Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education

The primary goal of the Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) is to cultivate a diverse community of engineering education researchers who can think and work across disciplines with the ultimate aim of improving the engineering student experience. A secondary goal is to formulate principles and models for advancing this scholarship community.

To fulfill these goals, the ISEE team designed three year-long Institutes (held at the University of Washington, Stanford University and Howard University) where engineering faculty and graduate students have (1) learned research methods, (2) defined and conducted research studies linked to the ongoing scholarship in the Center, (3) created resources for dissemination, and (4) refined leadership skills. A total of 47 ISEE Scholars, representing 23 academic institutions, were part of these three institutes.

Scholars and Scholar Activity:
ISEE Scholars are a very diverse group from across the US. The scholar list at the following link shows the range of academic rank, demographics, and institutions represented.

List of Scholars: 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007

Representative Work: The ISEE Scholars presented some of their work in special sessions at FIE in 2005 and 2007. Materials presented at these conferences are located at the links below. We encourage you to explore their related work published in the proceedings of ASEE and FIE.


2006-2007 ISEE Scholar Posters (pdf)
Seven posters from the 2007 Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference Special Session S1E hosted by the ISEE team.

2004-2005 ISEE Scholar Posters (pdf)
Six posters from the 2005 Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference Special Session T2A hosted by the ISEE team.

An expanded description of the model presented at the 2006 ASEE Conference is available at the following link:

A Model for Building and Sustaining Communities of Engineering Education Research Scholars.

The CAEE institutes' year-long cycles each began with a five day "summit," but this model could be modified to fit the length of time available. The link below provides a day-by-day example of the basic institute structure and organization for a 5-day summit.

Sample Institute Schedule

For additional information, please contact Robin Adams, Purdue University, at rsadams@purdue.edu.

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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).