October 13, 2016
Allison Godwin, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University, was awarded the American Society for Engineering Education, Educational Research, and Methods Division Best Paper for the 2016 conference. Her paper titled, “The Development of a Measure of Engineering Identity,” described a stepwise process for developing an instrument to measure students engineering identity. In her […]
October 6, 2016
Paul Alongi, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences Originally posted in the Newsstand October 4, 2016 One of Clemson University’s newest faculty members is working to develop an online dashboard that could become the WebMD of academic advising, helping students make the crucial decisions that can mean the difference between dropping out and graduating. […]
September 28, 2016
Dr. Eliza Gallagher, Dr. Lisa Benson, and Dr. Geoffrey Potvin were awarded Best Paper in the Mathematics Division for their paper “The Use of Case Studies in Preparing First-Year Mathematics Graduate Students,” presented at the 2016 American Society of Engineering Education annual conference and exposition in New Orleans, LA. They will formally receive the award […]
August 31, 2016
Paul Alungi, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences Julie Martin, associate professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education, is the winner of the 2016 Excellence in Mentoring Award from Graduate Student Government. The award provides encouragement for hard-working mentors who are making a difference at Clemson University. Martin was nominated by three […]
July 5, 2016
ESED Ph.D. candidate Gustavo Moran was invited as a speaker at the “Congreso Nacional de Ciencias Básicas 2016” (National Conference of Basic Sciences) held at the Instituto Tecnologico de Durango, México on May 26, 2016. Gustavo gave a 45 minute presentation, “Factors that could affect math learning,” to approximately 600 engineering students and professors at […]
June 8, 2016
Catherine McGough, a graduate student in engineering and science education who is working with Dr. Lisa Benson, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF) for her proposed work on engineering student motivation and problem solving skills. The NSF GRF program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines […]
April 5, 2016
Eliza Gallagher, ESED PhD candidate and lecturer in Mathematical Sciences, won a Travel Support Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) to attend the NSF-CBMS Topological Data Analysis (TDA) Conference at University of Texas-Austin in June 2016. This competitive award will allow Eliza to develop skills […]
April 5, 2016
Allison Godwin, a 2014 graduate of the ESED PhD program and assistant professor of engineering education at Purdue University, was named a recipient of the Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation. Allison’s research “Realizing Latent Diversity: Building Innovation through Engineering Students’ Identity Development” will use mixed methods to discover “the diversity […]
March 31, 2016
Marisa Orr, alum of the Engineering and Science (ESED) Certificate program, and an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, has been awarded an Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation. Marisa will use the CAREER award to investigate practical and theoretical aspects of engineering students’ academic pathways. In particular, […]
January 13, 2016
Friday, January 22 @ 11:15 am – Rhodes Annex 109 Abstract: A growing body of engineering education research has attended to the formation of engineering identity, that is, the developmental processes by which a student becomes an engineer. Existing research has revealed much about how educational and workplace structures shape a shared sense of identity […]
