Dear ERM members,

Hi everyone! We are now done with the semester at Penn State and I am very pleased that summer is just around the corner. We’re still very busy in the Leonhard Center, but I am looking forward to things winding down and (hopefully!!) getting a bit quieter soon. One piece of good news that I have to share is that my son got the first of his two vaccines today! I am incredibly grateful to the scientists, the medical community, and the volunteers who made these vaccines and all of the clinics happen. However, as I express my gratitude, I am also very aware that, in the United States, we are incredibly privileged to have access to this medical care. During a meeting I was in yesterday, many parents were expressing their excitement that their teenage kids had appointments to be vaccinated. We then become incredibly apparent of our privilege when a colleague started crying and shared that she just heard about a death of a family member back home in India due to COVID. My heart goes out to those around the world who are struggling now and hope that conditions improve soon, particularly in India.

For those of you planning to attend the virtual ASEE conference in June, I wanted to share a bit of information. First, the conference will run in the Pacific time zone, as if we were attending in Long Beach. After listening a lot to feedback about last year’s conference, the ERM Program Chair and Directors have been working to rethink the format of some of the ERM sessions in order to make them more interactive. You’ll be hearing more about these potential formats in the coming weeks. We will be using the same online platform for the conference as was used last year, but more break times will be included in between sessions. ERM will once again be hosting a virtual social, which I know will be a lot of fun. As details and plans are finalized with the conference, we’ll continue to share information with you. I hope that all of you will attend the conference! I so miss my ERM and ASEE colleagues and will be so excited to see everyone in person in 2022!

Don’t forget to vote for ERM Chair and Director, as mentioned in my previous e-mail sent today! The deadline is May 28.

Happy Friday to all of you! I hope you all have a peaceful and rejuvenating weekend.

Sarah

ERM Announcements for 5/15/2021

General Announcements

ERM ANNOUNCEMENT: 2021 Apprentice Faculty Grant Awardees
ASEE ANNOUNCEMENT: ASEE Presents: Master Class on Effective Teaching
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Building bridges into engineering education: prospective mentor-mentee social
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop XII May 27-29 — Registration open
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: First Year Engineering Experience Conference
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPATION: Invitation to take Maker Schools in Higher Ed Survey
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPATION: Effects of participation in computing outreach programs
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPATION: Study of student problem-solving in engineering science courses

Position Announcements

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate Director of Broader Impacts at Virginia Tech’s Center for Educational Networks
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Engineering Education at Boston College
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Post-Doc, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Utah University
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Positions in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Two New Positions: Instructional Consultant, University of Michigan (CRLT in Engineering)

General Announcements

ERM ANNOUNCEMENT: 2021 Apprentice Faculty Grant Awardees

We received 9 AFG applications this year. We are excited to announce the Apprentice Faculty Grant Award winners for 2021:

Cijy Elizabeth Sunny, University of Cincinnati

Matilde Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo

Hannah Budinoff, University of Arizona

Amena Shermadou, The Ohio State University

We will recognize our winners to the community through videos and during the ERM Awards Ceremony after the Business Meeting at this year’s ASEE conference.

We’d also like to thank our reviewers – you know who you are! And a special thanks to those who answered our call for last minute help!

Thanks to Rachel Anderson (Clemson) and Jessica Swenson (University of Buffalo) for their work on this committee!

ASEE ANNOUNCEMENT: ASEE Presents: Master Class on Effective Teaching

Dear Colleague,

Are you a K-12 or university-level STEM instructor who wishes to develop more effective STEM teaching and instruction practices? If so, ASEE Presents: Master Class on Effective Teaching is for you! Learn more about ASEE’s Master Class on Effective Teaching here: https://resources.asee.org/course_catalog/master-class-on-effective-teaching/

Overview: Coming June 2021, ASEE Presents: Master Class on Effective Teaching is a three-part, instructor-led online program that will establish STEM instruction based on materials from the forthcoming book Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/666737/uncommon-sense-teaching-by-barbara-oakley-phd-beth-rogowsky-edd-terrence-j-sejnowski-phd/?pdivflag), now available for pre-order via Penguin Random House.

