Student Panel Guidelines

Student Panel Guidelines

The technical program and organizing committees for FIE 2024 would like to invite you to submit a proposal for an undergraduate and/or graduate student panel. These panels are intended to give students an opportunity to speak about topics they are passionate about. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: 

  • First-year experiences and policies
  • Student experiences in their respective programs and campuses 
  • Interdisciplinary capstone projects 
  • Broadening participation (e.g. DEI, HSI, HBCU, MSI, Land Grant) 
  • Mental health (e.g. well-being, community building) 
  • Governance at engineering schools 
  • Generative and/or smart technologies (e.g., AI Tools-ChatGPT)
  • Others (e.g. Transformational Engineering Education).

A student panel is an opportunity for students to share their perspectives, knowledge, and experiences around important topics across engineering education, computing education, and other related fields. It is also an opportunity for the audience to engage in discussion, and gather new perspectives around pre-determined topics.

The specific structure of the panel session is up to you. However, we encourage you to include a predetermined amount of time at the end of a session or periodically throughout the session for interaction between the panelists and the audience. The panel should be composed of undergraduate and/or graduate students. One panelist can be a non-student (e.g., a prospective student, an expert as it relates to the topic you are proposing, faculty member). The student panel should be led by a student; however, the individual who facilitates the panel session can be a non-student.

We are optimistic that the panels conducted by students will be powerful opportunities of growth for the panelists and the audience. We are excited about a broad range of panel topics that span both technical and non-technical areas. We thank each and every person submitting for their courage to participate in a session like this at this year’s FIE 2024 conference. 

Please follow the instructions and rubrics for panels under the submission guidelines on our website. We look forward to a more active participation of students in this conference! 

FIE Student Panel Template

These panels are intended to give students an opportunity to speak about topics they are passionate about. These panel sessions are not limited to purely technical or academic topics. An example of a less technical student panel title might be the following: “Student experiences at a large Land Grant R1 Institution”, “Minority student experiences in a Predominately White Discipline”, or “Minority Serving Institution student experiences in a Predominately White Discipline”. 

A student panel is an opportunity for students to share their perspectives, knowledge, and experiences around important topics across engineering education, computing education, and other related fields. It is also an opportunity for the audience to engage in discussion and gather new perspectives around pre-determined topics. 

The specific structure of the panel session is up to you. However, we encourage you to include a predetermined amount of time at the end of a session or periodically throughout the session for interaction between the panelists and the audience. The panel should be composed of undergraduate and/or graduate students. One panelist can be a non-student (e.g., a prospective student, an expert as it relates to the proposed topic, faculty member). 

We are optimistic that the panels conducted by students will be powerful opportunities of growth for the panelists and the audience. We are excited about a broad range of panel topics that span both technical and non-technical areas. We thank everyone for their courage to participate in a session like this at this year’s FIE 2024 conference. 
 

  • Panel Title:
  • Panel Topic and Motivation: A description of topics/subjects/content of the session and motivation (about 100 words).
  • Sample Questions for the Panelists): A list of 5 to 10 questions.
  • Facilitator Role: A description of the role of the proposed facilitator (less than 100 words)
  • Panelists' Names and Bios: The names and institutions for each proposed panel member (typically 3-5). Panelists can include a max one non-student on panel, if the exact student is not known, please just describe where you will get the student from (e.g., in case you might want a first year who has not come yet)
  • Facilitator Name and Bio: The name and the institution of the proposed facilitator. The facilitator can be non-student, specify if requesting us to supply a facilitator

Rubric:

  • Panel Topic and Motivation (Present/Not Present)
  • Sample Questions for the Panelists (Present/Not Present)
  • Panelists Names and Bios (Present/Not Present)
  • Facilitator Name and Bio (Present/Not Present)