Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
The 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference was held virtually from March 24- March 26, 2021, and hosted by Baylor University. The yearly conference is an excellent opportunity for educators across Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico to explore the different facets of engineering education. In 2020 and 2021, the Engineering Education community rose to a challenge […]
Texas A&M University hosted the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2021) virtually from April 13 to April 17, 2021. This annual conference serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets […]
NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) identifies and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF’s mission. The GRFP provides up to three years of support for the graduate education of those students who have demonstrated their potential for substantial accomplishments in science and engineering research. The […]
The Development of a Texas A&M University Faculty of Engineering Education, a paper by Tracy Hammond, Karan Watson, Samantha Ray, Robert Lightfoot, Shawna Thomas and Drew Casey won the third place in the Faculty/Staff/Professional Papers category at the ASEE Gulf South West Conference held recently.
The Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation and the Engineering Education Faculty Group is organizing a panel to discuss how to systematically improve teaching, start conducting engineering education research, and engage in external service related to engineering education. This is a great opportunity to learn from the success of others in these areas. PANELISTS Dr. […]
Last week, Dr. Sheryl Sorby presented “Engineering Education at Crossroads- Getting There from Here,” at the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation’s (IEEI) Distinguished Speaker Series hosted by Dr. Tracy Hammond, Director, IEEI. She spoke about her journey into engineering education, provided a brief introduction to her research and development efforts in spatial skills. (Her […]
In light of the Engineering Education Faculty Group’s role in supporting scholarly work, we would like to celebrate the publication and exposure of the following EEFG members at the ASEE GSW conference last week. There were 8 papers, in total that were presented at ASEE GSW from the EEFG faculty at Texas A&M University. “The […]
Dale Cope, Associate Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University received the Aggie Club of Engineers Professor of Excellence Award recently. The Aggie Club of Engineers (ACE) brings together student leaders from all levels and Engineering fields to promote success and improve Aggieland. The ACE was founded on the idea of not just […]
Dr. Kristi J. Shryock, Associate Professor, Associate Department Head in Department of Aerospace Engineering, and Director of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program at Texas A&M University recently received the Provost APT Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. Shryock is passionate about student learning experiences and values innovative methods, evident in the significant role she plays […]
Christine Stanley, Regents Professor, Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity Emerita received the 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award for Graduate Mentoring recently. Texas A&M University and The Association of […]
Last Friday, Dr. Cynthia Finelli presented a public talk on “Active learning in the STEM classroom: Overcoming barriers and planning for action’’, at the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation’s (IEEI) Distinguished Lecture Series hosted by Dr. Tracy Hammond, Director, IEEI. Finelli is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Education, and Director […]
The two book discussion meetings (both the 3PM and 4PM groups) are canceled today due to TAMU being closed and the current situation with people’s access to power and water. They will be held next week. We hope you are all staying safe and warm.
We are delighted to announce that registration for the Association for Computing Machinery‘s 26th annual meeting, virtually hosted by Texas A&M University is now open. ACM IUI 2021 serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. We are interested in contributions from related fields, such as psychology, […]
On Jan 29 and Feb 5th the Institute of Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI) at Texas A&M University conducted a two day workshop, organized by Dr. Tracy Hammond, Director, IEEI, Texas A&M University on the topic ‘’Gender and Racial Bias in the Tech Industry,’’ with around 35 attendees. The goal of the workshop was to […]
Dr. Tracy Hammond, Director of the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI) and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and Dr. Vinayak Krishnamurthy, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University received a collaborative research grant from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education to […]
