This page features ongoing research projects conducted by the E-CRL research group, and will be updated with publication and funding support information.
Funded Projects
NSF Grant #1733594: Investigating the Formation of Engineers and the Future Professoriate: Linking Academic Writing to Doctoral Socialization, Persistence, and Attrition (NSF Abstract)
NSF Grant #1844878: CAREER: Characterizing Master’s-Level Departure from the Engineering Doctorate through Multiple Stakeholders’ Perspectives. (NSF Abstract)
Graduate Level Engineering Education
Journal Publications and Book Chapters:
Berdanier, C.G.P., Whitehair, C., Kirn, A., & Satterfield, D. (in review.) Understanding the narratives of graduate engineering attrition through analysis of social media forums. Submitted to Journal of Engineering Education.
Berdanier, C.G.P., Tang, X., Cox, M. F. (2018). Ethics and sustainability in global contexts: Studying engineering student perspectives through photoelicitation. Journal of Engineering Education, 107(2), 238-262.
Berdanier, C.G.P., Branch, S., Tally, A., Ahn, B., & Cox, M.F. (2016). Aligning engineering education with disciplinary expectations: A strategic blueprint for doctoral competency assessment. International Journal of Engineering Education 32(4), 1759–1773.
Berdanier, C. G., Zephirin, T., Cox, M. F., & Black, S. M. (2016). Teaching MSE Students to Teach: A Design-Based Research Model for Introducing Professional Skills into the Technical Curriculum. In Professional Development and Workplace Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 444-470). Hershey, PA: IGI Global, Business Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8632-8.ch028
Berdanier, C.G.P., Zephirin, T.K., Cox, M.F., & Black, S.M., (2015). Teaching MSE students to teach: A model for introducing professional skills into the engineering curriculum. In H. Lim (Ed.) Recent developments in materials science and corrosion engineering education (pp. 369-396). IGI Global: Hershey PA.
Berdanier, C.G.P. & Cox, M.F. (2015). Research and Assessment of Learning Environments through Photoelicitation: Graduate Student Perceptions of Electronics Manufacturing in India Advances in Engineering Education. Advances in Engineering Education, 4(4), 1-24.
Selected Conference Publications
Berdanier, C.G.P. and Trellinger, N. M. (2017) Development of a Method to Study Real-Time Engineering Writing Processes. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct 18-21, 2017, Indianapolis, IN.
Lenart, J. and Berdanier, C.G.P. (2017) A genre analysis of graduate student literature reviews in engineering: Toward understanding patterns of disciplinary argumentation (Brief Paper). IEEE Professional Communication Conference (Procomm), July 23-25, 2017, Madison, WI.
Whitehair, C. and Berdanier, C.G.P. (2017). The role of trust in collaborative research settings: Opportunities for future research in graduate engineering education. 124th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus OH.
Berdanier, C.G.P. & Cox, M.F. (2016). Characterization of intellectual merit in NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) applications. 123rd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 26-29, New Orleans, LA.
Berdanier, C.G.P., Tanyi, E.K., Cashwell, I., Zephirin, T.K., & Cox, M.F. (2016). Learning to conduct “team science” through interdisciplinary engineering research. 123rd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 26-29, New Orleans, LA.
Engineering Writing and Communication
Journal Publications:
Fillenwarth, G. M., McCall, M., & Berdanier, C.G.P. (2018). Quantification of Engineering Disciplinary Discourse in Résumés: A Novel Genre Analysis with Teaching Implications. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 61(1), 48-64.
Berdanier, C.G.P. (in review) Genre maps as a method to visualize engineering writing and argumentation patterns. Submitted to Journal of Engineering Education.
McCall, M., Fillenwarth, G., and Berdanier, C.G.P. (in review). Engineering Résumé Writing and Professionalization: A Quantitative Approach to Facilitating Students’ Professional Development. Submitted to 2018 International Writing Across the Curriculum Edited Collection.
Berdanier, C.G.P., Fillenwarth, G., McCall, M. (in review). Capturing emerging activity: Comparing web and conventional engineering résumés through genre and activity theory. Submitted to Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
Selected Conference Publications
Berdanier, C.G.P., Baker, E., Wang, W., and McComb, C. (2018). Opportunities for Natural Language Processing in Qualitative Engineering Education Research: Two Examples. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. October 3-6, 2018, San Jose, CA.
Zerbe, E.* and Berdanier, C.G.P. (2018). Correlations between graduate student writing concepts and processes and certainty of career trajectories. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. October 3-6, 2018, San Jose, CA.
Berdanier, C.G.P.* and Zerbe, E. (2018). Quantitative investigation of engineering graduate student conceptions and processes of academic writing. IEEE Professional Communication Conference (Procomm), July 22-25, 2018, Toronto Canada.
Berdanier, C.G.P., McCall, M., & Mike, G. (2016) A degree is not enough: Promoting Engineering Identity Development and Professional Planning through the Teaching of Engineering Résumé Writing. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct 12-15, 2016, Erie PA.
Berdanier, C.G.P., McCall, M., & Mike, G. (2016) Résumés in the Development of Undergraduate Engineering Identity: A Genre Analysis with Teaching Implications. IEEE Professional Communication Conference (ProComm), Austin TX, Oct 3-5, 2016
Publications from other Projects
Menold, J., Berdanier, C.G.P., McComb, C., Hocker, E., Gardner, L. (2018). “Thus, I had to go with what I had:” A multiple methods exploration of novice designers’ articulation of prototyping decisions. Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 26-29, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
McComb, C., Berdanier, C.G.P., Menold, J., Hocker, E., Gardner, L. (2018). Design practica as authentic assessments in first-year engineering design courses. ASEE First Year Engineering Education (FYEE) Conference, July 25-26, Glassboro, NJ.
Berdanier, C.G.P., Tate, R.H.S., Iwinski, T., and Kulkarni, A., (2017). “Investigation of engineering student engagement and behavior in an online second-year thermal science course.” Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 30 (3), 143-149.
Berdanier, C.G.P., Baluni, S., and Whitehair, C. (2017) Investigating strategies of pre-tenure women engineering faculty to overcome microaggressions in the classroom. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct 18-21, 2017, Indianapolis, IN.
Handley, M. and Berdanier, C.G.P. (in review). Operationalizing interpersonal behaviours of leadership for early-career engineers. Submitted to International Journal of Engineering Education.