The goal of this chapter is improve teaching practices for the benefit of faculty and students with an obvious focus on engineering education. To this end, the chapter seeks to foster professional development and academic insight in its constituents. In adherence with the fundamental goals of an ASEE Chapter, the organization additionally seeks to 1. encourage engineering students to pursue academic careers 2. aid graduate engineering students in preparing to seek employment in academia 3. increase pedagogical understanding (i.e. knowledge of how to teach) 4. encourage excellence in teaching among graduate teaching assistants by administration of teaching awards 5. provide a network and a community across all engineering and related disciplines 6. encourage underrepresented groups such as women and minorities to seek advanced degrees and academic careers in engineering 7. promote engineering outreach to K-12 students to encourage the study of engineering