1. Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program (COFSP) Professional Development
Debbie Liberi and Brandi Foster
Professional Development Session 2:
Engineering Design Process
Swift 616
University of Cincinnati
Monday, September 28, 2015
4:30 – 6:30 pm

2. Acknowledgements
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Funded by NSF’s RET Program: Grant # EEC
Ohio Board of Regents: OBR COF Grant

3. Welcome back COFSP Fellows
Temiloluwa Adeniyi
Logan Buck
Alyssa Marie George
Stacy Rose Loushin
Adam Alvarez Miller
Michael Strezeski

4. (PhD Candidates in Engineering)
CEEMS Fellows
(PhD Candidates in Engineering)
Abishek Balsamy Kamaraj – Mechanical Engineer
Debaditya Chakraborty – Civil Engineer
Seyram Gbordzoe – Materials Engineer
Patricia Okafor – Materials Engineer

5. Welcome CEEMS Teacher Presenter on Engineering Design Process:
Brandi Foster - Teaches 8th grade,
Physical Science at Aiken High School,
Cincinnati Public Schools District

6. Today’s Agenda Announcements for COFSP Fellows
Reminder of Bi-Weekly Seminar 1:
Monday, October 5th from 4:30- 5:50 pm
Assignments in advance of Bi-Weekly Seminar 1:
Complete Assignment 1 - “Characteristics of a Great Teacher” in UC Box Sync
Set up school visit schedule on COFSP Fellows Calendar (GOOGLE Calendar)
Keep materials in your binder
Anouncements for RET Teachers
Leave today with COFSP Fellow times on the calendar for next week

7. Today’s Agenda (continued)
Refreshments
Revisit Objectives
Time for RET Teachers, CEEMS Fellows, and COFSP Fellows to meet (exchange s and phone #s)
Presentation on Engineering Design Process
Questions/Answers

8. Objectives for placing COFSP Fellows in RET Teachers classrooms:
They are great role models for the
field of engineering.
Students in the classroom relate to them.
They provide practical applications of math and science.
They make students aware of:
the variety of engineering careers
what engineers actually do
STEM careers and encourage students to pursue them
They assist in the RET Teachers classroom and share their Senior Capstone projects.

9. RET / Teachers and RET Coordinator
COFSP Fellows
CEEMS Fellows
KEY Players Provide:
Preparation
Support
Planning
Feedback
Mentoring

10. Questions? Next Steps? COFSP Fellows role in the classroom?
COFSP Fellows hours/week?
Sharing COFSP Fellows?
Key players?
Objectives or benefits?