Happy March, Student Division!
I can hardly believe it, but March is here! With it comes new opportunities and deadlines, so we’re back with some announcements and positions to share. Remember that we have an awesome opportunity to connect with your Student Division colleagues through a virtual escape room event! Big shoutout to Adrianne for putting this together—you can find more details in the announcements. Also, March is Women’s History Month! To celebrate the occasion, our Diversity Chair Thant prepared a fantastic graphic to share:
Thank you, Thant, your informative graphics as always :). We’re still in the process of updating our Twitter, Facebook, Slack, Discord, and website to have more consistent streams of relevant information. We’ll use these platforms to deliver programming that focuses on topics like mental health, diversity and inclusivity in engineering education, and promoting student chapter growth and development.
Finally, as always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Adrianne (awheel13@depaul.edu) or Cassie (cswood@umich.edu) with any questions or concerns regarding the division or the annual conference, or to Skyler (me@skylerausten.com) with questions about adding a listing to our monthly newsletter. Until next month’s newsletter, stay well and take care! Best of luck with your courses and projects.
Best,
Skyler Austen | Information Chair | me@skylerausten.com
Cassandra Woodcock | Division Chair | cswood@umich.edu
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General Announcements:
1. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: ASEE Student Division Escape Room Event
2. SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Learning in the Time of Coronavirus
3. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CareerWISE Research Survey
4. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Engineering Education Study
5. ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Registration is Open for the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference!
6. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Reviewers Needed for 2021 ASEE Annual Conference in Long Beach, CA
7. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Student Application Open for BIOFLOW IRES, an NSF-funded international research experience (IRES) Program
8. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Annual Conference Attendance Survey – Just one question!
9. SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Engineering Education Research Seminars at the University of Michigan
10. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Queer Student Panel Recruitment through ASEE Student Division
11. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Commission on P12 Engineering Education Survey
12. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) Awards
Position Announcements:
1. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University – Clinical Faculty of Practice Position
2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Multiple faculty positions in Mechanical Engineering at Cleveland State University
General Announcements, Detailed:
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1. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: ASEE Student Division Escape Room Event
Join the ASEE Student Division for a virtual murder mystery escape room event! The rooms will be hosted on March 25th and 26th from 7pm to 8pm. See the attached flyer for more details, and register at https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_51nJJaynEJs19X0.
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2. SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Learning in the Time of Coronavirus
ASEE Webinar: Learning in the time of coronavirus, March 30, 2021 – 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET. – https://resources.asee.org/course_catalog/learning_in_the_time_of_coronavirus/
The past year has signaled a monumental change in engineering education with the near universal shift to remote learning. Although this shift occurred suddenly, engineering education has undergone several shifts in the past 100 years. In this webinar, Karl Smith (Purdue University) and Rocío Chavela Guerra (American Society for Engineering Education) will summarize major shifts in engineering education, such as the shift to outcomes-based accreditation and an emergent shift to address justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. They will share insights, lessons learned, and will discuss implications for the current shift to remote learning. The webinar will close with recommendations for course redesign to enhance learning in the time of coronavirus.
To register, see https://resources.asee.org/course_catalog/learning_in_the_time_of_coronavirus/
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3. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CareerWISE Research Survey
The CareerWISE research program, supported by the National Science Foundation and housed at Arizona State University (https://careerwise.asu.edu), is focused on studying and improving the experiences of women doctoral students in the physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering. We are currently seeking participants for a research study that aims to understand how experiences of perceived interpersonal support play a role in the academic persistence of diverse female doctoral students in STEM.
To participate you need to:
1. Identify as a Woman of Color (e.g., Black/African American, Latinx, Native American, Asian American, and biracial/multiracial) and/or White/Caucasian woman.
2. Be in a STEM PhD program.
3. Be in your 3rd year or beyond.
Please email careerwise.research@gmail.com for more information! Earn $50 each ($100/dyad) for participating!
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, in advance, for your consideration!
Best,
Ashley K. Randall, PhD
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4. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Engineering Education Study
Coordinating Curricula and User Preferences to Increase the Participation of Women and Students of Color in Engineering
Please consider participating in our research project. This is a National Science Foundation Funded Research project with the goal of broadening participation in engineering undergraduate programs through the analysis of student preferences for engineering curricula.
https://cue4chng.org/ Thank you for participating!