The Master Class on Effective Teaching, led by Barbara Oakley, co-teacher of Coursera–UC San Diego’s Learning How to Learn, with contributions from Beth Rogowsky, and Krzysztof (Chris) Kobus, will provide K-12 and university-level STEM instructors with a common framework, terminology, and practical exercises to develop their teaching in STEM on a soundly neuroscientific basis.

Dates and Times: ASEE Presents: Master Class on Effective Teaching will be held June 21, 22, and 23, 2021 from 12:00 – 4:00 PM, ET all days.

Pricing: Registration is $149 for ASEE Professional Members, $49 for ASEE P-12 and Student Members, and $199 for non-members.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to develop more effective STEM teaching and instruction practices based on neuroscientific principles. Learn more and register today!

Regards,

Erin Steigerwalt

Learning Services Content Developer, ASEE

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Building bridges into engineering education: prospective mentor-mentee social

Interested in starting engineering education research (EER)? Or are you already involved and want to support new researchers? There are grants and a community for that! Join our free virtual social networking event to connect existing and prospective mentors and mentees.

Seeking: Potential EER mentees and mentors

Date: Wednesday June 23rd, 2021

Time: 12:00PM Pacific/3:00PM Eastern

Duration: 1 hour

Zoom Registration: https://unr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIufu-upj8sHNe-S6JYqUcNqcv1RILGjtWk

This networking event will consist primarily of informal breakout room conversations between pairs or small groups of researchers interested in EER. This will facilitate connections between established researchers and burgeoning engineering education researchers. Specifically, this event may be advantageous to meet potential collaborators for funded projects, such as the Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) grant which requires both a mentor and mentee PI.

Join us by registering today at https://unr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIufu-upj8sHNe-S6JYqUcNqcv1RILGjtWk

After registering, you will be asked to fill out a Google slide with your information prior to the event to advertise your interests to other researchers. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop XII May 27-29 — Registration open

The Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop is a biennial program organized by Harvey Mudd College to bring together design educators, practitioners and researchers to discuss issues in design and engineering education. The Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop XII is being held virtually this year on May 27-29. The theme is “Designing Through Making: 2-D and 3-D Representations of Designs In Campus Facilities and Remotely.”

Registration is available at https://mudddesignworkshop.com/mdw-ix/mdw-xi-registration/ and costs $100. The preliminary program is posted at https://mudddesignworkshop.com/mdw-ix/preliminary-program/. Presenters from many universities will share their research in a single-track of thematically-grouped sessions.

Keynote speakers will be:

* Dorothy Jones-Davis, founding Executive Director of Nation of Makers, a nonprofit whose mission is to support America’s maker organizations through advocacy, resource sharing, and the building of community within the maker movement and beyond, and

* Amar Hanspal, CEO of Bright Machines where he leads a team focused on changing the resiliency, flexibility, and economics of manufacturing through smart automation.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: First Year Engineering Experience Conference
Registration for the 2021 First Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference is now open! This year’s conference will be held virtually on August 9-10, 2021. Early registration ($40) ends May 31. Visit https://sites.asee.org/fyee2021/registration/ for additional registration options or to register for this year’s conference.

Check https://sites.asee.org/fyee2021/ for more details. Please direct any questions to Kevin Calabro at kcalabro@umd.edu.

CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPATION: Invitation to take Maker Schools in Higher Ed Survey

Make: is collating recommendations, for possible publication, on exemplary post-secondary “maker schools” around the world. They have created a short survey to gather information on the qualities that you as a maker, educator, student (or former student), and/or administrator think are the essential qualities of such institutions and, to gain insight into post-secondary institutions around the world that you believe fit the bill. The survey will take 10 minutes or less to complete.

