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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rich Dionne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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) experience is examined sharing critical aspects of content,assessment, and pedagogical differentiation. Features of the three-year experience includescaffolded and repetitive instances of engineering design practice for live performance withincremental leadership, formative “just-in-time” instruction, and the use of public critique.IntroductionPreparing high-quality and work-ready engineering graduates in support of societal needs is anessential goal for any school/college of engineering. In educational institutions where researchand the development of engineering research scholars is a priority, the “how” of engineeringeducation can become a source of great debate. The definition and debate of educationalpriorities (Duderstadt, 2007) and

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Sean M. Eddington, Kansas State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Past President and Wise Woman of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. She has received career achievement awards from ICA, NCA, the Central States Communication Association, and Purdue University where she was a Distinguished University Professor in communication and engineer- ing education (by courtesy) and Endowed Chair and Director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. Her primary research areas are organizational communication, career, work-life, resilience, feminist/gender, and design. Her grants have focused on ethics, institutional transformation, and diversity-equity-inclusion-belongingness in the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Sean M

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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; and 6) Socio-ecojustice. The work by Pedretti and Nazir provides a strongtheoretical framework that has significantly influenced this research study.The Application/Design Current focuses on solving problems through the design of newtechnology or the modification of existing technology, and is a strong fit for engineeringprograms, given the emphasis on engineering design in the undergraduate curriculum. ThisCurrent focuses on problem-solving skills, experiments, design-build activities and other creativeapproaches. A criticism of the Application/Design Current is that it suggests we assume thatthere is always a need for a technology; where some problems are not best addressed by atechnological fix. In engineering programs, students are

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin; Ramakrishna Sai Annaluru, University of Texas, Austin; Christine Julien, University of Texas, Austin; Pedro Enrique Santacruz, University of Texas, Austin

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students from underrepresentedpopulations face in engineering learning spaces. Having these discussions during lecture or in thecontext of the course can also address the issue of stereotype threat [4] faced by certain culturalstudent groups, which is known to impact student success. Further, intentionally incorporatingthese exercises into the course design communicates to students a strong desire to create aninclusive learning environment. Walden et al. recommended based on research that for creatingan inclusive atmosphere for diversity and equity within engineering education, it is important tohave a positive academic culture for people from excluded identity groups [5]. Additionally,diversity, equity and inclusion within engineering education

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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YiXiang Shawn Sun, National Taiwan University; Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Jongmin Lee, University of Science and Technology; Sean Michael Ferguson, CSUCI

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. Notwithstanding,the current general education curriculum in Taiwan still lacks engineering and humanitiesintegrated courses specifically designed for the College of Engineering, such as coursesrelated to engineering practice and corresponding cross-cultural socio-political systems. As aresult, students’ learning experiences are like a hodgepodge, lacking effectiveinterdisciplinary learning. Only a few engineering ethics courses are offered by professorsfrom the School of Engineering and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, but theyface human resource, professional, and teaching bottlenecks.Universities in Korea started offering engineering and humanities integrated courses as partof engineering curricula or liberal education around 2000. Like

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kassandra Fernandez, University of Florida; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida

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an adjunct professor of Microbiology at a Hispanic-serving community college in Miami, Florida. As an educator, they utilized equitable teaching practices and encouraged student agency to ensure positive learning outcomes. Their doctoral research focuses on so- cial responsibility in science and engineering, with special emphasis placed on the importance of science communication and policy advocacy. They are also interested in the intersection of institutional culture and transformational change towards cultivating more inclusive and equitable access for underrepresented minority students in STEM fields. Outside of their research, they are the President of the Policy Advocacy in Science and Engineering (PASE

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines

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, andSociety Department (EDS) at the Colorado School of Mines. We discuss interventions that takeplace across the curriculum, including our first-year introduction to engineering design course,integrating design throughout an engineering curriculum via a design spine, and how we considerproblem framing as a core component of our ABET accreditation performance indicators. Ratherthan attempting to provide a series of “problem-framing best practices,” we seek instead topromote a deeper conversation on how engineering educators perceive and frame engineeringproblem solving, the assessment of student learning of sociotechnical integration, andengineering judgment post-graduation.BackgroundEDS offers a range of academic programs emphasizing design and

