FPD Notes for November 2019

“Your Connection with the First-Year Programs Division of ASEE”


Contents:

  1. ASEE Annual Conference in Montreal, June 21-24: Important Upcoming Dates
  2. First Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference: Call for 2024 & 2025 Hosts
  3. Position Announcement: Assistant Teaching Faculty at the University of Notre Dame
  4. Position Announcement: Lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville
  5.   Position Announcement: Teacher Specialist – College of Engineering at Michigan State University
  6. Instructions for Submitting Announcements forFPD Notes

  1. ASEE Annual Conference in Montreal, June 21-24: Important Upcoming Dates

As we look forward to the annual conference, please be aware of the following dates:

   January 6, 2020 – Housing and Registration Open

   February 3, 2020 – Draft Papers Submission Due


  1. First Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference: Call for 2024 & 2025 Hosts

The steering committee for the First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference is requesting proposals to host future FYEE conferences. The FYEE Conference is sponsored by the First-Year Programs Division (FPD) of ASEE. It is a specialty conference intended to enable attendees to network with colleagues on matters associated with an engineering student’s first-year experience in higher education. We are presently recruiting hosts for the 2024 and 2025 conferences. The deadline for the receipt of proposals is 5:00 pm Eastern DST, May 31st, 2020. Information on the expectations of conference hosts and preparing a proposal can be found on the FYEE website – https://sites.asee.org/fyee/.

As indicated in the document describing the proposal process, the general chair of a conference will ultimately be required to propose a cost neutral or revenue generating budget. Therefore, the general chair will be expected to find appropriate university and corporate sponsorship for any conferences expenses not covered by registration and exhibitor fees or sponsorships.

Questions regarding hosting the conference can be addressed to any member of the FYEE Steering Committee. Several members have experience hosting previous FYEE conferences.

We encourage you to visit the FYEE website to learn more about the recently-concluded 2019 conference, hosted by Penn State University (https://sites.asee.org/fyee2019/), and the upcoming 2020 conference hosted by Michigan State University (https://sites.asee.org/fyee2020/).

We look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to share this announcement with others. Please forgive any duplicate emails you may have received if you have recently attended the conference.

Sincerely,

The FYEE Steering Committee: Blake Hylton (j-hylton@onu.edu), Mara Knott (knott@vt.edu), Rich Whalen (r.whalen@northeastern.edu), Kris Craven (kcraven@tntech.edu), Sean Brophy (sbrophy@purdue.edu), Sheila Youngblood (syoungbl@cameron.edu)


  1. Position Announcement: Assistant Teaching Faculty at the University of Notre Dame

The College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for an assistant teaching faculty position in the First-Year Engineering Program.  This faculty member will coordinate all sections of the First-Year Engineering Courses and teach, on average, 3 sections per semester.  Additionally, this person will work with other faculty members to develop course materials and project modules that will be used by all sections and instructors.  Organization and leadership skills are critical to providing continuity and consistency in administering the program.  The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in Engineering with experience in coordinating multi-section courses and in developing innovative experiential learning project modules. [ https://apply.interfolio.com/71155 ].


  1. Position Announcement: Lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville

The Engineering Fundamentals Program (EFP) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks a dynamic Lecturer to contribute to its innovative, first-year engineering program. EFP is the home of the engage program, an integrated and team-taught freshman     curriculum, and is responsible for teaching nine credit hours of common freshman coursework for each of the College’s first year students (1000 per year). Subject matters taught include physics, perspective of the engineering profession, teaming, design process with projects, engineering communication and basic computer instruction. EFP also teaches a sophomore computer programming course and other classes focused on skills for success during the transition from high school to college, and a leadership class for peer mentors who support the Engage Living and Learning Community, a 200+ student residential community for first year students in the Tickle College of Engineering. This position is a full-time, non-tenure-track, 9-month appointment. Candidates are expected to have an earned doctorate in engineering with an undergraduate degree in any engineering discipline; strongly preferred are candidates with a doctorate in engineering education. [https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15405]


  1. Position Announcement: Teacher Specialist – College of Engineering at Michigan State University

The College of Engineering at Michigan State University is seeking candidates for a fixed-term teaching specialist position, with possible successive appointments based on performance and budget availability, to support instruction in the Applied Engineering Sciences program.  Applied Engineering Sciences is a multidisciplinary broad engineering degree housed in the College of Engineering with a business complement of courses. Candidates are expected to have the capacity to teach within the engineering program curriculum and have the flexibility to teach introductory courses within the College of Engineering as well. Additional details about the MSU teaching specialist position may be found at https://www.hr.msu.edu/policies-procedures/faculty-academic-staff/academic-specialist-handbook/index.html. [https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/502510/specialist-teacherfixed-term]


  1. Instructions for Submitting Announcements forFPDNotes

Submissions for the next issue of FPD Notes can be sent to the FPD newsletter editor, Joshua Hertz, at: j.hertz@neu.edu. Please use the subject line “FPD Notes Submission”.