Seminar Series | Bridging Research and Practice for Impact in Engineering Education: Stories of Three Interventions

Abstract

Researchers in engineering education offer important innovations that are changing how undergraduate students learn and how faculty teach. In many teaching-focused engineering programs, however, faculty remain disconnected from engineering education research, and often there is no engineering education expert on the faculty with specific training in the field. In this presentation, I’ll discuss three current interventions that are designed to bridge this gap. These interventions—a customized curriculum that supports an NSF national cohort, an immersive faculty experience for emerging engineering educators, and a set of change tools designed for early career faculty—create impact by bringing researchers and practitioners into productive collaborations.

Biography

Julia M. Williams joined the faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1992, then assumed duties as Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment in 2005. From 2016-19, she served as Interim Dean of Cross-Cutting Programs and Emerging Opportunities. In this role, she supported the work of faculty who create multi-disciplinary learning opportunities for Rose-Hulman students. Williams’ publications on assessment, engineering and professional communication, and tablet PCs have appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education and IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, among others. She has been awarded grants from Microsoft, HP, the Engineering Communication Foundation, and National Science Foundation. Currently she supports the work of the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF RED) grant recipients. She has received numerous awards including the 2015 Schlesinger Award (IEEE Professional Communication Society) and 2010 Sterling Olmsted Award (ASEE Liberal Education Division).

About the EED Seminar Series

Registration is required prior to each seminar. SP21 seminars will take place via remote video conferencing. A link and password to each seminar will be sent once you register. Each seminar will be held live and may be recorded for archival and marketing purposes. If you have questions regarding this seminar series, please contact Dr. David Delaine.