1. ERM ANNOUNCEMENT: ERM Workshops at ASEE
2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: NTS Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
3. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Multiple Tenure Track or Tenured Faculty in Computer Science or Engineering Education, Florida International University
4. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University
5. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
6. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: STEM Teaching in Higher Education and COPUS app
7. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Creating a Framework for the National Academies’ Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education
8. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Position of Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Transactions on Education
9. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Salt Lake City 2018 ASEE Service project opportunity, Sat. June 23rd, 12-4pm
10. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: National Effective Teaching Institutes (NETI), 2018
11. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: NETI Teacher-Scholar Award
12. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 2018 Global EPICS Symposium and Workshop, June 11-15, 2018 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
13. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Join Our Community of Scholars interested in System 1 in Engineering Education
14. CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE Transactions on Education Special Issue on Project-Based, Senior Design, and Capstone Courses in Engineering Education
15. Submitting Announcements to the ERM Listserve
=============================================================
1. ERM ANNOUNCEMENT: ERM Workshops at ASEE
The following workshops will be offered through ERM this year at ASEE on Sunday June 24, 2018 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM including:
· Teaching Metacognition: Helping Students Own and Improve Their Learning (free ticketed)
· Build to Last: Strategies for Sustaining Innovative Educational Initiatives (free ticketed)
· Your Proposal Was Funded – Now What? Managing a Mixed Methods Research Project (free ticketed)
· Integrating Grounded Theory Development and Mixed Methods (fee)
· Upstream from Impact: Frameworks for Improving Research Quality (free ticketed)
· ERM Presents: Moving Beyond Research Ideas (fee)
· Management and Assessment of Capstone Design Made Easy Using Specific and Generic Performance Indicators (free ticketed)
Consider attending and/or encouraging your graduate students to attend!
=============================================================
2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: NTS Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Civil Engineering: The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown invites applications for a non-tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering available beginning in the Fall of 2018. This position requires a broad knowledge of civil engineering with the ability to significantly assist in more than one of the following areas: structures, geotechnical, water and waste water, and general practice subjects. The position also requires teaching service courses in basic engineering science. It is required that this person have industrial experience in planning, design, and construction. The department offers a broad-based B.S. in Civil Engineering. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is an undergraduate teaching college and the primary responsibility of the successful candidate will be to teach the equivalent of four courses (lecture and laboratory) per term. Additional responsibilities include: professional development as a faculty member, laboratory development, academic advising, supervision of student design projects, and university service. A Ph.D. degree in civil engineering and a minimum of three years of relevant industrial experience are required, as well as excellent communications skills. Professional registration and previous teaching experience are a plus. For more information check the following URL: https://www.pittsource.com/postings/156034 or contact the chair of the search committee: Dr. Shannon Parks, shannon.parks@pitt.edu, (814) 269-7263
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Pittsburgh is Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Vets/Disabled.
=============================================================
3. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Multiple Tenure Track or Tenured Faculty, Campbell Universtiy
Campbell University (http://www.campbell.edu/engineering/) seeks three engineering faculty for full-time, tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor. One position in Mechanical Engineering begins Fall 2018 and is focused on teaching the thermal, energy and fluid sciences. Two positions (one in Mechanical Engineering, focused on teaching a common senior design sequence, and one in Electrical Engineering, focused on teaching sophomore and junior-level courses) begin in January 2019. These present faculty with a unique opportunity to provide leadership in building an innovative BS in Engineering program (with concentrations in mechanical, chemical and electrical engineering) that began in Fall 2016. Duties will include: develop, implement and teach project-based engineering curricula; engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning, student advising, student organizations, assessment, accreditation activities, and committee responsibilities. Candidates must be committed to innovative engineering undergraduate education and the University’s mission. Candidates must have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering, respectively, or a closely related engineering discipline; experience developing and teaching project-based engineering curricula; and knowledge of the current practices and research pertaining to innovative undergraduate engineering curricula. Apply online at http://www.campbell.edu/about/employment/. Questions may be directed to Dr. Jenna Carpenter, Dean, School of Engineering [carpenter@campbell.edu or 910-814-4018].
