WHAT:
Organization and ideas for review topics
WHEN:
October 7, 2003 3:30 pm
WHERE:
ETC 3.150
Discussion/Mixer for
Undergrads Aimed at Graduate School
WHAT:
Nomination/election of officers,
solicit ideas.
WHEN:
October 6, 2003 2:30-4:30 pm
WHERE:
ECJ 10th floor conference room
UT-Austin Chapter ASEE
Organizational Meeting
WHAT:
Nomination/election of officers,
solicit ideas.
WHEN: Monday, September 22,2003 5-6 pm
WHERE:
CPE 2.220
Assistant faculty panel
discussion
WHEN: Monday, April 7, 2003, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Robert Heath, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Rui Huang, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, Civil Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: The assistant professor experience at UT Austin
Brown bag lunch
WHEN: Monday, March 31, 2003, 11:30am - 1:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Nancy Evans, Engineering Career Assistance Center
PRESENTATION TOPIC: How ECAC can best meet the needs of future and current graduate students
Special
presentation
WHEN: Monday, March 3, 2003, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Ben Streetman
PRESENTATION TOPIC: The Future of Engineering Education
Special
presentation
WHEN: Monday, November 18, 2002, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Larry Lake
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Academic Resume Preparation Workshop
Special
presentation
WHEN: Monday, October 14, 2002, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Current graduate student panel: Brian Gunter; Carey King; Raouf Malek;
Claudia Navarro; Dinesh Rabindran; Garud Sridhar; and Stewart Vaculik.
PRESENTATION TOPIC: What is graduate school like?
Special
presentation
WHEN: Monday, September 30, 2002, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Tess Moon, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Applying for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
DOWNLOAD: Minutes from Dr. Moon's presentation, September 2002 (pdf)
Special
presentation
WHEN: Monday, April 22, 2002, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Marilla Svinicki, Dept. of Educational Psychology
PRESENTATION TOPIC: What Makes Effective Teaching?
DOWNLOAD: Minutes from Dr. Svinicki's discussion (Word)
Special
presentation
WHEN: Monday, April 8, 2002, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Tess Moon, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Applying for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
DOWNLOAD: Minutes from Dr. Moon's discussion (Word)
Brown
bag lunch
WHEN: Thursday, March 28, 2002, 12:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. David Dolling, Chairman, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Open Discussion
Special
presentation
WHEN: Monday, February 18, 2002, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Hani S. Mahmassani, Ph.D.
PRESENTATION TOPIC: How to Write a Successful Research Proposal
DOWNLOAD: Dr. Mahmassani Presentation (Powerpoint)
Special presentation
WHEN: Monday, February 4, 2002, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Tom Darwin, Ph.D., Associate Dean
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Are you prepared for LIFE after graduate school?
Professional development opportunities at Austin
DOWNLOAD: Minutes from Dr. Darwin's discussion (Word)
Brown bag lunch
WHEN: Thursday, November 29, 2001, 12:00n - 1:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Neal Armstrong, Dept. of Civil Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: The graduate school experience
Special presentation
WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2001, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Larry Lake
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Academic preparation workshop
DOWNLOAD: Minutes from Dr. Lake's discussion (Word)
Graduate student panel discussion
WHEN: Monday, October 8, 2001, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Current engineering graduate students
PRESENTATION TOPIC: What is engineering graduate school like?
DOWNLOAD: Minutes from Graduate panel discussion (Word)
DOWNLOAD: Photo from Graduate panel discussion (JPEG)
Special presentation
WHEN: Monday, September 10, 2001, 6:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Yale Patt, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: "My Ten Commandments of Teaching"
DOWNLOAD: Minutes from Dr. Patt's talk (Word 97)
Brown bag lunch
WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 2001, 12:00n - 1:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Linda Hayes, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Varied, as these lunches always are!
Academic resume preparation
workshop
WHEN: Monday, March 5, 2001, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. William Koros, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Suggestions on preparing an academic resume
Special presentation
WHEN: Monday, February 12, 2001, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Philip Schmidt, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: New approach for learning: Project PROCEED
(PROject CEntered EDucation)
DOWNLOAD: Summary of Dr. Schmidt's talk (pdf)
Brown bag lunch
WHEN: Wednesday, November 29, 2000, 12:00n - 1:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. James Jirsa, Dept. of Civil Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Varied, as these lunches always are!
DOWNLOAD: Summary of Dr. Jirsa's comments (pdf)
Special panel discussion with
department chairs
WHEN: Monday, November 6, 2000, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Dr. David Dolling, Chair, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Dr. John Ekerdt, Chair, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Dr. J. Parker Lamb, Chair, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Engineering education from the chairperson's perspective
DOWNLOAD: Summary of the discussion (Word 97 document)
Graduate student panel discussion
WHEN: Monday, October 9, 2000, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Current engineering graduate students
PRESENTATION TOPIC: What is engineering graduate school like?
First meeting of 2000-2001
WHEN: Monday, September 11, 2000, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Desmond Lawler, Dept. of Civil Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Teaching engineers: thoughts and techniques
DOWNLOAD: Summary of Dr. Lawler's talk (Word 97 document)
Brown bag lunch
WHEN: Thursday, April 6, 2000, 12:00n - 1:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. John McKetta, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Varied, as these lunches always are!
MATLAB night at UT Austin
WHEN: Thursday, March 9, 2000, 6:00 - 8:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Representatives from The MathWorks
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Using MATLAB to solve engineering problems
Panel discussion -- Perspectives on
engineering education at other Central Texas schools
WHEN: Monday, March 6, 2000, 6:00 - 7:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Dr. Robert Habingreither, Southwest Texas State Univ.
Dr. Mabbub Uddin, Trinity University
Dr. Steve Kooker, Austin Community College
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Approaches of these schools to their engineering
programs, faculty hiring and expectations, and
faculty-student interactions
Special presentation
WHEN: Monday, January 31, 2000, 6:00 - 7:30pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. William Guy, Department of Mathematics
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Interesting student responses and attitudes
(Acquired over a 40-some-year teaching career)
Brown bag lunch
WHEN: Wednesday, November 17, 12:00n - 1:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Jon Olson, Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Varied; primary discussion was about the transition
from academia to industry and back.
Panel discussion
WHEN: Monday, October 18, 1999, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Current engineering graduate students
DISCUSSION TOPIC: What is engineering graduate school like?
First meeting of 1999-2000
WHEN: Monday, September 20, 1999, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Wallace Fowler, ASEE President-Elect, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Rich Cherwitz, Preparing Future Faculty Program
DISCUSSION TOPIC: ASEE's role in your future as an engineering educator
DOWNLOAD: Highlights of the meeting
Last meeting of 1998-1999
WHEN: Monday, April 12, 1999, 6:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Carl Haas, Dept. of Civil Engineering
DISCUSSION TOPIC: Teaching future engineering educa
