Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; William Moeller, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Liberal Education

museum to help it beginupdating its displays on recent developments in materials; junior fluids, junior circuits, seniormicroprocessor, senior design of machine elements, and senior capstone design are havingstudents design and build various parts of an automated canal lock opener for a local nationalpark. Many of the projects are low-cost and can be implemented by individual faculty memberswithout the requirement of a formal institutional program. These S-L projects are integrated intoa wide variety of core courses (and not just design courses) and represent typically from 10 to20% of the grade.IntroductionWe define service-learning as a hands-on learning approach in which students achieve academicobjectives in a credit-bearing course by

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Wilson, University of CIncinnati; Teresa Cook, University of Cincinnati; Jo Ann Thompson, University of Cincinnati; James Everly, University of Cincinnati

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Liberal Education

Technology (ECET) department, with at least half of the graded weight comingfrom humanities components.5 The major project for this junior capstone was designed toweave together all of the concepts learned in the first two years of the engineering program(including both humanities and engineering courses). Assignments included an annotatedbibliography, a proposal, an oral presentation, and a project poster board.5 By strengtheningthis relationship and introducing a writing component into the engineering courses from anearly onset, it is believed that the students’ attitudes about and relationships with their ownwriting will improve, as has been suggested by the results of other studies.6Putting a heavy emphasis on humanities components in technical

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Matthew Search, Iowa State University

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Liberal Education

AC 2008-1477: A NEW ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS COURSE BASEDON A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSLeslie Potter, Iowa State University Leslie Potter is a Lecturer in the department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University. She has extensive professional engineering experience, including seven years with Deere & Company in various engineering and supervision capacities. She received her M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University prior to joining the IMSE department at ISU. She is currently teaching her eighth year of the IE capstone design course. Her research interests include capstone design course effectiveness, engineering and

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicoleta Serban, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

U.S. and Canadian Programs.” Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Oct 2004. 18(4): p. 252-290. 10. Ford, J.D., and Riley, L.A., “Integrating communication and engineering education: A look at curricula, courses, and support systems.” Journal of Engineering Education, 2003. 92(4): p. 325-328. 11. Brinkman, G.W., and van der Geest, T., Assessment of Communication Competencies in Engineering Design Projects. Technical Communication Quarterly, 2003. 12(1): p.67-81. Page 13.304.8 712. McKenzie, K. J., et al., Capstone

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Johnstone, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

Public Speaking Self-Efficacy of Engineering UndergraduatesAbstract This paper reports on how tailoring a speech communication course at The PennsylvaniaState University specifically for engineering undergraduates affected the public speaking self-efficacy of those students—a project partially funded by the Engineering InformationFoundation. This paper focuses on the following research question: Did engineering studentswho completed an engineering section feel more confident in their ability to communicateeffectively than engineering students who completed a regular section? Overall, students in the engineering sections increased their public speaking self-efficacyslightly more than students in the regular sections; this

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela, University of Evansville; James Allen, University of Evansville; Brian Swenty, University of Evansville

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Liberal Education

democratic institutions and expanded human freedom and justice, and direct experience in addressing the needs of the larger community. • “Inquiry- and project-based learning: multiple opportunities to work, independently and Page 13.853.6 collaboratively, on projects that require the integration of knowledge with skills in analysis, discovery, problem solving, and communication.”In 2004 ASCE published its first attempt at defining the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledgefor the 21st Century.7 In this first edition (BOK1) ASCE defined 15 outcomes necessary in theeducation of a civil engineer, paralleling and also augmenting the

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

, instrumentalsystems are well suited to different kinds of political conditions, especially ones worthsustaining.”8 It is not a new method that is needed, but a whole new approach bridging“political, spatial, and technical dimensions” of design.9 Such inquiry is necessaryinterdisciplinary, since careful understanding of social worlds, technology, and their interactionsis required. Since technology-making is not an end in itself, “It must always be seen in thecontext of broader political debates, goals, projects, and struggles.”10Winner calls his proposed new discipline “political ergonomics,” and he builds a sketch of howpolitical ergonomics might be approached by drawing together the main strengths of threedistinct design traditions—engineering, statecraft