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Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nandini Sharma, The University of Texas at Austin; Jeffrey W. Treem, University of Texas at Austin; Megan Kenny Feister, CSUCI

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compromisedon innovative research outcomes of their unique ideas by setting up the parameters of physicalequipment in a way that allowed other lab members to collect data as well. Similar tensions were observed in work practices of lab B where asking for help orguidance did not necessarily translate into lab members perceiving their work as interdependentespecially in ways that would elicit certain expectations from each other. A graduate student whowas new in the lab commented on asking other people for help: "Because I am less experiencedin the code... I could go to my advisor or someone that worked with a similar code earlier... If Imentioned my problem, they could say, ‘I did do that earlier and I can help you with that.’" Butwhile discussing

Conference Session

Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna G Burchfield, University of South Florida; April A. Kedrowicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

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competencies. ABET, the European Network forEngineering Education (ENAEE), and the Federation of Engineering Institutions in Asia and thePacific (FEIAP) highlight the need for engineers to recognize and account for the impacts ofengineering practice and design in broad contexts that impact human and environmentalconditions throughout their guidelines. ABET (2021) mandates that engineering graduates have“an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs withconsideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social,environmental, and economic factors,” and “an ability to recognize ethical and professionalresponsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lichao Ma, Tsinghua University; Xiaofeng Tang, Tsinghua University

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early career engineers. In particular, risk awareness resulted fromperceptions of crisis triggers the needs of career resilience; internal and external resources ofsupport help boost resilience; and positive adaption signals the completion of resilience for earlycareer engineers. This study extends understandings of resilience for early career engineers inbroader cultural contexts. The paper also discusses implications of the research findings foruniversities to create a more congenial environment for the development of career resilience andsuccessful transition of engineering graduates to the workplace.Keywords: career resilience; early career engineers; career adaption1. IntroductionFor early career engineers, the transition from university

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacey Sexton; Amanda Menier, SageFox Consulting Group; Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group

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, just as a conflict ofinterest statement might be appended to disclose potential financial entanglements.Within the confines of a conference such as this one, enacting a new practice might look likecreating multiple tracks for diversity work — one that focuses on introductory materialsdesigned to educate potential allies and other interested parties and another for advanced workthat speaks to those people already thoroughly immersed in the subject matter. Beyond this, wemust also consider how different methods and methodologies might become more common inour work. A key theme was making sure that the people who will be impacted by the researchare present in planning and administration of research. As such, using a method like

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Carrell, Texas Tech University; Joshua M. Cruz; Andrew Mark Herbert; Iris V. Rivero; Emily Lazarus; Erika Nuñez, Texas Tech University; Nafisha Tabassum; Xueni Fan, Texas Tech University

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). For Gee,discourse becomes a kind of tool to fashion a social identity. Like Fairclough’s account, it is bothlanguage used and social practice, but the focus is less on the interplay of discourse andindividual on a macro scale and more on individuals themselves. It shifts from a sociologicalaccount to a psychological one [10]. Thus, we see resonance with this theoretical understandingof discourse and our methodological approach, wherein we seek to understand how engineeringstudents use text (in the form of EDMAIC assignments) to position themselves as not simplyengineers but empathetic individuals as well.Empathy. Empathy is an important ability and skill, especially with the continued emphasis onhuman-centered design and social justice

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Courtney Van Kirk; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Emily York, James Madison University; Shannon Conley; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Marisa Renee Brandt, Michigan State University; Kathryn Peck

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Engineering, Design, and Society. She holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and international studies from Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology, and an M.S. and PhD in STS from Virginia Tech. She conducts research on engineering practice and pedagogy around the world, exploring its origins, purposes, and potential futures. Marie’s interest in values and engagement in professional cultures also extends to innovation and its experts. With Matthew Wisnioski and Eric Hintz, Marie co-edited Does America Need More Innovators? (MIT Press, 2019).Emily York, James Madison University I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Integrated Sciences at James Madison University (JMU). Drawing on the fields of Science and

