CURRENT ACTIVITY

Upcoming CAEE Research Presentations:
Special Session at the 39th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, October 18-21, 2009, in San Antonio, TX
CAEE Research Scientist Debbie Chachra will be leading a special session at the 2009 FIE conference entitled Research Findings on Engineering Student Learning and Engineering Teaching: Interactively Exploring the Implications for Engineering Education. Information about FIE 2009 can be found here. Check back for updates on CAEE's special session.


Recent CAEE Activity:
2009 ASEE Annual Conference, June 14-17, 2009, in Austin, TX

  • The CAEE Research Team presented six research papers at the ASEE 2009 Conference. A full list of CAEE papers and associated session information can be viewed here.

  • Special Session 2530—Findings from the Academic Pathways Study of Engineering Undergraduates 2003-2008, Overview and Panel Discussion—presented the latest CAEE research results to more than 100 ASEE attendees. The interactive panel discussion generated good questions and thoughtul comments and insights from audience participants. The special session was held June 16 from 2:15-4:00pm in room ACC-6B of the Austin Conference Center. A pdf of Findings from the Academic Pathways Study, a document summarizing CAEE's research findings, is available here.
Keynote presentation at the WEPAN 2009 National Conference, June 17-19, 2009, in Austin, TX.
  • CAEE Director Cindy Atman was the keynote speaker for the WEPAN Conference, Thursday, June 18 at 1:00 pm. The keynote included an interactive session involving over 100 attendees who shared a wide range of viewpoints regarding potential future actions that could be taken in response to the CAEE findings. Click here for more information on the WEPAN conference.
APS research paper at the Mudd Design Workshop VII, May 28-20, 2009 APS researchers presented a paper at the Mudd Design Workshop VII: Sustaining Sustainable Design. The workshop was designed to “bring together engineering educators, designers, and researchers to articulate the relevant issues of sustainability in engineering design education." The APS paper is entitled From beginning to end: How engineering students think and talk about sustainability across the life cycle. The Mudd Design Workshop VII was held May 28-30, 2009 at the Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA.

Research briefs based on CAEE publications are now available through a new "Research Briefs" link.
(also available through the navigation bar to the left)
Check back often to view this new source of CAEE results!


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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0227558. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).