Dear ERM Community,

I look forward to seeing many of you one week in Portland at the 2024 ASEE Conference next week! Before you scroll to read about the opportunities for involvement and employment in the engineering education community, I wanted to amplify information about the ERM program at ASEE. My appreciation to Vice Chairs for ERM Programs: Dr. Bruce Carroll and Alejandra Magana. Further, thank you to Micah Lande for collating the program into an accessible way to navigate the conference. Find resources to support your ERM experience at ASEE 2024 summarized here:

http://sites.asee.org/erm/asee-2024/

This includes a printable ERM Schedule and Events:
https://erm.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/06/ERM_Bookmark_2024.pdf

Note that the Distinguished Lecture this year is Dr. Cynthia J. Atman of the University of Washington. Co-sponsored with DEED, it is scheduled for Monday, June 24 from 11am-12:30pm in Oregon Ballroom 203. The talk title is Design Signatures: A Journey from Design Expertise to Design Awareness. Talk flyer: https://erm.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/06/Cindy-Atman-ERM-Distinguished-Lecture-2024.pdf.

The ERM Business Meeting & Annual Community Celebration & Awards Reception is Tuesday 9:15am–10:45am in Oregon Ballroom 204. It is our opportunity to recognize and award the many commendable contributions across our division.

Also note the Sunday Workshop (1:00 – 3:30 pm), Uplifting the Comunidad: A Focus on Latin* Students in Engineering Education at Today’s Colleges and Universities. This workshop, facilitated by an impressive panel of 16 speakers and moderated by Dr. Sarah Roriguez, is free to attend, but you will need to reserve a ticket in advance. Claim yours through the ASEE registration site, linked above.

Further, we also have multiple exciting special sessions beyond the expansive technical program of more than 180 papers. I want to draw attention to an ERM mainstay: Meet the Engineering Education Pioneers. In this special session, early-career scholars and pioneers in engineering education have an opportunity to interact face-to-face. Session attendees will meet with pioneers in a roundtable format to ask questions, seek advice, and get feedback. The intended audience for this panel includes graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and others interested in the engineering-education community.

Finally, please note that there will be no newsletter on July 1. The next issue after this one will be on July 15.

Hope to see you soon!

James

 

ERM Announcements for 06/17/2024

 

General Announcements 

 

1. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: AMPLIFY Institute – Accepting Applications

 

Position Announcements 

 

1. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Polytechnic School, Arizona State University
2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Researcher in Engineering Education at California State University, Los Angeles
3. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant/Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

 

General Announcements

 

1. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: AMPLIFY Institute – Accepting Applications

 

We are currently inviting applications for the AMPLIFY Institute, a professional development program designed for engineering instructional faculty at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), atutep.edu/engineering/amplify/institute/.

The AMPLIFY Institute kicks off with a 2-day workshop on September 26-27, 2024, at The University of Texas at El Paso, followed by virtual group coaching sessions throughout the Fall semester. Accepted applicants will receive a $3000 stipend during the program and join a community of engineering instructional faculty fellows.

 

As part of this NSF-sponsored research project (grants #1953560 and 1953586), those accepted will have the chance to create measurable change at their institutions using innovative, culturally responsive, evidence-based teaching approaches, all while being part of an on-going research study.

 

Apply Now! Applications close on July 12, 2024. Selected applicants will be notified by July 26, 2024.

 

Please feel free to share this opportunity with your colleagues who hold teaching-focused positions at their respective institutions. Thank you for helping us spread the word!

For more details, visit our website (utep.edu/engineering/amplify/) or email us at amplify@utep.edu.

 

The AMPLIFY Project Team 

Amplifying the Leadership of Engineering Instructional Faculty Towards Educational Innovation at HSIs 

utep.edu/engineering/amplify/ (https://utep.edu/engineering/amplify)

University of Texas at El Paso – Dr. Meagan Kendall

Florida International University – Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong

 

 

Position Announcements

 

1. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Polytechnic School, Arizona State University

 

How might engineering academic institutions be better positioned for contemporary needs? How might you translate those ideas into real benefits for all involved? Join us at The Polytechnic School within Arizona State University as a post-doctoral associate to help design, launch, and evaluate bold initiatives across the institution.

 

The Polytechnic School, with more than 7,000 students, 300 faculty and staff, and 40 degree programs in 10 tech-related disciplines, is ASU’s engineering focus for applied research, engaged learning, and industry partnerships. Positioned as an institutional laboratory, the School has a culture of community and caring, and is driven to find new ways for impactful higher education practices at large scales.

 

Polytechnic Campus, situated in a bucolic desert arboretum in Mesa, Arizona.  The campus is home to about 10,000 of ASU’s 150,000 students and is rapidly evolving to support the future of polytechnic learning, research, and impact.

