Conference Call for Papers

Enhancing the First-year Engineering Education

August 7 - 8, 2014

The Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University

The Abrstact Submission phase is Closed
We are in the paper review phase
For a copy of the Conference Flyer, click here

Workshop Submission Deadline: March 28, 2014
Paper Abstract Submission deadline extended: May 18, 2014

Schedule

Proposals are submitted in a two-stage process. First, initial abstract versions of the proposals must be submitted by abstract submission deadline, and then they will be reviewed. If you are invited to submit for the second stage of the process, you must submit a preliminary version of the complete document by June 1, 2014. These documents will then be peer-reviewed. After the peer review process, final versions of the documents as they will appear in the conference proceedings must be submitted by July 26, 2014.

1. Worksop Proposals submitted for Thursday's Workshops by March 28, 2014
2. Abstracts submitted for Thursday and Friday paper submissions extended to May 18, 2014
3. Abstracts reviewed and authors notified by May 5, 2014
4. Draft versions of the conference submissions due for Peer-review by June 1, 2014
5. Paper review comments returned by July 10, 2014
6. Final proceedings version of publications due by July 26, 2014
7. Conference August 7 - 8, 2014

What May You Submit?

Proposals for participation in the 2014 Conference can be submitted in the following three venues:

1. Proposals for the Thursday Workshops - Note Workshop proposals must be submitted by March 28
2. Full Papers: For completed projects for the Thursday and Friday Sessions, or
3. Extended Abstracts: For projects either just started or projects that are planned to begin soon, also for the Thursday and Friday Sessions

We are no longer accepting new abstracts but authors of approved abstracts may now submit their papers

Information on each of these is provided in the following sections.

Topics of Interest

You can either select an area of Engineering Education, Engineering Technology Education or other related area. The topic areas are to allow attendees to develop a network of people with common interests,

• Various approaches and strategies to teaching engineering/science courses appropriate for the first year, both present and future
• Advances in Engineering Education Research as it applies to the first year experience,
• Impact of K-12 education on our students
• Understand today's students and how they are different from those a decade or two ago
• How to improve the transition for students either from high school or transfer students
• How does this present population of students impact the Introduction to Engineering Courses offered around the country
• The role of Advising in the first year and how it impacts the students
• Effective uses of peer mentoring and/or student organizations
• Current technologies and their impact/use for first year students
• Student development models and what best procedures can be used to promote the professional development of the first year student
• Diversity in engineering, including the discussion of program that impact the pipeline into the K-12 area
• Use of Internet communication tools (e-mail, social networks, blogs, wikis, etc.) to improve the academic performance and retention of first-year students
• Living and Learning communities both in a residential mode and peer mentoring in small group settings
• Integration of both business principles and the liberal arts to the curriculum
• Service Learning in the Freshman year and beyond
• Other topics that address issues in education

We are now accepting Abstracts for the Thursday and Friday presentations, see below

Thursday and/or Friday Full Paper Submission Requirements

• The Full paper submission type is for completed work, or work at a phase where actual results are available.
• Authors must submit an electronic abstract of no more than 500 words, via the 2014 Web page by the submission deadline.
• The author must submit: author's name, abstract title, author's affiliation, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
• Each abstract should be between 300 and 500 words in length.
• One author from each paper is expected to register for and attend the conference. The registered author can present more than one paper.
• Final papers will be limited to six pages, not including references or Author Bios. See the paper guidelines for font and spacing requirements.
• Full papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. The purpose of the review will be to check for completeness and accuracy of the work.
• Click here for a more detailed description of Full papers.
• Abstracts extended to May 18, 2014.
• Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their abstract by May 5, 2014.
• If your abstract is accepted, papers are due for peer review by June 1, 2014.
• Authors will be notified of peer review results by July 10, 2014.
• Modified papers will be due by July 26, 2014.

We are no longer accepting new abstracts but authors of approved abstracts may now submit their papers

Thursday and/or Friday Extended Abstracts Submission Requirements

• The Extended Abstract submission type is for work that is still in the process of study and/or implementation. That is the work is not complete, thus, results may not be available.
• Authors must submit an electronic abstract, via the 2014 Web page by the submission deadline.
• The author must submit: author's name, abstract title, author's affiliation, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
• Each abstract should be between 300 and 500 words in length.
• One author from each paper is expected to register for and attend the conference. The registered author can present more than one paper.
• Final papers will be limited to three pages, not including references or Author Bios. See the paper guidelines for font and spacing requirements.
• Extended Abstract papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. The purpose of the review will be to provide the author with feedback to consider in their on going research.
• Click here for a more detailed description of Extended Abstract papers.
• Abstracts are due by May 1, 2014.
• Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their abstract by May 5, 2014.
• If your abstract is accepted, papers are due for peer review by June 1, 2014.
• Authors will be notified of peer review results by July 10, 2014.
• Modified papers will be due by July 26, 2014.

We are no longer accepting new abstracts but authors of approved abstracts may now submit their papers

We are still accepting Proposals for the Thursday Workshops, see below

Thursday Workshop Submission Requirements

• The Thursday Workshop submission type is for work that promises to be both informative and also provide an interactive format that encourages participation by the attendees.
• We hope to engage the participants in a number of working sessions that will enable us to understand how we might make engineering a more viable option as a field of study and career opportunity than it currently seems. We hope the proposed workshop can help the attendees begin to understand how to solve the drop in enrollments in engineering by providing an interactive workshop that is related to the topics listed in the call for papers.
• The author must submit: author's name, proposed workshop title, author's affiliation, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
• Each proposed workshop should be between 800 and 1500 words in length.
• All workshop facilitators must register for and attend the conference.
• Final workshop description is not limited to any page restriction. See the paper guidelines for font and spacing requirements.
• Workshop proposals will be peer-reviewed by the program committee.
• Click here for a more detailed description of Workshop proposals.
• Proposals dealine extended to March 28, 2014.
• Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their workshop by April 15, 2014.
• If your proposal is accepted, a modified proposal must be submitted for listing on the web site.