Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Pennsylvania State University, where she has been teaching since 2004. She has taught workshops on scientific presentations at the University of Illinois, Cornell University, the Center for Disease Control, and Laval University (in Quebec). For this Norwegian national workshop, she served as a lecturer for the formal classes and a principal instructor for the parallel critique sessions.Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory Marianne M. Sundet holds a Master of Philosophy in Literature Studies and works as an advisor at Simula Research Laboratory. For the Norwegian national workshop discussed in this paper, she was instrumental in organizing the event, including design and dissemination of

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin; D'Arcy Randall, University of Texas, Austin; Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin

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communication and laboratory classes. Her research interests include methods of teaching engineering ethics, argumentation, and graduate-level writing.Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin Hillary Hart is Distinguished Sr. Lecturer in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, where she created and directs the program in engineering communication. She has published one book (two editions) and over 20 technical articles on environmental and risk communication, engineering ethics, and technical communication. A Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, Hillary also works with companies, such as BP-Amoco, and public agencies to develop strategies for socially

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama

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Liberal Education

similar work to the field of Engineering Page 14.672.2education.Our work brings together the disciplinary expertise of an Electrical Engineering faculty memberwith a Writing Center director’s experience in writing instruction and evaluation. Dr. Beams hashad over 16 years’ experience in industry and 12 years’ experience in academia, and he currentlyteaches (or has taught) Electronic Circuit Analysis I and II (including laboratories),Instrumentation Systems, Senior Design (a two-semester capstone design sequence), and ElectricCircuit Analysis I (with laboratory) and II. Dr. Niiler has taught writing at the university levelfor over 20 years, and

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

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occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. The programtemporary relocated to Pakistan in the 1990s. Although the university was officially open inHerat City between 1995 and 2001, programming and resources were extremely limited. Women(and some men) were barred from teaching or attending classes, and significant pressure wasexerted on faculty and students to study “appropriate” subjects (that is, Islamic studies).Even after the change of government in 2001, many constraints remained, including insufficientinfrastructure, outdated and poorly integrated curricula (a burdensome mixture of pre- and post-Soviet systems), minimal access to updated texts, and a pedagogical approach not geared tocritical or independent thinking.As the Afghan government seeks

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State University; Heather Canary, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University

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the world. He recently edited two volumes: Technology & Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future (MIT Press) and the Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society, Volume 1: Presenting Futures (Springer).Heather Canary, Arizona State University Polytechnic Heather E. Canary (PhD, Arizona State University, 2007) is assistant professor of communication at Arizona State University. Her primary research areas include organizational communication and family communication in contexts of disability and public policy. She teaches courses across the communication discipline, particularly in organizational and family communication. In her courses, Dr. Canary emphasizes ethical implications of