=============================================================
4. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University
Purdue’s School of Engineering Education is receiving applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor opening. Please help us communicate this opportunity. See the announcement at http://www.purdue.edu/ethics/Search_Screen/Faculty_Openings/Engineering/3856-2018.html.
============================================================
5. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
The Center for Engineering Education and Outreach invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral scholar to work on studying teacher learning in K-12 engineering education. The initial appointment is for the academic year 2018-2019, renewable for up to two years total.
The position looks at teacher learning, particularly teacher noticing, across two NSF-funded projects. The first, Developing Teacher Noticing in Engineering in an Online Professional Development Program, looks at how elementary teachers make progress in noticing engineering thinking in students via an eighteen-month certificate program that is provides content and pedagogy courses completely online (teep.tufts.edu). The second, Designing Biomimetic Robots, a collaborative project between Tufts and TERC, is developing interdisciplinary middle school curricula using Hummingbird robotics to connect biomimicry and engineering design.
The position requires a PhD and experience in qualitative research. Applications are encouraged from those with backgrounds in K-12 STEM education. Any expertise in studying responsive teaching or teacher noticing, design or facilitation of teacher professional development, middle school science/engineering curriculum development, or online learning environments should be highlighted in the letter of application. Please submit a letter of application, including descriptions of your background and research interests, a CV, and the names of three references to CEEO department administrator Magee Shalhoub (Magee.shalhoub@tufts.edu). Questions about the position or application process can be directed to CEEO Director, Merredith Portsmore (Merredith.Portmore@tufts.edu). The full job posting can be found here.
============================================================
6. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: STEM Teaching in Higher Education and COPUS app
We are a group of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) scholars who came together with an interest in characterizing instructional practices in STEM courses at the university level. We attended and documented over 2,000 classes taught by more than 500 STEM faculty members across 25 institutions and analyzed them using the Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS).
We have developed an app to assist COPUS users in analyzing COPUS data. Among other things, the app can calculate interrater reliability between multiple coders, provide reports detailing percent of class time spent on each COPUS code, flexible heat maps showing how some or all of the codes are represented throughout a class, and classify observations into one of the COPUS profiles/instructional styles identified in the study above. To learn about and use the app, please follow this link: www.copusprofiles.org
============================================================
7. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Creating a Framework for the National Academies’ Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education
The Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) is an open, interdisciplinary, professional network for individuals and groups who are engaged in creating and/or studying change in higher education. As part of its work, the Demonstrating Impact Working Group is in the process of building a framework in support of the National Academies’ Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education by identifying the indicators for which measurement tools exist, what they are, and where they need to be developed. If you are interested in providing input into the process, please visit our survey located at https://ascnhighered.org/ASCN/measurement/indicators_feedback.html.
============================================================
8. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Position of Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Transactions on Education
The IEEE Education Society invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Transactions on Education, a quarterly publication. This is a 3-year term (October 2018 to 31 December 2020) renewable, or a 5-year term nonrenewable (October 2018 to 31 December 2022). Self-nomination is acceptable. The nominee must be a member in good standing of IEEE and of the IEEE Education Society.
Full details available at http://ieee-edusociety.org/publications/%E2%80%8Bieee-transactions-education-call-new-editor-chief-october-2018-2021-term
============================================================
9. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Salt Lake City 2018 ASEE Service project opportunity, Sat. June 23rd, 12-4pm
The Community Engagement Division (CED) is once again organizing a day of service on the Saturday before the ASEE Annual Conference for participants to actively learn about community engagement, give back to our host city, and have some fun with colleagues from around the country. In the past three years, we have helped construct a community garden in Seattle, build a playground in Baton Rouge, and adapted toys for differently abled children in Columbus. This year, the CED is partnering with the Bennion Community Service Center at the University of Utah to engage with the Salt Lake community on two projects, one indoors and one outdoors, you can choose which fits you best. Stay tuned for the exact details from our partners, which will be updated on the ASEE conference website as soon as possible.
We hope you can join us the Saturday before the conference, June 23rd from 12-4pm. The cost is only $25 with transportation and snacks included, and you can sign up through the ASEE conference website (link to service project registration) along with your general registration.
Thank you for considering adding this experience and stepping up to serve through what is sure to be a rewarding afternoon. Please invite your colleagues to join you and add this event to their ASEE calendars.
