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transforming undergraduate education in engineering - phase ii - In
the next phase of this ASEE-NSF project, students will share their
views on the strengths and weaknesses of the current curricula
structure and teaching methodologies. They will be asked how the
culture of engineering education could better adjust to the strengths
of individual engineering students and how the engineering educaiton
experience can be transformed into an exciting program of study that
will draw in and motivate students -- thereby reducing the need for
massive recruitment initiatives and retention programs. ASEE seeks help
in identifying students to participate. Please send nominations
to Tengiz Sysykov at t.sydykov@asee.org. The deadline has been extended to Oct. 17, 2014 -- one week from today.
VIDEO INTERVIEWS:
Leaders at NSF and the Navy Discuss the Future of
Engineering
Watch interviews with NSF Assistant Director for
Engineering Pramod Khargonekar, left, who talks
about exciting
NSF projects and opportunities for ASEE members, and Rear Admiral David Johnson, who discusses
the
importance of technology to the U.S. Navy and where naval research is
headed. The videos are part of
ASEE’s Advanced
Research Monitor Interview Series.
NCEES
SEEKS LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEERS to
participate in a standard-setting study for the Principles and Practice
of Engineering (PE) Civil exam May 15-16, 2015, in Clemson, S.C. Travel
and lodging will be paid by NCEES. If interested, complete an online questionnaire.
PATHWAYS TO INNOVATION: Engineering deans
are invited to join the Pathways to Innovation program, run by the
Epicenter at Stanford. It's designed "to
help
institutions transform the experience of their undergraduate
engineering
students and fully incorporate innovation and entrepreneurship into a
range of
courses as well as strengthen co- and extra-curricular offerings."
Teams receive "access to models for
integrating entrepreneurship into engineering curriculum, custom
online
resources, guidance from a community of engineering
and entrepreneurship
faculty, and membership in a national network of schools with similar
goals'' See the call
for proposals. For more information, contact Liz Nilsen at lnilsen@nciia.org
THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL HISPANIC
ENGINEERS (shpe) Deans’ Summit will take
place in Detroit, Michigan on Friday morning, November 7 as a part of
the
annual SHPE National Conference. The Summit will focus on the
challenge
of building a diverse pipeline of engineering students.
Leaders
from SHPE, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE),
and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will present their
current efforts
and needs for support in this area. The goal is to develop
recommendations and
actions to strengthen the ties between these organizations, academia
and
industry. Please RSVP via http://tinyurl.com/2014SHPE no
later than October 1,
2014.
ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: The
Seventh International Conference
on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development
(EESD15) "will
explore current and future ways of thinking in the emerging field" and
the groundbreaking worth since 2002. It will be held June 9-12, 2015 at
the University of British
Columbia’s (UBC) Point Grey campus. 7 of EESD and
will celebrate the ground-breaking work accomplishing in EESD since
2002.
The conference will be held from June 9-12, 2015 at the University of
British
Columbia’s (UBC) Point Grey campus in Vancouver. See the conference
themes. Abstracts are due October
13.
start preparing abstracts: The
abstract submission phase opened Sept. 2, 2014 for the 2015 ASEE
Annual Conference and Exposition in Seattle. The Calls for Papers from
various divisions can be found here.
 TAKING THE LEAD: The
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is hosting a workshop entitled
Academic Leadership for Women in Engineering at the WE14+ICWES16 Annual
Conference in Los Angeles on Oct. 24 and 25. There will be a specific
focus on best practices central to leadership in academia. Click here to learn
more and apply to attend the workshop.
Please complete the participant application by August 25. Funded
through support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the workshop is free to
all who are accepted. Contact learning@swe.org with any questions.
ON-LINE STEM
SUSTAINABILITY LIBRARY: This on-line library of
over 1700 juried articles and 300 videos was developed at James Madison
University with NSF funding. The site provides resources for those
researching or teaching sustainability across contexts.
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE - STORIFY VERSION: ASEE's
Engineering Libraries Division has put together a lively collection of
photos and tweets that captures the collaboration and camaraderie
of the Indy conference. Check it out here.
DEANS' FORUM ON
HISPANIC HIGHER EDUCATION
The
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) invites
engineering deans and chairs to the Third Annual Deans’ Forum on
Hispanic
Higher Education: Advancing Graduate School Opportunities and Success
for
Hispanic Students, following HACU’s 28th Annual Conference, Tuesday,
Oct. 7,
2014, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. The forum will address issues facing
Hispanic
students in graduate education and highlight promising practices to
enhance
access and success. For more information, see http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Deans_Forum.asp.
‘PROFILES’
IS OUT: ASEE's
eagerly awaited 540-page Profiles of
Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges has been
published. Call ASEE (202-331-3500) to order a copy.
ASEE DIVERSITY
COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER: The
spring edition of the semi-annual newsletter is now
available. ASEE Past President J.P. Mohsen discusses a proposed
Year of
Dialogue on Diversity and details on safe zone ally training at the
annual
conference are posted, among other items.
VIDEOS
OF
THE PPC: View sessions from February's Public
Policy Colloquium of the Engineering Deans Council dealing with
advanced manufacturing, federal R&D, and K-12 engineering.
STAY
UP TO DATE
on ASEE's Retention Project by
clicking here
for updates.
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and Technology urges the government to "transition its activities
toward facilitating commercialization by directing the formulation of
specific nanotechnology Grand Challenges." PCAST offers several ideas
as examples: 
$32 million in big-data grants: 
bill. Generally the cuts are about 10 percent, according to a AAAS newsletter.
Appropriations subcommittee, the Commerce-Justice-Science panel has truly been shaped
by the personality and interests of its chairman in recent years." That
chairman is Rep. Frank Wolf, the northern Virginia Republican whose
support for NASA and NSF is equal only to his suspicion of China. With
his coming retirement, CQ ponders "a quiet race among senior GOP
appropriators" for the post that controls some $50 billion a year in
spending. The two apparent frontrunners: Robert Aderholt of Alabama,
left, and John Culberson of Texas. "Both men tack farther to the right
than Wolf on many of the issues that fall under the panel's
jurisdiction, but also share priorities such as NASA funding." 