The Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
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More Information Enabling Engineering Student Success >>  CAEE's Final Report: findings, history, ideas for further work Academic Pathways Study Procedures and Processes >> Design and implementation of APS including interview and survey instruments Short summaries of over 60 publications Selected Keynote Addresses & Workshops Discovering Implications of the Academic Pathways Study for YOUR Campus >> ASEE Conference Special Session, June 2011 Enabling Engineering Student Success: Using Results to Inform Engineering Education Decisions >> NSF Distinguished Lecture, October 2010 Educating the Well-rounded Engineer FIE Keynote Address, October 2009 Research Findings on Engineering Student Learning and Engineering Teaching: Implications for Engineering Education FIE Special Interactive Session, October 2009 How People Learn workshop at the NSF Course, Curriculum & Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Conference, April 2004 |
Research in engineering learning and teaching to support the education of a diverse community of engineers better able to meet the challenges of tomorrow in a world that continues to move faster and face more significant decisions than ever before.
CAEE conducted research from 2003 into 2010 in four broad areas:
Academic Pathways Study (APS) >>
. . . . investigating the engineering undergraduate learning experience
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APS involved multiple cohorts of engineering undergraduates and recent graduates in their first jobs. These included the Longitudinal Cohort - 160 undergraduates studied through a variety of methods from their first through fourth years in college; the Workplace Cohort – interviews of over 100 early career engineers and their managers; and the Broader National Sample (APPLE Survey) – a Web-based survey of 4200 students from 21 campuses across the U.S. Read more >>
Studies of Engineering Educator Decisions (SEED) >>
. . . . exploring aspects of engineering faculty teaching
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The nature and importance of the teaching decisions made by engineering faculty were investigated through a series of in-depth interviews of engineering educators. Each participant was asked about two decisions: one made during planning for a class and another made "in-the-moment" during a class session. The 31 participants represented nine engineering disciplines and varied from having just a few, to many, years of teaching experience. Read more >>
Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program (ETPP) >>
. . . . supporting engineering graduate students interested in academic careers
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In eight primarily peer-led sessions, ETPP participants created and discussed a portfolio that included teaching and diversity statements and 3-5 annotated teaching artifacts. Researchers also examined the details and effectiveness of the program using a semi-structured interview protocol and field observations with approximately 150 of the participants. Read more >>
Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) >>
. . . . expanding the engineering education research community
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Three year-long Institutes involved 49 faculty and graduate students representing 20 institutions in engineering education-focused research projects. Using iterative analysis of each Institute, the ISEE team formulated principles and developed models to serve as a basis for continuing expansion of the engineering education research community. Read more >>
CAEE’s research activities formally ended in 2010 but many of the members of the team are continuing their work of advancing engineering education through ongoing dissemination of CAEE results, participation in grant-funded studies that build on the CAEE work, and involvement in additional research projects.