For more information and questions about the service project, contact Greg Rulifson (grulifson@mines.edu). For more information about the Community Engagement division, contact James Huff (2018 Program Chair) or Megan Kenny-Feister (2019 Program Chair).
============================================================
10. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: National Effective Teaching Institutes (NETI), 2018
The 35th National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI-1) will be held August 1st- 3rd, 2018, at the Hilton Double Tree Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. For faculty with more teaching experience, an advanced teaching workshop (NETI-2) will be offered June 28th -29th, 2018 at the Hilton in Salt Lake City, UT. Drs. Susan Lord, Matt Ohland, and Michael Prince will lead each workshop. The previous NETI programs have reached over 1500 participants from 250 different schools and participant evaluations have been overwhelmingly positive.
Participants for each NETI workshop will include 50 faculty members from all branches of engineering and engineering technology. The registration fee for the 3-day NETI-1 is $1150 per participant and for the 2-day NETI-2 is $1050. This fee covers organization and presentation costs, participant notebooks, breakfasts, lunches, and breaks. Attendees’ institutions are expected to cover the participants’ expenses for transportation, lodging, and one meal per day. NETI-1 focuses on instructional objectives, active and inductive teaching methods, motivating students, creating a more inclusive classroom, crisis clinics and assessment. NETI-2 candidates should be experienced with using the basic active learning techniques covered in NETI-1 and be ready to adopt more challenging techniques such as cooperative and problem-based learning. In general, these will be faculty with more teaching experience, but instructors at all age and career levels are welcome at either workshop, so long as they have the appropriate background.
To obtain either workshop registration form, please contact Heather Deale at ASEE headquarters via email (h.deale@asee.org). For questions about workshop content, please contact Dr. Michael Prince at prince@bucknell.edu
============================================================
11. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: NETI Teacher-Scholar Award
Over the years, the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) has developed a small revenue surplus that we want to use for a special opportunity. We would like to invite you to nominate a faculty member to receive a “NETI Teacher-Scholar” award. We have several awards available to provide free tuition for faculty to attend either the Advanced National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI-2) on June 28-29, 2018 in Salt Lake City, UT or the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI-1) in Philadelphia, PA from Aug 1-3, 2018.
Nominees for NETI-1 should have been teaching engineering for at least one semester and have demonstrated interest in enhancing their teaching effectiveness. Nominees for NETI-2 should have been teaching for at least 5 years and be recognized leaders in teaching at their institution. All nominees should be at an institution with demonstrated need. The nomination letter should indicate both why the faculty member is deserving of the award, as well as why the institution will benefit from the financial help for this faculty professional development opportunity.
To nominate a faculty member, the Dean should send the nominee’s brief CV (2 pages) and a nomination letter explaining why NETI would be beneficial for this nominee and the case for why your institution needs this award funding. Please send this letter to Norman Fortenberry (N.Fortenberry@asee.org) by May 15, 2018. Only one nomination per institution please. Note that the institution must be willing to support the nominee’s travel expenses to and from the Institute. Preference will be given to institutions that have not previously sent faculty to NETI.
Questions can be addressed to Mike Prince at prince@bucknell.edu or Susan Lord at slord@sandiego.edu
============================================================
12. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 2018 Global EPICS Symposium and Workshop, June 11-15, 2018 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
The EPICS University Consortium and EPICS in IEEE Invite you to the: 2018 Global EPICS Symposium and Workshop, June 11-15, 2018 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
EPICS is a service-learning approach to multi-disciplinary design where student teams address needs within their local and global communities. Founded at Purdue University, EPICS has been integrated into the curricula at dozens of colleges and universities globally. EPICS in IEEE, a signature program of IEEE, empowers students to work with local service organizations to apply technical knowledge to implement solutions for a community’s unique challenges. This year’s gathering will bring together existing EPICS faculty and staff, provide opportunities for those wanting to explore EPICS and its principles of long-term community engagement with multidisciplinary, diverse student design teams. An exciting addition this year is a large cohort from Indian colleges integrating EPICS into their programs and building a national network of engaged colleges and universities. Sessions will be specifically designated for those new to community engagement, those experienced and targeted sessions on the Indian academic systems. The sessions are designed for Monday to focus on those new to community-engagement and EPICS, Tuesday and Wednesday for all participants and Thursday and Friday targeted for EPICS in the Indian context.
