Tech from 2004-2012, and was Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin from 1989- 2004. Ken has been an active member of ASEE since 1992. He is currently the Campus Representative Coor- dinator for the Southeastern Section of ASEE, and has also served on the ASEE Constitution and Bylaws Committee. Ken is a member of the ASEE Engineering Deans Council Executive Board and its Public Policy Committee. Ken is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and a member of NSPE. He is also active in the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, and is involved in legislative initiatives and public policy issues at
. in Mechanical Engineering and International Relations. Dr. Faas is currently a re- search affiliate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her research focuses on developing low cost immersive Virtual Reality applications for products and systems, early stage design process and methodology and engineering education. Research interests: virtual reality (VR) applications in mechanical design, design methodology and engi- neering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 :RUNLQ3URJUHVV%ULGJLQJWKHJDSEHWZHHQDFFRPPRGDWLRQVOHWWHUVDQG HPHUJLQJFODVVURRPSUDFWLFHV$OLVKD6DUDQJ6LHPLQVNL$GYD:DUDQ\XZDW(PLO\)HUULHU $OLVRQ:RRG0DJJLH$QGHUVRQ'DQLHOD)DDV
a faculty devel- opment and leadership program to train and recruit diverse PhD students who wish to pursue academic positions in engineering or applied science after graduation. Dr. Sandekian earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder in 1992 and 1994, respectively. She went on to earn a Specialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in 2011 and a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership in December 2017, both from the University of Northern Colorado. She is a Founding Leader of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Virtual Community of Practice (VCP) for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Engineering and a facilitator of
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 High Risk, (with Hope for) High Reward: Lessons Learned from Planning and Hosting an Unconference Abstract Often in diversity and inclusion research, the goal is to represent the perspectives of those whoare ‘not at the table,’ but seldom do research methods provide the participants an actual seat ‘at the table.’Informed by a participatory action research approach, we partnered with study participants, positioningthem as our co-researchers. Together, we employed an unconference (also known as an Open SpaceTechnology workshop) as a research method in order to elevate the voices of
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Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award and a Fellow of the Association for Women in Science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 A First-Year Engineering Spatial Skills Enhancement Program: Implementation, Effectiveness, and Gender DifferencesAbstractResearch indicates that women and under-represented minorities (URM) display lower levels ofcompetence in the ability to visualize spatially, a malleable cognitive skill that is connected with successin engineering. To identify and assist first-year engineering students with low spatial ability, we launcheda spatial skills enhancement program as part of the Engineering
, particularly in higher education; learning in the workplace; curricular and pedagogical development; and the preparation of professionals for social justice goals. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Practitioner Learning Community: Design of instructional content, pedagogy and assessment metrics for productive, inclusive and socially just teaming practice AbstractThis paper describes the development of and outcomes from a Practitioner Learning Community(PLC) model used to design instructional content, pedagogy, and assessment metrics forinclusive, socially just teaming practices. Comprised of postdoctoral
Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and group members are described at feminis- tengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE pro- gram from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and recently tenured faculty and research