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Mission of the 3-Cs DBER-E Post-Doctoral Fellows Program
The overarching goal of this two-year postdoctoral fellowship program is to provide participants with the training and practice necessary to navigate the early years of an engineering faculty career. More specifically, the program is designed to train individuals who consciously and confidently span the disciplinary boundaries between engineering education, engineering, social sciences, and DBER (in STEM more broadly) using effective communication, collaboration, and coordination (3-Cs) skills to elevate research, teaching, and service activity in traditional engineering academic settings. As a cohort, fellows will join a thriving Discipline Based Education Research (DBER) in Engineering (-E) community in which the faculty are embedded in their disciplinary departments. At the completion of this program, fellows will be prepared to apply for faculty positions where they will be engineering education researchers embedded within engineering disciplines.
Engineering education at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL) has a thriving engineering education research community comprised of four core, tenured or tenure-track faculty members, 12 Ph.D. students, and several undergraduate student researchers. UNL takes a two-pronged approach to engineering education. First, scholars trained as engineering education researchers are embedded within their home disciplines and lead externally funded research agendas related to engineering education. Second, the Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC) cultivates a culture of implementing evidence-based approaches through curated professional development opportunities for instructors.
Outside of the college of engineering, UNL has a thriving culture of disciplinary based education research (DBER), with scholars spanning science and mathematics disciplines. UNL's embedded approach to engineering education makes it the perfect location to train scholars who are interested in pursuing faculty careers in their home disciplines.
State of the art teaching and research facilities at UNL - Kiewit Hall
Opened in January 2024, the privately funded, $115 million Kiewit Hall is a “game-changer for the State of Nebraska and the next generation of students,” said Dean Lance C. Pérez. Kiewit Hall is the new academic hub for engineering education and houses the College of Engineering’s Lincoln-based construction management program. Kiewit Hall features flexible state-of-the-art classrooms, teaching labs, Engineering Student Services, design/build spaces for student organizations, and a large outdoor quad/promenade for the university community. Learn more about Kiewit Hall here: https://engineering.unl.edu/kiewit-hall/ .
Fun facts about Lincoln and Nebraska
John W. Creswell (e.g., Research Design: Qualitative Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches) built his career at UNL
Nebraska is the birthplace of Arbor Day (there are many trees in Nebraska!)
Kool-Aid was invented in Hastings, Nebraska in 1927
Interesting inventions from Nebraska: "Right Here in Nebraska" by the String Beans
Many famous people from Nebraska: "They Come From Nebraska" by The String Beans
Learn more about Lincoln here: About Lincoln | Nebraska (unl.edu)
Not all of Nebraska is flat - outdoor adventures await.
The Sandhill Cranes do not consider us a "fly over" state. They migrate to Nebraska annually.
183 miles of bike trails in Lincoln alone!
Plenty of shopping options in Lincoln and nearby.
This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE - 2430498. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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