Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University-Kingston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

climate or deplete so many of the Earth’s resources insuch a short period of time?As we move forward into the 21st century, and as we tick off the gadgets of technologicalwizardry, which pervades our world, it seems obvious that the development of therational, analytical or logical part of the human brain has far outpaced the portion of thebrain that would ensure that these countless new discoveries would serve us, not destroyus. That portion of the human brain has lagged behind catastrophically. Our call herethough must not be misinterpreted as a call to abandon rationality but rather a hope thatwithin the context of a new engineering paradigm, reason and compassion can worktogether to integrate mind, body, and heart. We know that society cannot

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

2006-85: JUSTICE AND HUMILITY IN TECHNOLOGY DESIGNSteven VanderLeest, Calvin College Steven H. VanderLeest is a Professor of Engineering at Calvin College. He has an M.S.E.E. from Michigan Tech. U. (1992) and Ph.D. from the U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995). He received a “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” Award in 2004 and 2005 and was director of a FIPSE grant “Building IT Fluency into a Liberal Arts Core Curriculum.” His research includes responsible technology and software partitioned OS. Page 11.851.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Justice and

Conference Session

Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

ineducation, as we prepare the engineers of tomorrow. As game designers Dan Bunten and HeidiAycock explain, “When you become completely absorbed by a game that pushes you to yourintellectual edges, you feel like what you’ve done is more deeply significant than what youwould have done otherwise. Good games are good for you. Fun is a vitamin for the mind,essential nourishment for your intellect.”42References1. Lay, Ken. Enron Interoffice Memo. July 1, 2000. Retrieved from http://www.thesmokinggun.com/enron/ enronethics2.html.2. Tyco. Who We Are. 2004-2005. Retrieved from http://www.tyco.com/livesite/Page/Tyco/Who+We+Are/ Overview/.3. Jurors See Tape of Kozlowski’s Party. October 29, 2003. Retrieved from http

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Carnot’sfascination with steam power led to statements of the second law grounded in heat engines, while Page 11.1003.6subsequent statements by Clausius became more abstract due to a quest for parsimony andelegance. It also supported students’ critical reading of the textbook’s presentation of entropyanalogies, discussed below.AnalysisWe collected a variety of evidence of student engagement with the ideas of Foucault. First, therewas the pre-assessment in which students shared what came to mind when presented with theidea of “power” and “knowledge.” Second, the students completed a reflective essay on theFoucault reading they were assigned. Third, students

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

, or more narrowly, within their academiccareers, and are objective enough to see, to accept, and even to teach the increasinglyobvious. To see the individuality of the inhabitants of the “tech lit” frame of mind, we needonly note the diversity and disciplinary focus of authors of recent engineering reflections: Billington(civil): The Tower and the Bridge16 Florman(civil): Engineering and the Liberal Arts9 Lewis(mechanical): Masterworks of Technology17 Lienhard (aeronautical) Inventing Modern: Growing up with X- rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins18 Petroski(civil

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Fry, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

2006-996: UNDERSTANDING "DESIGN THINKING" IN THE CONTEXT OFEDUCATIONRichard Fry, Brigham Young University Richard Fry currently serves as the program chair in the Industrial Design Program in the School of Technology at Brigham Young University where he specializes in Product Design. Previous to entering the education field, he worked professionally in the areas of Appliance, Aerospace, Exhibit, and Home Fitness design. He received his MFA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. Page 11.1363.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Understanding “Design