You are invited to take part in a study that examines student preferences for how information is presented in engineering and social science curricula. We are interested in learning about your classroom curriculum for each course you teach. Our goal is to gather engineering and social science curricula so that we may understand what content is taught across engineering programs, and how it is presented.
For more information: https://aseehub.asee.org/discuss/viewtopic/35/157 or contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Sharon Tettegah at stettegah@ucsb.edu.
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5. ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Registration is Open for the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference!
Registration information can be found here.
Early bird registration deadline expires May 31, 2021.
Session details can be found here.
Important Conference Deadlines:
March 8, 2021 – Draft paper submission deadline.
March 22, 2021 – Blind draft paper reviews to program chair.
April 5, 2021 – Consolidate reviewer comments and send revision requests to author.
April 19, 2021 – Blind paper with applicable requested revisions: upload deadline.
April 26, 2021 – Accept/Reject paper deadline.
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6. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Reviewers Needed for 2021 ASEE Annual Conference in Long Beach, CA
The Student Division is requesting volunteers to help review papers submitted to the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference. Reviewers can volunteer by e-mailing the Program Chair Adrianne Wheeler (awheel13@depaul.edu) their contact information.
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7. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Student Application Open for BIOFLOW IRES, an NSF-funded international research experience (IRES) Program
I would like to bring your attention to an NSF-funded international research experience (IRES) program. The BIOFLOW IRES Program provides U.S. students collaborative research opportunities in vibrant fields of biomimicry and bio-inspired flow research. The international training will occur at a Korean-government-funded National Creative Research Center, Bio-fluid & Biomimic Research Center (BBRC) at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. IRES students will be integrated into existing research communities for ten (10) weeks at Cleveland State University (CSU), Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center (BRIC) of University of Akron (UA), and the international site BBRC. Students will gain significant research training in biomimicry and bio-flow projects, critical thinking, and career-building skills benefiting from extraordinary resources at U.S. labs of CSU/UA and the host lab BBRC. Benefits include a $5000 stipend for 10 weeks; housing at CSU/UA and POSTECH provided at no charge; up to $500 travel funds between Cleveland/Akron and home city; up to $500 conference travel funds for accepted IRES research presentations.
The application is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are enrolled undergraduate and graduate students by March 15th 2021. Selection will be completed on or before April 1st 2021. Under-represented minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. Further information can be found at https://engineering.csuohio.edu/nsf/ires
Please feel free to pass along the call for applications to your students and your colleagues. Let me know if you have any questions.
Dr. Wei Zhang
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8. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Annual Conference Attendance Survey – Just one question!
Hey everyone – please take 17 seconds for a one-question survey about your attendance at the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R8Y237W
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9. SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Engineering Education Research Seminars at the University of Michigan
The University of Michigan Engineering Education Research Program is excited to be able to invite you to our 2020-2021 EER Seminar Series. Building on anti-racist momentum from the summer, we’ve decided to use our EER seminar platform to both amplify the work of Black and other minoritized scholars and to showcase research about the experiences of minoritized engineering students and/or engineers. Because of COVID uncertainty, we’ve planned for all of the seminars (through spring 2021) to take place virtually, via Zoom.
We have an incredible lineup (see below)! The seminars are all scheduled for Wednesdays, at 3:30 – 4:30pm EST, and most events are open to the interested public (though you must register to attend). More information, as well as registration details, will be available on https://eer.engin.umich.edu/events-seminars/ a few weeks before each talk, and you may sign up to receive e-mail reminders and registration links for the seminars using this interest form: (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVyS9joC9iHcoVLtvWuo939wn1ekHlVhBHZgBmVdIhpQ7TRA/viewform).
2020-2021 EER Seminar Series
l 9/9/20 Monique Ross, Florida International University
l 9/23/20 Stephanie Masta & Alice Pawley, Purdue University
l 10/7/20 Walter Lee, Virginia Tech
l 10/28/20 Rosemary Perez, University of Michigan
l 11/18/20 James Holly, Jr, Wayne State University
l 1/27/21 Danny Caballero, Michigan State University
l 2/17/21 Kelly Cross, University of Nevada – Reno
l 3/10/21 Adam Kirn, University of Nevada – Reno
l 3/24/21 Inês DeReito, University College London
l 4/14/21 Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan
We look forward to seeing you soon!
