Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Donis-Keller, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education

students in mind. Thecombination of media serves at least two functions. It emphasizes the development of an ideafollowed by selection of the most appropriate means to realize the idea (from at least four formsof media). It also provides an introduction to the use of several types of media in a single classrather than requiring that a student take three or four introductory classes, something that maynot be possible in the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Students also learn, by studyingwork of professional contemporary artists, the components of professional practice in thesefields, and it is expected that students will come to realize that art has an important place ineducation and for life in contemporary society. The course differs from

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1326: ENGINEERING AND NEW FRAMES OF REFERENCEGeorge Catalano, State University of New York, BinghamtonCaroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston Page 14.542.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engineering and New Frames of ReferenceI. IntroductionEngineers make choices in nearly all aspects of their work. As we move farther into the 21stcentury, engineers will become more directly involved in issues of conflict, developmentand environmental sustainability. The present work confronts those issues head on andoffers a variety of frames of reference for decision making including traditional approachesused in engineering throughout the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1719: PERSONAL VS. PROFESSIONAL E-MAIL: THE PALIN CASEEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. He has been a frequent presenter at education-based workshops in the areas of computer architecture and object-oriented systems. His research interests include architectural support for memory management, garbage collection, and computer-supported collaborative learning. He received a B.S. from the University of Detroit(-Mercy) in 1972, a B.A. from Wayne State University, also in 1972, and the Ph.D. from Purdue

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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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1131: INTEGRATING MICROETHICS AND MACROETHICS INGRADUATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION: DEVELOPINGINSTRUCTIONAL MODELSJoseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic Joseph Herkert, D. Sc., P.E., is Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology at Arizona State University. He has taught engineering ethics and related courses for more than twenty years. His work on engineering ethics has appeared in engineering, law, social science, and applied ethics journals. Dr. Herkert is the past Editor of IEEE Technology & Society and a founding Associate Editor of Engineering Studies. He received his BSEE from Southern Methodist University and his doctorate in Engineering and

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

analysis into their research and reporting did notbear fruit with two significant exceptions. One engineering student and one architecture studentincluded research-based technical analysis in their case study reports, each of which had nicelyintegrated content. The majority of students, however, did not follow the instructor’s suggestionto integrate technical information and assessment into their reports and instead merely describedthe basic technical foundations underlying the selected topics of study. It never became apparentwhy students did not accept the invitation to connect the case study assignment more directly totheir majors, but three possible explanations come to mind. First, they may have needed moretargeted direction to actually

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-420: TWO PERSPECTIVES ON PEER REVIEWJulie Sharp, Vanderbilt University Julie E. Sharp is Associate Professor of the Practice of Technical Communication in the Vanderbilt University Engineering School. She designs and instructs combined engineering lab/technical communication courses and a technical communication course for engineering majors. A communication consultant, she has clients in industry and educational and professional organizations. She has published and presented numerous articles on communication and learning styles, including for ASEE and FIE conferences. In 2004, she earned ASEE Southeastern Section's Thomas C. Evans Award for "The Most Outstanding Paper

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina; Elena Mangione-Lora, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

activelyinvolved in script writing and creating the digital storytelling narrative that will be recorded.Having the students develop the content of the videos will require a much deeper level ofunderstanding than simply acting out the parts that have been designated to them by theirinstructor.One method of dealing with networking class student shyness in future video projects might beto have students experiment with computer graphics or other non-human actors in creating thesevideos. Examples such as the simple videos in “Plain English” from the Common Craft Showcome to mind. 18Similarly, the Spanish classroom can benefit from the engineering model. The networkingactivity is a useful template that may be used to illustrate technical aspects of language

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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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1879: THE BIG PICTURE: USING THE UNFORESEEN TO TEACHCRITICAL THINKINGChristy Moore, University of Texas, Austin CHRISTY MOORE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches engineering communication courses and a signature course on “Society, Technology, and the Environment.” Her pedagological and research interests include service-learning projects, engineering ethics and professional responsibility, research ethics, and strategies for advancing students' analytical and rhetorical skills. She is co-PI on an NSF project, The Foundations of Research Ethics for Engineers (FREE) and collaborated on the