Session Description

Attendees of this session will learn about the Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) faculty mentoring program through networking with current and future mentors and mentees. Structured group conversations will help attendees strengthen new connections for mentoring, teaching, and research. Join new and returning members of the BED community to strengthen your professional network.

For those interested in: New Members

Moderated by

1. Eric Husmann and Dr. George Prpich

Session Description

Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Division members will present short (lightning talks) about specific assignments and activities they use in their classes to teach fundamental concepts in Environmental Engineering and Sustainability.
This session is ideal for new faculty and graduate students looking for inspiration regarding assignment creation and older faculty who wish to provide input for the faculty presenters.

For those interested in: New Members

Session Description

To develop robust engineering workforce for the technological advantage, economic growth, and national security in the U.S., it is important to recruit and retain more students from all backgrounds into engineering. Over the past few decades, many bridge/success/pathway programs have been created in colleges and universities across the U.S. to broaden participation in engineering and support students’ college transition and retention. Recruiting students to these programs has been challenging. With the rapidly changing educational landscape, it is even more critical to discuss effective recruitme ... (continued)

For those interested in: Broadening Participation in Engineering and Engineering Technology

Moderated by

1. Dr. Xinyu Zhang

Speakers

1. Dr. Robin A.M. Hensel

   West Virginia University

   Dr. Robin Hensel (robin.hensel@mail.wvu.edu), is an ASEE Fellow and a Teaching Professor in the Fundamentals of Engineering Program at West Virginia University (WVU), an R1 public, land-grant university in the Appalachian region. Over her career, she has taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering courses at two universities, held various administrative positions, developed key academic programs, and served on the ASEE First-year Programs Division Executive Board. She has reviewed NSF proposals and led over $6.5M in STEM Education research projects, including one program tha ... (continued)

2. Edna Orozco-Leonhardt

   The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

   Dr. Edna Orozco (edna.orozco01@utrgv.edu) has been the only female faculty member in Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Department at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) since its establishment in 1992 and was instrumental in leading initiatives like accreditation and undergraduate curriculum development. Additionally, she actively advances STEM outreach, leading Girl Day in Engineering, a national event encouraging secondary education in STEM, and other K-12 outreach to destigmatize engineering careers, bring in K-12 administrative experience as a former specialist in the Texas ... (continued)

3. Dr. Charmane Caldwell

   Florida A&M University - Florida State University

   State University (FSU) College of Engineering. FAMU is an HBCU. As Director, she leads a comprehensive effort to retain and graduate students in the engineering profession. She created and/or manages several student support programs: the Engineering Concepts Institute (ECI) Summer Bridge; Engineering Living Learning Community (LLC); Educating Engineering Students Innovatively (EESI); Engineering Study Abroad and Peer-Assisted Study Sessions (PASS). She was awarded $1M from the NSF as PI on the S-STEM project, entitled "Retaining Undergraduate Engineering Students Through Experiences in Indus ... (continued)

4. Ann Vallie

   Ms. Ann Vallie (avalli@nhsc.edu) is the Pre-Engineering Chair and Cohort Director at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish (NHS) College, a small public tribal land-grant college and a former Engineering Faculty at Turtle Mountain Community College. She supported NSF award #1038080 Collaborative Research: PEEC: 2+2+2+Infinity: Pipeline for Tribal Pre-Engineering to Society (PTiPS) and is the co-PI of the NSF #1937213 Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) to establish the Full-Circle Engineering Center of Excellence, an example of an NSF TEA (TCU Enterprise Advancement) Center at NHS College. She has be ... (continued)