Join us as we discuss engineering education in Australia, with a focus on the career path of Dr. Anne Gardner, an Associate Dean at the University of Technology Sydney. Dr. Gardner shares her journey into engineering education, her current research projects, leadership roles, and the focus areas of the engineering education community in Australia. We also discuss collaborations with scholars in Australia and the upcoming engineering education conference - Austaliasian Engineering Education (A2E2). 

 

Name Drop Jenni Case Kasey Beddoes James Trevelyan Sally Male Scott Daniel Tania Matchet Sarah Dart Andrew Valentine Aleksandr Litvinov

Dr. Mark Guzdial of the University of Michigan and Dr. Adrienne Decker of the University at Buffalo share their definitions of computing education and computer science education and how these disciplines fit or in some cases do not yet fit in engineering education. Listen to this engaging discussion about the history of computing, a preview of the state of computing education, and some aspirations of the future of these disciplines in engineering education. 

 

Name Drop

Barbara Ericson

Katie Cunningham

Bahare Naimipour

Aman Yadav

Sean Mackay

Holliday Sims

This episode we talk with Dr. Julia Williams about her pathway to and through engineering education and more specifically about her experience with change in engineering education.

“I saw opportunities for change all around me. And as I struggled, sometimes, to make change happen; other times hitting it out of the park maybe. I thought, gee there are things that we do to make change happen that aren’t really written down anywhere.”

This episode explores the pathway of Dr. Ruth Streveler and her confidence to move out of her lane into innovation. Her words are inspiring and they challenge the community to pick up the baton in conceptual change towards a new model. 

 

“Trust yourself. And look for opportunities, and ... have an entrepreneurial mindset... [The mindset] isn’t necessarily for something you are going to sell or a product you are going to develop, but what you want to do with your career.”

This episode introduces the new hosts of Research Briefs, Dr. Jeremi London and Dr. Monique Ross, to the internationally followed podcast audience. 

“I’m really excited about this new direction, in that we will carry on many of the wonderful things that Ruth started but also begin to make it our own…”

This episode rebroadcasts Dr. Ruth Streveler’s June 2020 conversation with Dr. Jeremi London – who shares her fascinating research on ‘impact’.

“I started to look at what makes studying impact so difficult and realized that it was very value-laden and it’s a discussion on what is something worth.  And discussions on worth are always really tough to have.” - Jeremi London

This episode rebroadcasts Dr. Ruth Streveler’s conversation with Dr. Shawn Jordan, who shares how he uses storytelling principles in his research in an effort to broaden participation in engineering.

Watch this practice in action!

“One of the key points of storytelling, and particularly oral tradition storytelling, is that they believe whenever you tell a story, even if it is someone else’s story, that part of you is in that story because it’s being told through your lens.  And that, to me, is one of the things is so transformational as both a research approach as well as a teaching approach, because if we can get underrepresented students not only learning but telling stories of people in engineering pathways then that might help shift their identities as well.” - Shawn Jordan

This episode is a rebroadcast of Dr. Ruth Streveler’s interview with Dr. Nadia Kellam, who continually pushes the boundaries of “appropriate” research topics and methods.  Learn more about narrative methods, and I-poems, and hear about Nadia’s courage to keep doing what feels right, even in the face of strong opposition by trusted mentors.

“I don’t know where … [the courage to do the risky thing] came from; [I am sure part of] it was a mom that was a feminist and pushed us to do good things and be authentic to yourself. … [With] some of those experiences … I started to learn that it was okay to do what felt right to me and to take that risk.” - Nadia Kellam

 [When teaching for conceptual change we have] “been focusing on … convincing people with evidence and wondering why they weren’t convinced.  …  [Instead of asking: ‘How can I convince people with evidence?’ the better] question might be, ‘How do I help people feel like they belong to this community?  How can they trust … that I’m telling them the truth?’ “  - Ruth Streveler, July 2021

 

This conversation between Dr. Ruth Streveler and Dr. Emily Dringenberg took place during the development of a socially-embedded framework for learning.

Opinion Piece by host Dr. Ruth Streveler 

DOI: 10.18260/3-1-1153-36030

This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. The theme music was composed and performed by Patrick Vogt.