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YQRHKNN

CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPATION: Effects of participation in computing outreach programs

Looking for undergraduate students to tell us about their experiences in computer courses, classes, and camps that they attended prior to becoming university students.

Open until May 17. Participants have opportunity to win Amazon gift cards for participating.

Please see https://csedresearch.org/outreach-survey-invite/ for more information.

CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPATION: Study of student problem-solving in engineering science courses

Dear Engineering Education Researchers,

I am part of a team of researchers at Stanford and Cornell studying student problem-solving in engineering science courses. We have developed a novel assessment of problem-solving in heat transfer that we believe captures students’ problem-solving skills in real-world contexts.

We are in need of experts — folks who have taught heat transfer in any discipline, or who study heat transfer in their research — to validate the assessment. We are asking for volunteers to participate in 1-hour think-aloud Zoom interviews with our research team. You can sign up for a time here: https://calendly.com/eburkhol/heat-transfer-interview?month=2021-04

Your responses will be recorded and we will video record the session, but your identity will be masked in the publication or presentation of any results.

Many thanks in advance for your assistance!

Eric Burkholder, Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Matthew Ford

—

Eric Burkholder, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Wieman Group

Department of Physics

Position Announcements

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate Director of Broader Impacts at Virginia Tech’s Center for Educational Networks

Virginia Tech’s Center for Educational Networks and Impacts is hiring an Associate Director of Broader Impacts. Please share widely. https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/515752/ceni-associate-director-of-broader-impacts.

Application review begins May 10.

Contact Phyllis Leary Newbill for more info: pnewbill@vt.edu

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Engineering Education at Boston College

We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Department of Engineering at Boston College. The department is responsible for the new undergraduate human-centered engineering program which will welcome its first cohort of students in Fall 2021. The program integrates Boston College’s core liberal arts curriculum with experiential engineering curriculum that emphasizes societal responsibility.

The fellow will be working with Dr. Avneet Hira and her collaborators on projects aimed at humanizing engineering and design practices, using technology to support learning, and engineering in informal (often low-resource) settings. Candidates interested in interrogating questions pertaining to engineering in open-ended project-based settings like Makerspaces, museums, community organizations, and family units are strongly encouraged to apply.

The fellow will have a PhD in engineering education, science education, learning sciences, science and technology studies, or any other relevant field. They should have expertise in research design appropriate to the kinds of studies described above, ideally with a focus on qualitative narrative-based methods. This position will require the candidate to travel (sometimes internationally) if and when safe. Frequent travel to or re-location to the Boston area will be needed.

Background or interest in human-centered design methods and reflective practice is a plus. So is interest in emerging technologies for creating spaces that are inclusive and trans-disciplinary. While the fellow will spend most of their time conducting research and working on manuscripts, there may be opportunities for teaching, mentoring and grant writing if there is interest.

This is a 1-year appointment with the possibility for renewal.

For questions, please contact Avneet Hira at avneet.hira@bc.edu

Please apply with a cover letter and CV here: https://bc.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/4642?c=bc

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Post-Doc, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

This is a full-time, 12-month appointment, with a 3-year expected appointment. The Post-Doctoral Associate will primarily support CTLE’s GTA Academy, our teacher training program for graduate teaching assistants at Daytona Beach campus. The Associate will also have opportunities to pursue their professional research interests and collaborate with our team on a number of educational development programs. Candidates with expertise in quantitative data analysis and equity-focused educational development will receive preference. A full description can be found at https://embryriddle.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Daytona-Beach-FL/Post-Doctoral-STEM-Associate_R300771.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Utah University

The Department of Engineering & Technology (E&T) at Southern Utah University invites applications for a non-tenure track, full-time Lecturer. The successful candidate for this position will teach courses in the mechanical engineering undergraduate program and assist managing engineering laboratories. To apply online and for further details: https://suu.applicantpro.com/jobs/1762699.html

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Positions in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering
Multiple units in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering are coordinating to hire five full-time, multi-year, Postdoctoral Fellowship positions in the area of engineering education. We anticipate start dates in the Fall of 2021 with opportunities to start earlier. The positions will support a grant funded multi-department curricula innovation effort to integrate a reflective, story-centric, approach to developing undergraduate engineers’ entrepreneurial mindset. Units involved include Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Create-X. The Biomedical Engineering (BME) department is coordinating hiring for all five positions.

