In EETI’s first forum of 2020, Dr. Racheida Lewis gives an interactive workshop on how to prepare students to be self-efficient, confident, and successful engineers. ————————————— Dr. Racheida Lewis is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering with an emphasis on engineering education research. Dr. Lewis’ conducts research that explores the recruitment and [Read More]
02/14/2020
REV 2020 to be held at UGA
The 17th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation will be held on February 26-28, 2020 in Athens, GA. EETI faculty member, Dominik May, EETI faculty member serves as chair, and Joachim Walter, EETI Founder and Director, serves as program co-chair. UGA College of Engineering faculty member and recipient of an EETI research initiation [Read More]
01/27/2020
EETI wins best overall paper award at the 2019 Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference
EETI is excited to announce that Drs. Nicola Sochacka, Joachim Walther, John Morelock, Nathanial Hunsu, and Peter Carnell have won the overall best paper award at 30th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, AAEE2019! The paper, titled “Cultivating a culture of scholarly teaching and learning: An ecological approach to institutional change in [Read More]
01/09/2020
EETI wins the University System of Georgia Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Program
We are excited to announce that EETI has won the 2020 Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Program from the University System of Georgia (USG)! As a competitive award in the State of Georgia, each nominee competes with the top nominee from each of USG’s 26 higher education institutions. The award “is designed to showcase [Read More]
11/27/2019
EETI faculty present papers at Australasian Association for Engineering Education
EETI faculty members, Joachim Walter, Nicola Sochacka, and Nathaniel Hunsu, will present papers at the 30th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, AAEE2019. Papers include: How mental models impact students’ engagement with empathic communication exercises by Kathryn M. Youngblood, Nicola W. Sochacka, Joachim Walther, & Shari E. Miller Cultivating a culture of scholarly [Read More]
11/18/2019
Forum: Distinguished Speaker Dr. Karl Reid, Executive Director, NSBE
EETI’s distinguished speaker seminar will be by Dr. Karl Reid, Executive Director of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). The forum will take place Monday, November 18, from 12:30 – 2 PM in Coverdell 175. In their recent book, “A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education,” David Goldberg and Mark Somerville state [Read More]
10/16/2019
Racheida Lewis gives STEM Alumna remarks at College Success Foundation
Racheida Lewis past a recipient of a scholarship from College Success Foundation, who provides unique integrated system of supports and scholarships to inspire underserved, low-income students to finish high school, graduate from college and succeed in life. To see her remarks, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypVH06oLdg.
09/10/2019
Congratulations to Drs. Gomillion & Sochacka on Their Recent NSF Award on Microcultures in Engineering Laboratories
EETI is pleased to congratulate Drs. Cheryl Gomillion and Nicola Sochacka on their recent NSF grant, entitled “An Investigator Development Plan for Building Capacity to Explore Diverse Microcultures in Graduate Engineering Research Laboratories.” The goal of this project is to build the educational research expertise required to study diverse microcultures in graduate research settings. Such [Read More]
08/31/2019
EETI faculty receives $1M NSF award to create institute for research methods
Drs. Joachim Walther and Nicola Sochacka will create The ProQual Institute (PQI) for research Methods in STEM education. The overarching goal of this project is to expand the community of scholars who have the skills to conduct high quality, qualitative and mixed methods research in STEM education. Walther and Sochacka will achieve this goal through [Read More]
08/23/2019
Fall 2019 Activities
Announcing EETI’s Fall 2019 semester activities. Activities include four engineering education forums, a faculty learning community on the topic of metacognition, peer mentoring breakfasts, and a teaching & learning book club. EET Incubator will meet regularly to develop projects as part of a supportive cohort. The flyer for all activities is available here.