 

This position may be renewable annually, based on outcomes achieved, eligibility and the continued availability of funding.

 

To apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/144961.

 

Contact Dr. Kurt Paterson, Director, The Polytechnic School, for questions.

 

 

 

2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Researcher in Engineering Education at California State University, Los Angeles

 

Cal State LA’s NSF-funded Eco-STEM project seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher in Engineering Education to support Eco-STEM’s research-based work to transform STEM education using an asset-based ecosystem model. Specifically, the Eco-STEM project focuses on shifting the metaphor in STEM education by using the ecosystem as a philosophical guide to promote an organic and healthy environment that nurtures students, faculty, and staff to become individuals fulfilled professionally and personally. Our website is here: ecostem.calstatela.edu.

We are looking for a positive, adventurous, and open-minded candidate to work on this transformative, high-impact project. Postdoctoral researcher responsibilities will include:

– Work with research team on the development and implementation of Action Research Teaching (ART) Fellows

– Faculty Learning Community, and the Department Chairs and Coordinators Learning Community, which focus on changing the mental models and promotes the transformations aimed by the project.

– Work on the institutionalization of equitable and student-focused faculty development practices and procedures at Cal State LA.

– Collaborate closely with the project team to design survey instruments, administer surveys, and clean and analyze data, utilizing a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

– Oversee communication and collaboration with survey administration sites so that data collection, analysis, IRB, etc. are set in place and research efforts are conducted both ethically and efficiently.

– Collaborate with project team members to disseminate findings through peer-reviewed presentations, journal articles, and conference proceedings, as well as academic and practitioner conferences.

The position application is available here: https://lnkd.in/d75cubnQ. Please direct questions to Gustavo Menezes (gmeneze@calstatela.edu), Corin Bowen (cbowen5@calstatela.edu), and/or Kenya Mejia (kmejia67@calstatela.edu).

 

3. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant/Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

 

We invite applications for a tenure track position in our Aerospace Engineering Department at the Assistant or Associate Professor levels, to start in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 in Prescott, AZ. The Aerospace Engineering program offers two tracks where students can focus their studies: Aeronautics and Astronautics. The department is particularly interested in candidates with industry experience in one of these specialties.

 

A complete application package should consist of: (1) a cover letter including the date of availability, (2) a curriculum vita including contact information for at least three professional references, (3) a statement of teaching philosophy including a list of courses the candidate would like to teach or develop, and (4) a statement describing the candidate’s professional goals.

 

Apply at https://embryriddle.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Assistant-Professor-of-Aerospace-Engineering_R307828?locations=ac0092a9a0de01a77df34f44000a465d

 

 

 

 

To send an announcement to the ERM listserv, please prepare a 1-3 paragraph description including any relevant URLs as well as a subject line. Be sure that the announcement includes the person to contact with questions. Submit all of this information to James Huff via https://bit.ly/ERMAnnouncements. Announcements will be sent out on the 1st and 15th of each month or the first weekday following. Submissions 48 hours before these dates will be guaranteed to be included in announcements. 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 refer to the Engineering Education Community Resource Wiki available at http://bit.ly/engredu.  A direct link to job postings at https://bitly.com/eecr-jobs.

 

Hi, All – 

Please refer to the announcements below. I look forward to seeing many of you later this month in Portland! The next newsletter (to be sent on June 17) will have a more detailed overview of the ERM program. In the meantime, please make sure to add the Annual Community Celebration and Awards Reception (ACCAR) to your calendar.

Best regards,

James

 

ERM Announcements for 06/03/2024

 

General Announcements 

 

1. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: AMPLIFY Institute – Accepting Applications
2. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: MIDFIELD Institute 2024

 

Position Announcements 

 

1. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant/Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott
2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Associate for Studying Belonging Interventions and Student and Faculty Success and Experiences in Engineering at University of Pittsburgh
3. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Post-Baccalaureate with Thrive Lab at University of Michigan (2024-2025)

 

General Announcements

 

1. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: AMPLIFY Institute – Accepting Applications

 

We are currently inviting applications for the AMPLIFY Institute, a professional development program designed for engineering instructional faculty at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), at utep.edu/engineering/amplify/institute/.

The AMPLIFY Institute kicks off with a 2-day workshop on September 26-27, 2024, at The University of Texas at El Paso, followed by virtual group coaching sessions throughout the Fall semester. Accepted applicants will receive a $3000 stipend during the program and join a community of engineering instructional faculty fellows.

 

As part of this NSF-sponsored research project (grants #1953560 and 1953586), those accepted will have the chance to create measurable change at their institutions using innovative, culturally responsive, evidence-based teaching approaches, all while being part of an on-going research study.

 

Apply Now! Applications close on July 12, 2024. Selected applicants will be notified by July 26, 2024.

