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21 03, 2023

Make EPICS in IEEE your Partner for Academic Service Learning Projects

2023-03-21T13:10:52-04:00March 21st, 2023|Project Based Learning|

Service learning projects effectively engage engineering students by tying what they are learning in the classroom to a real-life community challenge. Through service learning, students get equipped for the workforce by defining, designing, building, testing, and deploying engineering-based solutions by working hand in hand with a community organization. Students [...]

30 12, 2022

Let’s Talk About Academic Integrity

2023-01-27T15:32:30-05:00December 30th, 2022|Academic Integrity|

Let's Talk about Academic Integrity Ethical conduct is essential in professional life. As with other professional organizations, IEEE has a Code of Ethics that defines professional standards of conduct. Academic programs need to introduce students to ethical expectations related to their career preparation as well as to their conduct [...]

10 10, 2022

Tenure Track – Making a Case as a Candidate

2022-10-10T16:35:53-04:00October 10th, 2022|Career Development|

Tenure Track: Tips for Making Your Case as a Candidate Launching an academic career often means trying to become a permanent member of an academic institution. Tenure is a commitment that is made primarily based on the university’s needs—not the achievements of those seeking tenure. Typically, a doctorate is [...]

18 07, 2022

Why Universities Should Adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics Course Requirements

2022-07-18T15:28:01-04:00July 18th, 2022|Curriculum Design, Learning Engineering, Learning Technologies|

Will Griffin is Chief Ethics Officer at Hypergiant, an enterprise AI company. He is the recipient of the IEEE 2021 Award for Distinguished Ethical Practices. He is the creator of Hypergiant's Top of Mind Ethics (TOME) framework which won the Communitas Award for Excellence in AI Ethics. His past [...]

5 05, 2022

Accessibility Lesson Plan (The W’s)

2022-05-05T22:54:47-04:00May 5th, 2022|Student Accessibility and Success|

Excellent content on how to create accessible content is available in multiple resources.  Accessibility Lesson Plan (The Ws) focuses on how to use that content to develop a lesson that teaches accessibility to engineering students and integrates that lesson plan into assignments. Why Teach About Accessible Content? As professional educators, [...]

12 04, 2022

How can engineering students be motivated to apply their vast technical background to solve major problems in today’s society?

2022-04-14T10:31:14-04:00April 12th, 2022|Learning Technologies|

These are my favorite quotes, broadcasted by IEEE Facebook, that I like to share with my engineering undergraduate students: - "Scientists study the world as it is; engineers create the world that has never been.” - Theodore van Kármán - Aerospace engineer and physicist. - "As engineers, we were going [...]