ASEE Chemical Engineering Division

Summer School

July 21-27, 2012

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Highlights:

·       Teaching Effectiveness Workshop by

     Rich Felder and Rebecca Brent

·       Chemstations, Inc., Award Lecture

·       International participation

·       Family-oriented activities

Tentative workshop topics:

·       Engineering education research

·       Course content, especially in emerging areas

·       Teaching skills

      Active learning, PBL, instructional technology

·       Career development

·       Assessment

·       Design

·       Laboratory

The ASEE ChE summer school consists of hands-on workshops instead of lectures.  Each ChE program in the U.S. will be able to nominate one participant, preferably an early-career faculty member, whose local expenses will be covered.  Additional participants from a program may attend depending on availability of funding.  Some travel expenses may be covered depending on availability of funding.

Organizing Committee:

Joseph A. Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University, joseph.shaeiwitz@mail.wvu.edu

Jennifer S. Curtis, University of Florida, jcurtis@che.ufl.edu

Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University, randy.lewis@byu.edu

Greg Ogden, University of Arizona, gogden@email.arizona.edu

Kimberly L. Ogden, University of Arizona, ogden@email.arizona.edu

John J. Hwalek, University of Maine, hwalek@maine.edu