The University of Michigan Engineering Education Program
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10. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Queer Student Panel Recruitment through ASEE Student Division
Our names are Brandon Bakka and Madeleine Jennings. We are both queer graduate students interested in studying the queer engineering experience.
We are emailing to request panelists for our panel entitled “Student Panel: Understanding Queer Experiences in Engineering.” We are seeking participants in a graduate or undergraduate engineering program, who identify in any way with the LGBTQIA+ community, and who reside at the intersections of other marginalized identities. We recognize that queerness is not the only identity that is marginalized in engineering. We also realize that queerness intersects with other marginalized identities and that our current sociopolitical climate mandates now more than ever that we as scholars pay attention to these intersections of identity. Therefore, we would like to be intentional about elevating the voices of queer engineering students who reside at the intersections of marginalization, and particularly our queer, Black colleagues.
This panel will serve to educate faculty about the experiences and challenges that LGBTQIA+ undergraduate and graduate engineering students face both personally and professionally. This panel will be organized and executed entirely by students. This innovative approach provides a platform for a traditionally marginalized student group to share their stories and to educate allies. This panel will also serve as a pilot for a new type of training that reinforces allyship and advocacy for the queer community through participatory action and story-telling. This training is also designed to build empathetic connections through the sharing of real experiences that students have had in engineering. By grounding this panel in LGBTQIA+ student experiences and empathetic learning outcomes, we intend to educate our participants beyond just LGBTQIA+ terminology. The goal of this panel is to help participants empathize with the realities of navigating in engineering as a marginalized individual.
Finally, we would like to acknowledge that sharing our stories as queer engineers can be both therapeutic as well as difficult. This panel is intended to be impactful precisely because we anticipate it to be raw, honest, and emotional. In the event that you do not feel comfortable serving as a panelist, we are also collecting statements and stories from queer engineering students to include in our training packet that participants will receive.
If you are interested in participating in this panel, please fill out the following survey. https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0p7BamP9JVysZJX
We look forward to hearing from you!
Kind regards,
Brandon Bakka, He/They (bbakka@utexas.edu)
Madeleine Jennings They/Them (mfjenni1@asu.edu)
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11. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Commission on P12 Engineering Education Survey
The ASEE Commission on P12 Engineering Education is collecting information about activities and programs that support engineering education in the pre-college space. These could be activities taking place with students or with teachers; held in-school, extracurricular, or in informal environments; working with just a few individuals, or reaching large groups. The goal is to create a central resource so that all working in the P12 space can share with and learn from each other. Below is a link to a short survey. The information collected from the survey will be shared through a map and hub on the Commission’s website and to select programs to be highlighted in a “spotlight” section periodically. No information will be shared by the Commission without first securing the approval of those who filled out the survey. Everyone is asked to share this survey link with others they know who are involved in the P12 engineering space, whether they are members of ASEE or not.
Survey link: https://forms.gle/b6GreyywCLJBfon37
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Kathy Harper – harper.217@osu.edu
Katey Shirey – katey@edukatey.com
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12. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) Awards
ASEE’s Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) is excited to share information with you regarding our awards for the 2021 Conference.
We have two awards this year:
1) ASEE Constituent Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award (https://diversity.asee.org/deicommittee/asee-constituent-equity-and-inclusion-award/), and
2) Best Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Paper Award (https://diversity.asee.org/deicommittee/best-paper/)
To support a clear interpretation of these awards, CDEI hosted a virtual workshop on “Diversity Papers: Tips and Guidelines for Authors and Evaluators” (https://diversity.asee.org/deicommittee/workshops/). In addition to this workshop, rubrics for both awards are available on the websites above. We believe that your authors can benefit from this information as they prepare papers and proposals.
Contact: Katie Shirey, katey@edukatey.com
Position Announcements, Detailed:
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1. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University – Clinical Faculty of Practice Position
Review of applications begins March 1, 2021. Additional information:
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2. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Multiple faculty positions in Mechanical Engineering at Cleveland State University
Review of applications begins March 1, 2021. Additional information:
https://engineering.csuohio.edu/mce/multiple-faculty-positions-in-mechanical-engineering
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