Should we think of ‘smartness’ as a verb instead of an adjective? Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Emily Dringenberg, assistant professor of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University about her research about deeply held beliefs.

 

This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Stephanie Farrell, professor and founding head of the Experiential Engineering Education Department (ExEED) at Rowan University.  

 

This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Jason Morphew, visiting assistant professor at Purdue, who tells us about his research in embodied cognition and learning.  

This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Villanueva Alarcón shares with us how she arrived at hidden curriculum as a theoretical framework, how she’s adapted it for engineering education and the ways she continues to extend this very insightful framework that has roots in sociology, psychology, and disability studies. 

Name Drop

Drs. James Holly Jr, Monica Cox, Alex Mejia, Renata Revelo, Joyce Main

Drs. Karina Vielma, Jeremy Waisome, Sindia Rivera, Janice Mejia, Saira Anwar

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Jiabin [Emily] Zhu of Shanghai Jiao Tong University who shares her experience researching Chinese engineers and sharing that work with an English-speaking audience.

Citation

Zhu, J., Hu, Y., Zheng, T., & Li, Y. (2021) Engineering leadership in a chinese industry context: An exploration using the four capabilities model. Journal of Engineering Education, 110 (3) – 765-790. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20404

This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Host Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews the founding co-editors of Studies in Engineering Education, Drs. Marie Paretti and Shane Brown, who tell us about the journal’s focus, and provide recommendations for prospective authors.  

This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

How can being an artist and a poet impact one’s life as a researcher? What are the common threads between seemingly disparate communities of practice? Chanel Beebe, artist, writer, social entrepreneur, engineer, and Doctoral Candidate in the School Engineering Education at Purdue shares her experience and thoughts about these questions.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Chanel Beebe is an artist, writer, social entrepreneur, engineer, and Doctoral Candidate in the School Engineering Education at Purdue. Join us as she shares her journey existing and thriving in various areas of expertise and how she uncovers her contributions to Engineering Education and beyond!

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Kerrie Douglas, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue shares research that has helped her answer the question, "how can we support all students, during and after the pandemic?" 

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Learn about a new podcast featuring thought leaders in online learning. Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Natasha Perova-Mello, STEM Learning Consulting, LLC, and Dr. Nicole Pitterson, Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech about their new podcast, Reflective Teaching in a Digital Age.

 

This episode was produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

How do you design online instruction to support and engage a community of learners? To explore this question, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Ruth Wertz (ENE PhD '14),  Assistant Professor of General Engineering at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso Indiana.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

This is an encore presentation of the 2018 interview with Dr. James Holly, Jr. James discusses his use of critical autoethnography in his dissertation, “A Critical Autoethnography of Teaching Engineering to Black Boys as a Black Man.”

 This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

What does it mean to be an anti-racist engineering education researcher? To help us think about that question, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. James Holly, Jr., Assistant Professor of Urban Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education at Wayne State University in Detroit MI.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

How are empathy and engineering connected? On this Episode of the Research Briefs Podcast, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Justin Hess, Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue. Justin discusses a 4-part model of empathy he has developed.

This episode is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Given the changing landscape of the academy across the U.S. driven in large part by the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion, unrest on campuses, and the legislation targeting high education we were moved to invite an activist in engineering education - Dean Riley to talk about how to activate the activist within us. We had a candid conversation about living an activist life but also some inspiring words to disrupt the paralysis so many are feeling given the current climate in the academy. Join us as we hear Dean Riley’s life of activism and her call to us all to tap into our inner activist.

 

Name Drop

Nuclear Nuevo México

Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos

Myrriah Gómez (Author)

 

Kelly Cross

Cindy Rottmann (University of Toronto)

Brooke Coley - Center for RARE Justice

Darshan Karwat - Activist Engineering

Idalis Villanueva

Andrea Haverkamp

Joey Valle

Corey Bowman

Karl Smith

Stephanie Adams

Gregory Cajete - Native Science, Look to the Mountain

Reference Links

The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education

Inclusive Mindset Report

Latin* Students in Engineering

 

How do we know if our research matters? On this Episode of the Research Briefs Podcast, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Jeremi London, Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Jeremi discusses Research’s Impact in Society and Education.