Full position descriptions and application instructions can be found by emailing KEENPostdoc@bme.gatech.edu. The postdoctoral fellows will assist the units in implementation and research of curricular innovations. The primary focus will be on understanding how students develop an entrepreneurial mindset and a self-concept as an entrepreneurially minded engineer. Work in each role will range from program development and curricular implementation to foundational research in engineering education. Fellows will work as part of a large team involving many faculty in multiple departments.

The roles are described in the linked job ad. Candidates can apply by sending an single pdf application package consisting of a one page cover letter, a statement of interest (no more than 2 double spaced pages), a peer-reviewed writing sample pertinent to the position, a CV, and a list of three references (no letters are needed at this time). Applications should be emailed to KEENPostdoc@bme.gatech.edu. lease indicate a preferred role from the listing in the job description as well as whether you wish to be considered for other roles besides your preferred one.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Two New Positions: Instructional Consultant, University of Michigan (CRLT in Engineering)
The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering (CRLT-Engin) at the University of Michigan is expanding, and we are inviting applications for two Instructional Consultant positions. Applicants with extensive experience will be considered for an assistant director title. Candidates from groups historically underrepresented in faculty development are strongly encouraged to apply. Full position descriptions can be found on the University of Michigan careers site (information below).

The College of Engineering at U-M is in the process of implementing a major strategic plan that includes a pillar devoted to promoting excellence in engineering education. This plan includes a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels; implementing technological solutions learned from the pandemic, and a renewed commitment to experiential learning. The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering (CRLT-Engin) is a key player in enacting this vision; hence, the College is expanding its capacity and staffing.

· Instructional Consultant Focused on Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) (See https://careers.umich.edu/, keyword search:196662 or https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/196662/instructional_consultant_for_diversity_equity_and_inclusion)

· Instructional Consultant focused on Technology-Informed Pedagogy (Technology) (See https://careers.umich.edu/, keyword search: 196723 or https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/196723/instructional_consultant_for_technology-informed_pedagogy)

For more information about the search process, working at U-M, and life in the Ann Arbor area, please visit the CRLT-Engin Careers website. You may also contact Tershia Pinder-Grover (tpinder@umich.edu) for questions).

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate Director, MIT Teaching and Learning Lab

The MIT Teaching and Learning Lab (TLL) seeks an Associate Director who will work with MIT educators to support teaching and learning through the implementation of research-based practices and pedagogies via workshops, individual consultations, classroom observations, and multiscale initiatives. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. or Ed.D. in a field such as engineering education, science education, or a STEM discipline, along with at least five years of experience in educational development or a related field. A full description is available now at https://careers.mit.edu/ (Position #19460). Application deadline is Friday, May 7, 2021.

To send an announcement to the ERM listserv, please prepare a 2-3 paragraph description including any relevant URLs and contact info as well as a subject line. Do not include any attachments. Be sure that the announcement includes the person to contact with questions. Email all of this information to Sarah Zappe at ser163@psu.edu with [ERM Announcement] in the subject line to facilitate email sorting. Announcements will be sent out on the 1st and 15th of each month. Each set of announcements will be included in the announcements email twice. Announcements will also be recorded on the ERM website: http://erm.asee.org/

For more resources and position announcements, please see the Engineering Education Community Resource Wiki available at http://bit.ly/engredu. A direct link to job postings at https://bitly.com/eecr-jobs.