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert P. Dalka, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Devyn Shafer; Brianne Gutmann, San José State University

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University of Maryland. She has expertise in physics education research and engineering education research. Her work involves designing and researching contexts for learning (for students, educators, and faculty) within higher education. Her research draws from perspectives in anthropology, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences to focus on the role of culture and ideology in science learning and educational change. Her research interests include how to: (a) disrupt problematic cultural narratives in STEM (e.g. brilliance narratives, meritocracy, and individualistic competition); (b) cultivate equity-minded approaches in ed- ucational spheres, where educators take responsibility for racialized inequities in

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, California State University, Channel Islands; Andrew Li; Rebecca Jun, University of Virginia

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and non-technical dimensions of engineering and transformingengineering education so that it more effectively prepares graduates for workplace success.Previous research suggested that interest in “Engineering and …” permeates ASEE and isconcentrated in but not limited to the division most closely associated with the topic. This paperdescribes a transferable method that combines quantitative and qualitative methods to identifyareas of convergence using papers published in the Leadership Development (LEAD) and theEngineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENT) as evidence. These areas of convergenceare: (1) program design and effectiveness, (2) individual capabilities (including traits andthinking tools), (3) teams and groups, and (4

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Naqaa Abbas, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Reza Tafreshi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Patrick Linke; Mary Queen, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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prototyping[7].We, on the other hand, redesigned the course to focus on what engineering faculty identified asrelevant aspects of writing in the field of engineering: problem statements, research and literaturereviews, project proposals, progress reports, and scientific poster design, with additional focus onintegrating UX design and data visualization in the students’ projects. The cross-disciplinarity inour team is key to our methodology as it has enriched the impact of student learning in theENGL 210 course. Indeed, for our reorganization to be successful, we needed three components:knowledge of best writing practices, knowledge of the engineering discipline, and effectivecourse/curricular planning.Our first meeting in summer 2021 was a challenge

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer C. Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

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teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Building a Communication-Integrated Curriculum in Materials ScienceAbstractWith the need to meet ABET outcomes around professional skills, such as communication andteamwork, engineering programs have long explored approaches to ensure their graduates areable to participate in the workplace in ways that employers demand. While approaches vary andsuccess depends on a number of factors, research demonstrates that an integrated approach toprofessional skill development is the most impactful for student learning. How can anengineering program build an

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Fernandez, UMass Amherst; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Ankita Kumar; Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Zoii Arrianna Henry; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

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conclusions [12]. While natural processes act without political/social intent, people practice science within a social context that is immersed in cultures infused with political and social power differentials. The questions asked, priorities assigned, interpretation of data, and presentation of results are all deeply subjective. Conversely, SE respects and values varied ways of knowing and, therefore, the sharing of power over what and how engineers should research, design, and implement. ● Meritocratic: Meritocracy is the false assumption that the system as it currently exists is fair and just. The meritocratic narrative purports that equal reward is always provided by the system for equal effort within it and that the

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Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Robert, University of Denver; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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is often described as “horrific” and “living hell” (Godfrey & Parker, 2010, p.12). Mental health impacts of such a culture merit further study.The limited research on mental health completed specifically in engineering education used quantitativemethods (Cross & Jensen, 2018; Danowitz & Beddoes, 2020; Jensen & Cross, 2020) and shows thatengineering students experience higher rates of mental health issues like panic disorders, PTSD, anxiety,and depression compared to students in other majors regardless of identity. However, rates of mentalhealth disorders climb substantially for both white women and women of color, but also for bisexualwomen, who have panic disorder at eleven times the national average (Danowitz & Beddoes

