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Two REU students have joined the Engineering Education Collaborative for summer, 2021. Elizabeth (Anne) Kohler is a mechanical engineering student at Michigan Technological University. Emily Buten is a mechanical engineering student at Dayton University. They will be working on a classification scheme for engineering problems and applying it to classify the problems in engineering textbooks. […]

Gretchen Dietz was selected to co-teach “Introduction to Engineering” in June, 2021, for UF’s inaugural Precollege Scholars program. The Precollege Scholars program is a part of the UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training. The Precollege Scholars program allows upper level high school students  to take non-credit courses in special topics taught by graduate students. […]

Professor Elliot P. Douglas was named a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. According to ASEE, “The ASEE Board of Directors confers the grade of Fellow Member upon an individual with at least ten years of active membership in the Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to engineering or engineering technology education.” For […]

The Engineering Education Collaborative has received two new grants from the National Science Foundation. “The In/authentic Experiences of Black Engineers” will examine the computer and information technology industry. Attrition in these companies is high due to perceptions of unfairness, resulting in a significant loss in creativity and productivity. In addition, by one estimate it costs […]

Professor Elliot P. Douglas talks about his views on teaching in this video.

Members of the Engineering Education Collaborative presented their work at the ASEE Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, June 24-27. Undergraduate student Francesca Dupuy gave a talk on Isolation, Microaggressions, and Racism: Black Engineers in Technology Companies. The full paper can be found here. Professor Elliot P. Douglas took part in a panel discussion on Addressing the […]

Daniel Frank has successfully completed his PhD. His dissertation, Investigating Culturally-Contextualized Making with the Navajo Nation, used phenomenology to understand the different ways that the Navajo people experience Making. He then used these findings to propose the design of a culturally-contextualized Makerspace that reflects elements of the Navajo culture. Frank will formally receive his PhD […]

Elliot Douglas has been named Associate Director for Research for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education. In this role he will promote scholarship in engineering education, and be a resource to HWCOE faculty who are interested in pursuing scholarly activities in engineering education.

Francesca Dupuy has received the Florida Environmental Scholarship from the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences. This scholarship is in recognition of her academic achievements.

PhD student Daniel Frank is working to understand Making in the Navajo context