Engineering Education News: July 12

Ever wonder what happens to all the data collected in #qualitativeresearch?

So did the team behind "Building capacity in engineering education research through collaborative secondary data analysis," published in the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education.

Written by the dynamic team of Marie Paretti, Jenni Case, Lisa Benson, David Delaine, Shawn Jordan, Rachel Kajfez, Susan Lord, Holly Matusovich, Tyler Young and Yevgeniya (Zhenya) Zastavker, the article highlights how secondary data analysis can, "bring new researchers into the field and honor the time and energy of the participants who tell their stories."

ENGE at ASEE 2023

1, 2, skip a few, 19, 20! More than 20 Engineering Education research posters were presented at the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference last week, and we've compiled them into a lovely little bundle for you.

The posters in this collection highlight the latest research from across the field of engineering education, including:

🔸 disrupting the status quo of who gets to be an engineer;

🔸 gamified approaches to discovering solutions for engineering problems;

🔸 broadening engineering participation;

🔸 secondary data analysis in engineering education research; and

🔸 inclusive engineering classrooms.

Congratulations, Dr. Alaa Abdalla

In her dissertation, "Students’ Perspective on the Purposes of Engineering Higher Education: A Longitudinal Qualitative Case Study of the U.S. and England," our newest engineering education doctor, Alaa Abdalla, explores students' perspectives on the purpose of enrolling in higher education and obtaining an engineering degree. She studied four institutions across the U.S. and England, with twenty individual student stories, and utilized the "Capabilities Approach" as her main theoretical framework.

In addition to her research, Alaa is the recipient of the Bevlee Watford Outstanding Doctoral Student for 2022. She's has been involved with international engineering education by being a track leader for the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program and serving as the Graduate Assistant for Programs in the Global Engineering Education and Research Office. Alaa has a BS in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University at Qatar.

Her committee includes advisor Nicole Pitterson, Homero Murzi, Ph.D., Jenni Case and Paul Ashwin.

When André Stevenson, Jr., PhD was thinking about college, he wasn't thinking engineering - until a simple Google search for "math and science" pointed him in a life-altering direction.

Now, as a secondary market research analyst for W. L. Gore & Associates, André applies the engineering thinking skills he learned at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering and Virginia Tech Materials Science and Engineering to study data for the extensive medical products division.

Join André and hosts Niki Hazuda and Megan Reese in the newest Careers for Engineers podcast episode!