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Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brandon Bakka, University of Texas at Austin; Travis Bouchard, The University of Texas at Austin; Vivian Xian-wei Chou, University of Texas at Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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, graduating in May 2023 and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Center for Engineering Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Their research revolves around investigating how LGBTQ+ students resist the hos- tile culture of engineering and, more broadly, STEM. They mentor a group of LGBTQ+ undergraduate engineers and investigate the collective resistance by LGBTQ+ students through student driven organiza- tions with them. They are especially interested in rethinking ways in which DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) can be approached to be more inclusive and effective. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Modeled Professionalism, Identity Concealment, and Silence: The Role

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Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Royce A. Francis, The George Washington University; LaKeisha McClary, The George Washington University

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stronger advising practices: How Black males’ experiences at HPWIs advance a more caring and wholeness-promoting framework for graduate advising. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 123(10), 31-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681211059018Burt, B. A., Williams, K. L., & Palmer, G. J. M. (2019). It Takes a Village: The Role of Emic and Etic Adaptive Strengths in the Persistence of Black Men in Engineering Graduate Programs. American Educational Research Journal, 56(1), 39-74. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218789595Burt, B. A., Williams, K. L., & Smith, W. A. (2018). Into the Storm: Ecological and Sociological Impediments to Black Males’ Persistence in Engineering

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Matt Parsons, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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advance our efforts in sociotechnical integration with a form ofunderstanding and practice that best aligns with category 4 of the framework provided by Smithet al: with social and technical dimensions of a given phenomenon not only mutually shaped, butfully mutually constituted. What we came up with was a surprisingly discrete model of facultyprofessional development for our department, whose faculty identifies primarily as scholars in a)engineering and design education or b) the social sciences. This model extends from the team-teaching efforts described above but goes further to require instructional teams to define“integrated lessons” building upon each of their mutual disciplinary instructional traditions.Our proposed instructional

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Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Zacharias, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Chantal Rodier; Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus; Renato B. Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Ken Tallman, University of Toronto

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annual conference. The Engineering and Humanities Special Interest Group(SIG) is one of approximately twelve SIGs operating as communities of practice within CEEA-ACÉG that bring together individuals working and researching within a particular area. TheEngineering and Humanities SIG in particular aims to create space for those who study theintersections of engineering and humanities, those who teach at these intersections, and non-engineers who bring their perspectives to engineering environments. As in most large academicorganizations, the SIG’s membership and engagement is not necessarily representative of thewider landscape of Canadian engineering education. While our SIG aims to reflect the work ofscholars, teachers and practitioners at the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Huang; Nava Bozorgmehri; Alexander Broome; Peyton Elise Carter; Hayoung Cho; Jaxen Farrell; Jane Ginley; William Kaeul Gotanda; Margaret Hynes; Charles Patrick Neill; Owen Pett; Will Purnell; Eliana Jean Razzino; Olivia Lane Remcho; Vanessa Rigoglioso; Cyrus Rosen; Ellen Ryan; Mary Katherine Serpe; William Sweeney; Avneet Hira, Boston College; Gabriella Maria Bachiochi

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no harm,” meaningthat the best course of action is one that does not hurt others, even if it means doing nothing or a minorchange. Many of the ideas mentioned in this section are ideas that students learned about in theirintroductory design courses. Another student also mentioned how the idea of empathy can also connect tothe Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person. Specifically, they talked about the practice of“examenitos,” or short contemplative reflections about their day, that allowed them to “practicemindfulness, gratitude, and reimagine our own experiences and conditions… all of which create a moreholistic brand of engineering (Mystical Mango).” Humanity. The idea of humanity is highly related to the idea of empathy

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Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kylee Shiekh, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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commitment that increases competency. Ourinterviewees noted that mandatory training activities helped them to develop boundaries byencouraging them to engage with the “why” behind their boundaries. Understanding communitymembers’ motivations and experiences contributes to building an emotionally safe environment.A professional staff member in Residence Life their core motivation this way: I think having more intentional opportunities for us to express what’s useful in practice goes a long way, not only towards feeling heard and welcome and as a valuable part of Residence Life staff, but also towards making training the best that can be.In engineering, emotional safety and trust are critical components for successful