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2012 Panel SessionsAt last year’s NSF EEC Awardees Conference, participants met in facilitated panels to discussadvances and challenges in various issues in engineering education, with a focus on NSF’s role inmoving forward. This year, NSF wants to hear back from you again. Representatives of the NSFwill open the conference by addressing the findings from last year’s panels. Then, in addition tothe sharing of research via poster sessions and program-centered meetings, we will hold panelsthat again bring our range of researchers, practitioners, and NSF officers together to continuethe dialogue.To discuss impacts of NSF efforts to grow the field of engineering education, panels will focuson the topics below and address questions such as: What is NSF doing right? What could NSF dobetter? What unintended consequences (positive or negative) have emerged? How should wego forward?1. Providing a just education for all students: What does access to an engineering educationfor all students mean? How can we achieve this goal? What are the philosophicalunderpinnings of commonly cited reports such as Rising Above the Gathering Storm and TheEngineer of 2020, and do they help us achieve access?Facilitators: Roger Burton, Don Millard2. Preparing Innovators: How should we as engineering educators operationalize innovationgiven its current status as a buzzword? How can we identify the next generation ofinnovators, and shape curricula to support future innovators?Facilitators: Sheri Sheppard, Sue Kemnitzer3. Building Value Propositions: Does engineering education really have any value to faculty intraditional engineering departments? Can engineering education research address nationalas well as local needs? How can PIs build compelling value propositions into proposalsenabling NSF to incentivize large-scale change?Facilitators: Cindy Finelli, Rebecca Bates4. Laying a Foundation for Future Graduate Student Success: How should engineeringeducation graduate students actively ensure they are employable and universities perceivetheir value? What more could NSF do to support graduate students beyond the GraduateResearch Fellowship Program and funding research proposals?Facilitators: Monica Cox, Maura Borrego5. Supporting Undergraduate Research: Key issues include challenges of creating successfulREUs, the importance of training and supporting faculty mentors, and opportunities forundergraduate research beyond summer programs.Facilitators: Kaarin Goncz, Esther Bolding9
Panel Sessions6. Developing Pre-college Outreach: Key issues include helping Outreach, particularly to P-12schools, become a primary consideration in STEM education, encouraging institutions tocollaborate rather than compete in Outreach efforts, engaging and preparing pre-collegeeducators, and effective strategies for marketing Outreach programs.Facilitators: Tamara Moore, Pam Truesdell, Mary Poats7. The Larger Context of Engineering Education: Engineering education exists within largereconomic, social, and technical systems. How do these systems impact our research andpractice? Can we adapt to or, better, leverage these larger influences to enhance the impactof our research? What future trends should all PIs be aware of?Facilitators: Brent Jesiek, Jack Lesko, Carole Read8. Visually Representing the Engineering Education System: How can one represent theengineering education system? Participants will be asked to create a visual representation,or engineering diagram, of the engineering education system, then identify where theirresearch interfaces with or impacts this system.Facilitators: Michael Richey, Alan Cheville10
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Page 6 and 7: Conference Agenda2. Preparing Innov
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Page 44 and 45: Index of AuthorsCarbonell, Ruben: B
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