Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bahare Naimipour for successfully defending her EER Dissertation: “Supporting Social Studies Data Literacy Education: Design of Technology Tools and Insights from Expert Teachers and Teacher Change Journeys.” What an exciting achievement!!
Dr. Karin Jensen’s Research Team Receives $1.5M NSF Grant to Study Faculty Mental Health and Well-Being
Written By: Michele Santillan
August 7, 2024
This research will be a national study focusing on the prevalence and severity of mental health problems among faculty working in STEM disciplines.
Congratulations to a team of researchers led by U-M BME’s Karin Jensen, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, on receiving a $1.5M grant from the National Science Continue Reading »
Engineers have a duty to protect public well-being, but less than half learn how to do so effectively
Written By: Patricia DeLacey, Michigan Engineering
June 3, 2024
Training in formal classes proves the most effective way to prepare engineers to protect public welfare at work
Cynthia Finelli teaches EECS 215, Introduction to Circuits. Photo: Robert Coelius
Engineers who received public welfare responsibility training in classes are more likely to consider the societal impact Continue Reading »
Cindy Finelli named David C. Munson, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Engineering
Finelli is a trailblazer and leader in the area of Engineering Education Research (EER).
Congratulations to Cindy Finelli on being named the David C. Munson, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Engineering in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the areas of research, education, and leadership!
Synergies, Not Silos: Why Isolated Initiatives Won’t Disrupt the Status Quo
By Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Ph.D., Joi-Lynn Mondisa, Ph.D., and Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D.
In this blog post, Drs. Packard, Mondisa, and Montgomery introduce and discuss their STEM Mentoring Ecosystems (STEM-ME) framework. This framework argues that “to elevate the impact and outcomes of mentoring, efforts cannot be approached or assessed solely program by program, but instead Continue Reading »
Educating engineers as whole people
Researching education leads the way to a diverse, impactful community of professionals.
BY: DEREK SMITH
September 20, 2023
Engineering education research (EER) is about more than just making better teachers and improving how students learn technical skills, says Cindy Finelli, director of the University of Michigan’s EER program. It’s about generating data to help make Continue Reading »
Introducing young engineering students to the sociotechnical impact of technology
With the help of individual class modules, electrical engineering students relate technical content to issues of social justice, sustainability, and more.
Written by: Catharine June
June 1, 2023
Engineering students today want to solve problems – Continue Reading »
Sarah Jane Bork Successfully Defends Her Dissertation
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Sarah Jane Bork for successfully defending her EER Dissertation: “Examining Factors Related to Engineering Graduate Students’ Mental Health Experiences.” What an exciting achievement!!!
Laura Carroll, EER’s First Doctoral Student, Successfully Defends Her Dissertation
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Laura Carroll for successfully defending her EER Dissertation: “The Academic Success of College Students with ADHD: The First Year.” What an exciting achievement!!!
Aaron Johnson receives NSF grant
Funding supports the development and study of macroethics curricula in aerospace engineering
Engineering education requires more than technical knowledge for engineers to develop solutions to the world’s greatest problems. New funding from the National Science Foundation for research by Aerospace Assistant Professor Aaron Johnson (AE B.S.E. ‘08) aims