Adding the Extra 5 Percent: Undergraduate TA's Creating Value in the Classroom

Abstract

received her master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming before working as senior systems engineer at General Dynamics C4 Systems. She is now part of the freshman engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently, she focuses on enhancing the curriculum for the freshman engineering program to incorporate industry standards into hands-on design projects. She is an instructor for the Introduction to Engineering program, Engineering Transfer Success program, Engineering UGTA program, and the Electrical Engineering department at ASU. She is a 3-time winner of the "Fulton Top 5% Teaching Award" and 2-time winner of "Badass Women of ASU". Her philosophy boasts incorporating large scale systems engineering techniques into collegiate engineering curriculum to better prepare upcoming professionals and develop a student's resume from day one.

Developing Inclusive Leadership Training for Undergraduate Engineering Teaching Assistants

“…UGTAs promote student engagement, serve as peer mentors, and improve students' perception of a course [1]. In engineering education, involvement of UGTAs in first-year design courses has had positive outcomes, and the use of undergraduate teaching assistant programs continues to grow [2,3]. Institutions thus continue to explore on effective strategies for UGTA training.…”