Registration information can be found at https://www.conf.purdue.edu/landing_pages/epicsdesign/ . Questions can be forwarded to Eric VandeVoorde at +1-765-494-3750 or evandevo@purdue.edu or Dr. William Oakes at oakes@purdue.edu
=============================================================
13. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Join Our Community of Scholars interested in System 1 in Engineering Education
The processes for teaching, learning, and conducting research are complex. As educators and researchers, we often draw over-simplified boundaries to organize our views of thinking…head vs. heart, mind vs. body, rational vs. intuitive, and so on. Other fields, such as behavioral economics, have recognized the limited view of humans as rational beings. When we think and make decisions, we utilize more than just logic. For example, Kahneman’s conception of System 1 (automatic, intuitive, and rapid processing) and System 2 (deliberate, logical, and slow processing) has drawn attention the undeniable role of our subconscious in our lives. In addition, advances in neuroscience open new possibilities for studying thinking and learning. However, engineering education and research continues to focus on rational forms of thinking and logic in how we frame our teaching, learning and research.
If you are interested in joining a community of scholars focused on understanding and studying the role of System 1 (i.e., gut feelings, subconscious) in engineering education and research, please add your name to this list. You will be contacted by email, and invited to gather in a discussion with others, which we will kick-off this summer at ASEE (details to follow). Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone who might be interested.
Any further questions or ideas can be directed to Emily Dringenberg, dringenberg.1@osu.edu.
============================================================
14. CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE Transactions on Education Special Issue on Project-Based, Senior Design, and Capstone Courses in Engineering Education
Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 May 2018, Full Paper – November 15, 2018
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue on Project-Based, Senior Design, and Capstone Courses in Engineering Education that will be published by The IEEE Transactions on Education (ToE) in 2019. This special issue focuses on project-based, senior design, and capstone courses in engineering education. The goal of the issue is to contribute to the advancement in engineering education through empirical investigations in project-based, senior design, and capstone course developments.
Aim and Scope of the Special Issue- We request authors to submit manuscripts that present and evaluate aspects of the design, implementation, and evaluation of project-based, senior design, and capstone courses in engineering education. The special issue scope includes contributions to education in electrical and electronics engineering, computer engineering, computer science, and other fields within the scope of interest of IEEE. We welcome submissions in which the findings are supported by empirical data. As stated in the aims and scope of the journal, manuscripts that present only descriptions of how projects were implemented are not suitable for publication; manuscripts that present only student self-report evidence will not be considered for peer review. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Design and evaluation of project-based, senior design, and capstone courses
• Empirical results demonstrating how project-based, senior engineering design, and capstone courses influence student development in design and professional skills
• Empirical results demonstrating how project-based, senior engineering design, and capstone courses influence student development in project management and/or interpersonal skills
• Empirical results demonstrating how industrial-sponsored projects and industry partnerships help students develop design and professional skills
• Multidisciplinary projects that demonstrate creative models and technologies with connections to fields within the scope of interest of the IEEE
• Integration of ethical, legal and societal issues into senior capstone courses
• Assessment and evaluation
• Assessment of complex learning outcomes
• Role of capstone courses in community service and civic engagement
• Use of capstone courses in satisfying accreditation requirements
• Preparation of engineering students for their capstone experience
• Best practices and roles of engineering competitions and undergraduate research conferences in the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Submission Criteria- Submissions are expected to identify their contributions to one of three areas of scholarship: discovery, integration, or application. Authors are referred to the Author Resources website (http://sites.ieee.org/review-criteria-toe/) for more information on selecting the appropriate area of scholarship. Authors should submit extended abstracts (500 words, 3 journal pages or less with any figures) using the journal format at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/te-ieee. The format for the journal can be found at: http://sites.ieee.org/review-criteria-toe/. Select “Special Issue” as “Manuscript Type” in the corresponding menu during submission. For identification purposes, the author’s cover letter must include the statement: “This is a submission to the Special Issue on Project-Based, Senior Design, and Capstone Courses in Engineering Education.”
Recent Comments