This episode is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Julie Martin, Associate Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University who discusses her research to promote diversity and inclusion in engineering.

The Engineering Education Research Briefs podcast is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Julie Martin, Associate Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. She discusses her time as a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation and provides advice on how to write competitive research grant proposals.

The Engineering Education Research Briefs podcast is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Streveler talks with Dr. Atiq, a recent alumna of the Purdue University School of Engineering Education PhD program, to discuss her journey to pursue a doctorate in engineering education and the methods used for her dissertation to tackle the Emotions Experienced by First-Year Engineering Students During Programming Tasks. 

This year-end episode of the Research Briefs Podcast has a twist. Dr. Ruth Streveler is interviewed by Dr. Emily Dringenberg, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. Emily asks Ruth questions she thinks listeners might ask about the origin of the podcast and Ruth’s research trajectory. This episode is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Robin Adams, Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University who will discuss her use of photo elicitation.

Citation mentioned in the episode:

Hatten, K., Forin, T.R., Adams, R. (2013). A picture elicits a thousand meanings: Photo elicitation as a method for investigations cross-disciplinary identity development. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education.

This episode is produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Michael Loui, the recently-retired Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Before coming to Purdue, Dr. Loui spent 33 years at the University of Illinois where he served as a professor in electrical and computer engineering and associate dean of the graduate college. He has also been a program officer at the National Science Foundation, and the editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. In this episode, he draws on his wide range of experiences to provide advice to researchers.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. Elliot Douglas, Professor in the Departments of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Engineering Education at the University of Florida. Dr. Douglas is one of the most highly regarded qualitative researchers in engineering education and in this episode provides his reflections on how to learn about and then use qualitative methods.

Full Transcript

Citations mentioned in the episode:

Baillie, C. & Douglas, E. P. (2014). Guest editorial: Confusions and conventions: Qualitative research in engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 103 (1), 1-7.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

New engineering education researcher, Dr. Juan David Ortega Alvarez (AKA Juanda), discusses why he chose to come to the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and how he hopes to use his PhD to make an impact in Colombia.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

New engineering education researcher, Dr. Genisson Coutinho, discusses why he chose to come to the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and how he hopes to use his PhD to make an impact in Brazil.

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What a season it has been! After completing our first season as hosts of Research Briefs 2.0, we spent some time reflecting on the themes of the season and what and who inspired us this year. Thank you for listening! We look forward to sharing more scholars and scholarship with you in the Fall. In the meantime, go back and listen to the amazing scholars we hosted this year. Be safe and rest up!

A Bonus Episode with new engineering education researcher, Dr. Rohit Kandakalta. Rohit discusses why he chose to come to the School of Engineering Education at Purdue and how he hopes to use his PhD to make an impact in India.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Walter Lee discusses his development of the Model of Co-Curricular Support for Engineering Student Support Centers. Walter is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education and Assistant Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Tech as well as leads the GUIDE research group (Growing in our Understanding of Inclusive Diversity in Engineering). 

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Resources

Lee, W.C. & Matusovich, H.M. (2016). A model of co-curricular support for undergraduate engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 105, 406-430.   Lee, W.C. Lutz, B., & Hermandstad Nave, A.L. (2018), Learning from practitioners that support underrepresented students in engineering. J. Prof. Issues Eng. Edu. Pratt., 144. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000357   Lee, W.C. & Matusovich, H.M. (2018). Investigating how undergraduate students perceive co-curricular support in engineering. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 24, 195-226.   Lee, W.C., Godwin, A.& Hermandstad Nave, A.L. (2018). Development of the student integration instrument: Rethinking measures of integration. Journal of Engineering Education, 107, 1-26.   Lee, W.C.(2019). Guest Editorial: Pipelines, pathways and ecosystems: An argument for participation paradigms. Journal of Engineering Education, 108, 8-12.

