 3) increasing professional opportunities forfaculty development that build pedagogical and academic connectedness for sophomore students;4) institutionalizing financial resources for faculty development; and 5) creating an endowmentfor student

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George James Lamont, University of Waterloo; Stephanie Mutch, University of Waterloo; Chimdindu Ohaegbu, University of Waterloo ; Hamza Z. Butt, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo

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First-Year Programs

academic interests include biology, philosophy and religion. He is a researcher and writer for Lawyer-Ed, a legal publication. His research and career interests include medical law, legislation research, and engineering education.Dr. Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo Kate Mercer is the Systems Design Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Kate’s main duties include providing instruction and research services to students, faculty and staff. Kate graduated with a MI from the University of Toronto and completed her PhD at the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy. Most

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #5: Best Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alaa Abdalla, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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International Division (INTL)

, competency development, and understanding the experiences of traditionally marginalized engineering students from an asset-based perspective. Homero’s goal is to develop engineering education practices that value the capital that tra- ditionally marginalized students, bring into the field, and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tool to promote effective and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 6: Underserved Student Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia M. K. Schauer, Georgia Institute of Technology; August Kohls, Carnegie Mellon University; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

contribute to a sense of STEM identity, andthereby retention, in URMs [39], [52]. In addition to providing opportunities to socialize withother like-minded students, this would provide students with the opportunity to receivementorship from faculty members, which is tied to higher engineering persistence [32]. Asindicated in Figure 2, all participants expressed interest in interdisciplinary research.Similarly, we suggest that universities join forces with industry partners to offer and effectivelymarket interdisciplinary internships, especially towards URMs. Internships have been shown toincrease retention and graduation rates for engineering students [53], particularly URMs [54],making them a promising setting for interdisciplinary collaborations

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Jensen, University of Arkansas; Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas

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Mechanical Engineering

objective assessment and thesubjective perception are both needed to address the concern of graduate unpreparedness.Data Sources The data supporting this research was gathered over the course of a 16 week semester in amechanical engineering design course. There were 82 junior and senior undergraduate studentsenrolled in this course. These students formed 21 self-selected groups consisting mostly of fourmembers each with a few three-member groups. Student groups worked with faculty members andone graduate student who all have responsibilities of teaching courses in the mechanicalengineering curriculum.Methodology In the following sections we detail the novel approach to teaching engineering design

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Kerrie L. Schattler, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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Faculty Development

through exposure to civil engineering design in other countries. This allowsfaculty to be more effective teachers, because now they have hands-on overseas experiences andcivil engineering design examples that can be shared in the campus classroom setting to heightenthe global awareness of CE students. The next sections present a case study, specific facultydevelopment opportunities, and personal experiences gained through the GEP.3. Faculty Professional Development Through the Global Explorer ProgramThroughout her academic pursuits and career, Dr. Schattler, an American born femaletransportation engineering professor, interacted with students and colleagues of many differentethnic backgrounds. Although she had an appreciation and understanding of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Daria Gerasimova, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; J. Reid Schwebach, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

opportunities that are created independent of facultyactivities (e.g., courses for GTAs). This case of an integrated teaching development experiencebrings teaching development for graduate students into the same kinds of department-basedmentoring experiences that are used for their research. In this case, GTAs worked closely with afaculty member on a discipline-based education research project. We recognize that GTAs atsome institutions may be benefitting from mentoring from faculty about their teaching. In thiscase, however, we explored a formal structure in which both GTAs and faculty were learningabout teaching and about discipline-based education research. Exploring how the graduatestudents pushed the faculty to learn more is an area for future

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuzhang Zang, Western Washington University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

members to navigate the complexities of academia confidently, fostering personal andprofessional growth while enhancing the educational and research experiences of their students andcolleagues.1 IntroductionThe transition into academia as a new faculty member marks the beginning of a challenging yetrewarding journey[1]. For many individuals, this period represents a significant shift from therole of a student or postdoctoral researcher to that of an educator, scholar, and contributor tothe academic community. As new faculty members navigate the complexities of their roles, theyencounter various responsibilities and expectations, ranging from teaching and research to serviceand mentorship. Effectively managing these demands while striving for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E.; Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

has worked in both the private and public sectors. Prior to her current engineering position, she was on the faculty at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education for over 8 years teaching Foundations of Engineering courses to first year engineering students.Prof. Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has taught multiple first-year engineering courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Changes in Student Perceptions of Engineering Disciplines through Showcasing of Career PathsAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper describes an instructional