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Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Mark Breitenberg, Art Center College of Design

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Literature from the University of California, San Diego. As the Chair of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Art Center (2000-2004), he created a new curriculum uniquely designed to lead and support the studio programs based on the transdisciplinary fusion of liberal arts and sciences and studio practices. He is a member of the Executive Board of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). As Chair of Education, he has led the creation of ICSID’s new Global Education Network, which allows design schools around the world to share ideas, projects, design competitions and teaching methods, as well as providing links to employment opportunities with design companies

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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variousengineering labs across the campus.Science, technology, society projectsAll students completed two science, technology, and society projects. Working in teamsof three and imitating the work in the “take-apart” lab, they studied an artifact of theHispanic world. Their task was to research and describe the historical significance andengineering importance of the artifact and then to explain how the artifact reflects theculture which produced it. The fruits of these activities were two group presentations inthe course of the semester –practicing the final methodology of the end project—and agroup paper in English to summarize their project in Sevilla, Spain, and inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, two cities seemingly disparate in culture.Evaluation and assessment

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; James Steck, Wichita State University; David Koert, Wichita State University; Larry Paarmann, Wichita State University

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all undergraduate students.Modules were developed for each engineering discipline represented at Wichita State University:aerospace, computer, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. Amodule was also developed covering the engineering design process. The adaptation of existingmodules from various sources was used to achieve the pedagogical objectives. For example, atthe end of one module students will be able to describe the use of gears and how gear ratios canincrease torque and the environments in which increased torque would be beneficial.The second task was to develop the actual course. The WSU project team and the collaboratorsplanned to teach the course in the Summer of 2005. Example learning objectives for

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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have to be emphasized, and the discussion issuch that it can be used to introduce non-majors to calculations and analysis in engineering.Case studies in engineering and technology can come from a variety of books on engineering andtechnology. For our needs, a case study written for a general audience may be better for studentsthan a more detailed and rigorous, but less readable, scholarly account. Books by Henry Petroskiand John Lienhard are very useful sources. The author has gotten very positive comments fromstudents on Tobin, Great Projects,23 which led to a documentary series on PBS. The bookpresents selected engineering projects in the United States, ranging in time from improvementsin navigation and flood control on the Mississippi River

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Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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AC 2007-1069: DEVELOPING AN ENERGY LITERACY SCALEJan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters, PE is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Environmental Science and Engineering at Clarkson University, with a focus on energy and environmental education. She has several years of experience as the curriculum coordinator for Clarkson's Project-Based Learning Partnership Program and is director of the Partners in Engineering Program that provides mentoring and engineering activities for eighth grade girls.Susan Powers, Clarkson University Susan E. Powers, PhD, PE is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Dean in Engineering for Research and Graduate studies at Clarkson

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Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College

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the engineeringcourses for non-engineers include Project-Based Introduction to Engineering at theUniversity of New Haven4, Technology 21 at the University of Denver,5 Materials: TheFoundations of Society and Technology at Washington State University,6 and HowThings Work at North Carolina State University.7 More complete summaries of recentlydeveloped courses for non-engineers can be found in Byars,8 and Krupczak and Ollis.9Science and Technology of Everyday Life at Hope College.The work reported here is based on the results of teaching the “Science and Technologyof Everyday Life,” at Hope College. This course is intended for students from non-technical majors and includes students from business, history, fine arts, and pre-serviceeducation

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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. a. How it works b. For whom it works c. Its deployment: market value or other measure of value d. Its competition e. The trends f. The tradeoffs: strongest and weakest features (what the critics say) g. List references 3. The topic may be on technologies such as high intensity white LED lights, or microbial disposal of toxic waste, or on a major project (system), such as the Three Gorges or (saving) Venice. It could also focus on a failure like the Columbia Shuttle, or the New Orleans levees. See helpful links below. 4. Note: Some generic technology families like explosives, or nanotechnology, may appear to have no competition. They do.Comments

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Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas; Christopher Greene, University of Saint Thomas

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projects in Haiti and Mali. These innovative projects included students from the department of Modern and Classical Languages, the communication studies department and the engineering program for an interdisciplinary year-long effort.Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas Professor Amel, Ph.D., is trained as an industrial/organizational psychologist. Her most recent research, however, is in the area of conservation psychology, understanding people’s reciprocal relationship to the rest of the natural world. Her expertise includes survey development, psychometrics (reliability, validity, utility), data analysis, as well as environmental and feminist issues in psychology. She is

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Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Lorenzo Smith, Oakland University; Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Oakland University

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. He was also a new-engine development project manager working with GM, Delphi, Siemens, and Lotus. Dr. Chang later studied transportation, specifically in FEM, computational solid mechanics, and vehicle/tire dynamics fields. Later working in the Vehicle Simulation Research Center, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, the Pennsylvania State University since fall 1999, Dr. Chang was doing research focused on both physical vehicle crash tests and virtual simulations. He was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship and became an instructor of the undergraduate courses Machine Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. He received his