 

Please feel free to share this opportunity with your colleagues who hold teaching-focused positions at their respective institutions. Thank you for helping us spread the word!

For more details, visit our website (utep.edu/engineering/amplify/) or email us at amplify@utep.edu.

 

The AMPLIFY Project Team 

Amplifying the Leadership of Engineering Instructional Faculty Towards Educational Innovation at HSIs 

utep.edu/engineering/amplify/ (https://utep.edu/engineering/amplify)

University of Texas at El Paso – Dr. Meagan Kendall

Florida International University – Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong

 

2. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: MIDFIELD Institute 2024

 

As part of making MIDFIELD (the Multiple Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development) more accessible to researchers, the fourth offering of the MIDFIELD Institute is scheduled this summer. The Institute is scheduled for June 12-14, from 1-5 pm ET each day. It will be held virtually with some preparation in advance. There is no cost to attend the Institute. We will be available June 11 from 1-5 pm ET at the same virtual meeting space to provide assistance with the advance preparation. Anyone who is interested should respond here to let us know and further information will follow.

 

 

 

Position Announcements

 

1. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant/Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

 

We invite applications for a tenure track position in our Aerospace Engineering Department at the Assistant or Associate Professor levels, to start in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 in Prescott, AZ. The Aerospace Engineering program offers two tracks where students can focus their studies: Aeronautics and Astronautics. The department is particularly interested in candidates with industry experience in one of these specialties.

 

A complete application package should consist of: (1) a cover letter including the date of availability, (2) a curriculum vita including contact information for at least three professional references, (3) a statement of teaching philosophy including a list of courses the candidate would like to teach or develop, and (4) a statement describing the candidate’s professional goals.

 

Apply at https://embryriddle.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Assistant-Professor-of-Aerospace-Engineering_R307828?locations=ac0092a9a0de01a77df34f44000a465d

 

2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Associate for Studying Belonging Interventions and Student and Faculty Success and Experiences in Engineering at University of Pittsburgh

 

We are seeking a postdoctoral associate to contribute to two large NSF and NSF/IES funded studies and one internal grant focused on transforming STEM culture to create equitable outcomes for students and tenure-stream faculty who are minoritized in these environments. The postdoctoral associate will join two large multi-disciplinary, multi-institution teams (one at Pitt, Purdue, and UCI – the Ubelong Research Collaborative – and the second at CMU, NYU, and John Hopkins- Project ELEVATE) and will work most closely with Dr. Linda DeAngelo, associate professor in the School of Education, who directs and oversees the grants This is a full-time and year-round position. On the Ubelong Collaborative the scholar will focus on studying the outcomes for students as well faculty who lead the interventions in their classrooms and will have the opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of the faculty workshops. On Project ELEVATE and the internal grant the scholar will contribute to studying the outcomes for faculty involved in the project, assessing the effectiveness of the change efforts in transforming institutional culture to create environments in which Black, Latinx, and Indigenous engineering scholars thrive.

 

The goal of this position is to have the scholar build expertise in theory-based advanced qualitative and mixed methods designs and strong publications. The projects have large-scale quantitative and qualitative data streams. The qualitative data streams include documents, focus groups, observations, and individual interviews. The quantitative data streams include large scale survey data focused on students and survey data focused on faculty, including the opportunity to work on the development and validation of a survey instrument for faculty designed to assess readiness and responsibility for engaging in equity-minded change initiatives.

 

The initial appointment will be made for one year. If funding is available there is a possibility of renewal for a second year. Applicant must have interest in doing anti-oppressive equity- and justice-centered scholarship and extended interest and experience in studying the experiences of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students or faculty, and interest or experience in studying the relationship between faculty beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors and (in)equity in outcomes. A PhD degree in Higher Education, Science or Engineering Education, or a disciplinary-based social science field is required. Strong verbal and written communication skills, the ability to work collaboratively but independently, and to lead aspects of the project work as necessary are also required. The ability to work as a member of a large research team is a necessary characteristic for success.

 

Review of application will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Ideally, the successful candidate would join Dr. DeAngelo’s reach team in June or July, but a later start in the late summer or early fall is possible.

 

To apply to this position, please upload a cover letter that addresses the required and desirable features of the position (as appropriate), CV, and one or two representative publications ontowww.join.pitt.edu requisition #22006055. For inquires, reach out to Dr. Linda DeAngelo (deangelo@pitt.edu).

The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equity of opportunity, human dignity, and diversity. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.

 

3. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Post-Baccalaureate with Thrive Lab at University of Michigan (2024-2025)

 

Seeking post-baccalaureate graduate to join the Thrive Lab at the University of Michigan for the 2024-2025 school year! Responsibilities will include researching and engaging with biomedical instrumentation related to engineering education. Learn more about this Research Lab Tech, Senior position!