Presented By: CRLT-Engin
An Engineering Education Skunkworks to Spark Departmental Revolutio
"National calls for transforming engineering education have consistently emphasized the need to promote the professional skills critical for career success. The Mechanical Engineering Department at Purdue University was recently awarded a prestigious NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) grant to address that need by connecting organizational dynamics to student outcomes, thereby inspiring changes in the curriculum, the student experience, and the ways that students, staff, and faculty interact with each other.
This project engages the tools of engineering education research, ethnography, social network analysis, change management, and a new, experimental organization to manifest revolutionary change in how students are prepared for engineering careers. By focusing on both engineering education research and culture/change research questions, the project will answer critical research questions about engineering education and appropriate approaches to achieve professional outcomes at large scale. At this seminar, Drs. Ed Berger and Elizabeth Briody, co-PIs for the NSF RED grant, will present preliminary results from that project, including baseline interview and survey data collected in Fall 2015. Some interesting, and somewhat counter-intuitive findings will be discussed.
Edward Berger, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He has held past appointments at University of Virginia (including a six-year term as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Engineering) and University of Cincinnati. His current research focuses on organizational level perspectives on student outcomes, technology usage for teaching and learning, and the role of noncognitive and affective factors in student academic outcomes. Elizabeth K. Briody, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist who collaborates with organizations and institutions to help them understand their culture and improve its effectiveness. After working at GM Research Labs, most recently as Technical Fellow, she founded Cultural Keys LLC. She currently works with clients in many industries (e.g., medical, consumer products, insurance). Recent books include the award-winning Transforming Culture (2014) and The Cultural Dimension of Global Business (2013), 8th ed. in preparation. "
This project engages the tools of engineering education research, ethnography, social network analysis, change management, and a new, experimental organization to manifest revolutionary change in how students are prepared for engineering careers. By focusing on both engineering education research and culture/change research questions, the project will answer critical research questions about engineering education and appropriate approaches to achieve professional outcomes at large scale. At this seminar, Drs. Ed Berger and Elizabeth Briody, co-PIs for the NSF RED grant, will present preliminary results from that project, including baseline interview and survey data collected in Fall 2015. Some interesting, and somewhat counter-intuitive findings will be discussed.
Edward Berger, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He has held past appointments at University of Virginia (including a six-year term as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Engineering) and University of Cincinnati. His current research focuses on organizational level perspectives on student outcomes, technology usage for teaching and learning, and the role of noncognitive and affective factors in student academic outcomes. Elizabeth K. Briody, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist who collaborates with organizations and institutions to help them understand their culture and improve its effectiveness. After working at GM Research Labs, most recently as Technical Fellow, she founded Cultural Keys LLC. She currently works with clients in many industries (e.g., medical, consumer products, insurance). Recent books include the award-winning Transforming Culture (2014) and The Cultural Dimension of Global Business (2013), 8th ed. in preparation. "
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