Dr. James Huff discusses his use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (or IPA). James is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Harding University.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Citations

Huff, J.L., Smith, J.A., Jesiek, B.K., Zoltowski, C.B., & Oakes, W.C. (2018). Identity in engineering adulthood: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of early-career engineers in the United States as transition to the workplace. Emerging Adulthood, 1-17. DOI: 10.1177/2167696818780444

Kirn, A., Huff, J.L., Godwin, A., Ross, M. & Cass, C. (2019). Exploring tensions of using interpretative phenomenological analysis in a domain with conflicting cultural practices. Qualitative Research in Psychology, DOI:10.1080/14780887.2018.1563270

Dr. Nicki Sochacka shares her new research on how stories help shape and reflect engineering cultures and norms and values. Nicki is the Associate Director for Research Initiation and Enablement in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Resource Citation:

Sochacka, N., Walther, J., Wilson, J. & Brewer, M. (2014). Stories ‘told’ about engineering in the media: Implications for attracting diverse groups to the profession. Paper presented at the Annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Madrid, Spain.

Dr. Nadia Kellam discusses her use of narrative research methods and I-poems. Nadia is an Associate Professor in the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

On this bonus episode of the Engineering Education Research Briefs, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. James Holly, Jr., recent Purdue Engineering Education PhD, now at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School in Detroit, MI. James discusses his current position and how his research has – or hasn’t – informed his ongoing work with urban black males.

*Note - since this was recorded, James has accepted a position with Wayne State University as an Assistant Professor for Urban STEM Education.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. James Holly, Jr. discusses his use of critical autoethnography in his dissertation, “A Critical Autoethnography of Teaching Engineering to Black Boys as a Black Man.”

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Devlin and Geoffrey discuss a new method of analyzing student transcripts called novice-led thematic analysis. Dr. Devlin Montfort is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University and Dr. Geoffrey Herman is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Shane Brown discusses his research on conceptual understanding of important engineering concepts by undergraduate engineering students and practicing engineers. He highlights the role that “context” plays in building conceptual understanding. Shane is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Oregon State University. 

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Five Purdue Engineering Education PhD graduates and their current contributions. Recorded in June 2018 at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Julia Thompson, ENE PhD '15, Director of EPICS at San Jose State University discussed the new online journal, Murmurations.

Dr. James Huff, ENE PhD '14, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Harding University introduces us to Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

Dr. Diana Bairaktarovka, ENE PhD '13, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech tells us about her new research project exploring difficult concepts in thermodynamics.

Dr. Aidsa Santiago-Román, ENE PhD '09, Professor and Head of the Engineering Science and Materials Department at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez (UPRM) recounts how her Department supported UPRM students and their families in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. 

Dr. Meagan Pollock, ENE PhD '14, is an entrepreneur whose organization, Design Connect Create, promotes increasing the participation of women in STEM.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

This two part episode is a continuation of our conversation with Dr. Cindy Atman. In part one, she shared an intriguing history of engineering education and the role of centers in establishing the field (Pt. 1). But in part two she shares the wisdom she has gained related to leadership in engineering education. If you are: 1) considering establishing an engineering education department;  2) engaging in the arduous process of looking for engineering education departmental leadership; or 3) considering a leadership role in engineering education yourself this episode is a must. It was an absolute joy to engage with Dr. Atman. I hope you enjoy her wisdom, quotes, and insights as much as we did. 

“Centers are an important way to address specific challenges that can be contextualized, …ways to connect with other parts of campus or institutions, …or a national resource that everybody can draw on.”

Dr. Alice Pawley shares how she incorporates feminist theory into engineering education research to look at why the field of engineering remains to be male-dominated. Specifically, we discuss her Guest Editorial from the October 2017 issue of the Journal of Engineering Education: Shifting the ‘‘Default’’: The Case for Making Diversity the Expected Condition for Engineering Education and Making Whiteness and Maleness Visible. Dr. Alice Pawley is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Shawn Jordan shares how he uses storytelling principles in his research and to broaden participation in engineering. Shawn is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Arizona State University.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Karl Smith shares his 40-year journey as an advocate for cooperative learning in engineering education. Karl is a Cooperative Learning Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University and Emeritus Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

This episode is hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and features music composed by Patrick Vogt.

Dr. Lisa Benson discusses her vision for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) and how JEE can expand the boundaries of engineering education research. Lisa is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University and the Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Ruth Streveler, produced by TJ Wharry, and features music from Patrick Vogt.