The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) held annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia this year. Professors Tamara Moore and Karl Smith, the center Co-Directors, Dr. Jia-Ling Lin, Research Scientist, Kristina Tank, Aran Glancy, and Forster Ntow, graduate students, and Kelly Valusek, the manager from the STEM Education attended the conference, joining thousands of engineering education researchers and educators from the US and all over the world. Researchers from the STEM Education Center presented papers in several sessions:

• Tamara Moore, “The Status of Engineering in the Current K-12 Science Standards (Research to Practice)”, (Moore, Tank, Glancy, Kersten, Ntow). In Session: Engineering in K-12 Science and Mathematics Standards
• Jia-Ling Lin, “Introducing an Instructional Model for Undergraduate Electric Energy Systems Curriculum”, (Lin, Moore, & Imbertson). In Session: New Trends in ECE Education.
• NSF Grantees’ Poster Session- “A Framework for Implementing Quality K-12 Engineering Education”, (Moore, Glancy, Tank, Kersten, Stohlmann, Ntow, & Smith).
• Karl Smith, speaker in Special Session: Connecting and Expanding the Engineering Education Research and Innovation Communities. (Smith & Streveler)
• Moore & Tank, “PictureSTEM Project: A Curricular Approach Using Picture Books to Transform STEM Learning in Elementary Classrooms”. (Moore, Tank, & Pettis). In Session: Curriculum Exchange Wrapup

Other highlights:

• Prof. Tamara Moore and graduate students, Kristina Tank, Aran Glancy, and Forster Ntow conducted the 10th ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education on June 22 and the NSF-supported STEM Smart workshop on June 23;
• Ms Kelly Valusek led the participation in the Exhibition of “Engineering Education Research”