Keynote: J. ‘Kemi Ladeji-Osias, Ph.D.

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Dr. J. ’Kemi Ladeji-Osias is the Program Director for Engineering Education in the Engineering Education and Centers Division of the Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation where she oversees programs focused on the professional formation of engineers. The EEC Engineering Education portfolio includes Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUS/PFE: RED), Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) and the Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) programs. She is on temporary assignment from her position as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Dr. Ladeji-Osias earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a joint Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rutgers University and UMDNJ. Dr. Ladeji-Osias’ involvement in engineering curricular innovations includes adapting portable laboratory instrumentation into experiments from multiple STEM disciplines. She enjoys observing the intellectual and professional growth in students as they prepare for engineering careers.

Workshops

Friday, November 11, 2022

2:45-3:45 pm – Mastery-Based Engineering Pedagogy

Sara Atwood & Kurt DeGoede
Elizabethtown College

Take control of your grading and your curriculum – What do your students NEED to be able to do to be successful, in the rest of this course, in the next course, professionally? Your best students will master all outcomes of your course in either model, but what do your C students take from the course? If you would rather have your C students achieve A-level work on 5 outcomes rather than C-level work on 12, Mastery-Based Learning (MBL) may be perfect for your course. In our MBL courses we see students taking ownership of their learning far beyond traditional courses: they understand what they know and what they need to work on, and they learn how to master skills. This workshop will allow you to explore the possibilities of transitioning a course to MBL.

4:00-5:00 pm – Effectively Engaging Students in Group Problem Solving

Abdullah Konak & Sadan Kulturel-Konak
Penn State Berks

Innovation means coming up with new products, services, solutions, and ideas that improve the status quo. Although creativity is one of the most basic human traits, it sometimes seems challenging to innovate. Solution design teams, especially in larger, established organizations, frequently fail to develop innovative solutions. Research shows that a structured approach to innovation can improve the productivity and creativity of innovation teams. This hands-on workshop introduces several techniques that can help innovation teams in finding (a) facts, (b) new ideas, and (c) creative solutions in classroom settings. This workshop will introduce several collaborative innovation and problem-solving methods and how to apply them to better engage all students in group work.