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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-713: IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS TOCOMMUNICATE TO NON-TECHNICAL AUDIENCESDeborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology Prof. Deborah Sinnreich-Levi is associate professor of English and comparative literature at Stevens Institute of Technology, where she has directed the writing program since 1990. She ran the grant-funded Humanities Resource Center for 17 years. She direct both the undergraduate writing program, and the graduate professional communications certificate program. She teaches literature and advanced writing courses for engineers. She has been awarded two Institute distinguished teaching awards, and one research award, in addition to receiving

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Layton, DeVry University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1737: USING THE COLLEGE SCIENCE FICTION CLASS TO TEACHTECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS: THEMES AND METHODSDavid Layton, DeVry University Page 15.1341.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Using the College Science Fiction Class to Teach Technology and Ethics: Themes and MethodsAbstractThis paper proposes that one educational opportunity to enhance understanding of technologycomes from the liberal arts. This opportunity is the teaching of ethics related to technology,science, and technological change, using science fiction for these themes. The course is proposedas part of a general education program in colleges and universities, given

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education

scientists and engineers from Bell Labs to create astonishing (for the time) music,dance, and theatre performances incorporating new technologies like video projection,wireless sound transmission, and Doppler sonar [19]. Klüver went on to co-found (withartist Robert Rauschenberg) Experiments in Art and Technology, a group dedicated tobringing artists and engineers together, and to write and edit several books, including ADay with Picasso, published in 1997 by MIT Press [20].At Pixar Animation Studios, everyone in the company is encouraged to devote up to fourhours per week to taking classes at Pixar University, the in-house training operation.With over a hundred classes—including a complete filmmaking curriculum, art classes,and creative writing

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Western Australia; Donna Riley, Smith College; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Chris Byrne, Cascadia Community College; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Katy Haralampides, University of New Brunswick

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1790: INTEGRATING SOCIAL JUSTICE IDEAS INTO A NUMERICALMETHODS COURSE IN BIOENGINEERINGGeorge Catalano, State University of New York, BinghamtonCaroline Baillie, Western AustraliaDonna Riley, Smith CollegeDean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteChris Byrne, Cascadia Community CollegeMargaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of TechnologyKaty Haralampides, University of New Brunswick Page 15.772.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Social Justice Ideas into a Numerical Methods Course in BioengineeringAbstractA newly developed course introduces students to the analytical and numerical techniques

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education

) (Adas, and manufacturing capacity to 2006). eventually reach a stage of high-mass consumption.Engineers and the questioning Development engineers Communities viewed in termsof technology (the 1970s). focused on providing of what they lacked communities’ basic needs in (deficiencies) and humans in shelter, food, and water with terms of basic need parameters the goal of making them (e.g., minimum body productive and incorporating temperature

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1747: INTEGRATING THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM THROUGHCROSSDISCIPLINARY STUDIOSNadia Kellam, University of Georgia Nadia Kellam is an Assistant Professor and engineering educational researcher in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Georgia. She is co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER) research group. Her research interests include interdisciplinarity, creativity, identity formation, and the role of emotion in cognition.Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Georgia

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Maines, Cornell University

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Liberal Education

were framed in theintersection of medicine and science, not engineering.24,25 This is unsurprising in light ofOmran’s hypothesis regarding the “epidemiologic transition” from communicable diseases asnations develop. Omran asserts that An epidemiologic transition has paralleled the demographic and technologic transitions in the now developed countries of the world and is still underway in less- Page 15.477.4 4 developed societies. Ample evidence may be cited to document this transition in which degenerative and man-made diseases displace pandemics of infection as

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Liberal Education

writings of E.F. Schumacher. Cases includedin the course focus on hydraulic fracturing and its possible use in Upstate New York and the oilspill associated with the Exxon Valdez.IntroductionA new course has been introduced into the undergraduate engineering program which focuses onsustainable engineering from a complex systems perspective. Sustainable engineering, one facetin the broader discussion of sustainability, can be defined as environmentally conscious attitudes,values, and principles, combined with science, technology, and engineering practice, to developproducts and processes directed toward enhancing the human experience while improving localand global environmental quality. It begins with our ability to model nature

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Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

going to be different. I try to be aware of who the audience is and how the message is going to be best delivered and best understood.Linked to this aspect of being able to effectively communicate outside one’s technical field waskeen awareness of how to best communicate risk to an audience. Being able to “explain riskwell” to others who may be unfamiliar with the technology or situation was seen as an essentialskill by many respondents as also seen in this interview response: Engineers should be able to communicate risks. They shouldn’t wait until the 11th hour Page 15.1391.6 and suddenly say, ‘I think we have a problem’ and

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education

preferred answer as being a matter of taste, much like one’schoice of a preferred flavor of ice cream. Beyond that, the student begins to select andjustify answers using values consistent with their professional community.In the context of our Persistence outcome, the student would start at level one andprogress toward level 4. A student who lays in-between level 2 and level 3 would be ourgoal for the typical graduate. Level 2 is a minimal goal for a graduate. Level 4 isaspirational. These levels are:Level 1: Understands that technological change and development have both positive and negative impactsLevel 2: Identifies and evaluates the assumptions made by others in their description of the role and impact of engineering on

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Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Liberal Education

filled by instructors from other faculties who do notcontribute to the engineering program. By integrating a communications instructor into afirst year program, and specifying three distinct but complementary roles for saidinstructor, S____ School of Engineering has created an atypical, but beneficial position,one that ensures a high quality of instruction for students and a stronger, more focusededucational team.Bibliography1. Universities surveyed include University of Toronto, University of Alberta, University of Western Ontario, University of Waterloo, University of British Columbia, MIT, California Institute of Technology, Texas A&M, Michigan State and others.2. Wikoff, K., Friauf, J., Tran, H., Reyer, S., Petersen, O

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education

incentives.The three types of integration implemented were guest lectures, course modules, and pairedcourses. These interactions varied in duration and intensity, but all involved both faculty andstudents working together across disciplines to learn about the relationship between some aspectof engineering and technology and a related humanities, science, or social science topic. Thepaper will describe the process for launching the initiative, the incentives used, some specificexamples, and a qualitative assessment of the resulting integration.BackgroundThe world outside academia increasingly values people who can see and communicate beyondtheir own specialty. For example in discussing sources of innovation, Hargadon and Suttonobserve that “the

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1296: "BRIEF ENCOUNTER:" A REFLECTION ON WILLIAMSPROPOSALS FOR THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMJohn Heywood, Trinity College Dublin Professorial Fellow Emeritius of Trinity COllege Dublin (Ireland. Formerly Professor of Education and Chair Department of Teacher Education.Has published over 50 papers on topics related to engineering and technological education and several books. His book "Engineering Education; Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction" received the best reseach publication award of division i (professional) of the American Educational Research Association in 2005. previously he has been awarded a premium of the Education, Science and Technology division of the

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Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Liberal Education

faculty member at the University Georgia, Bio & Ag Engineering Department, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Tifton Campus. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds B.S. and M.E. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from LSU and a Ph.D. from Purdue University. Page 15.718.1Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Paige Davis is an Instructor in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. She has 20 years experience teaching Engineering Graphics and Computer Graphics courses. She received her baccalaureate degree in Engineering Technology

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betty Harper, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Alexander Yin, Penn State University; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

Engineer of 2020: Adapting EngineeringEducation to the New Century2, provide guidance to the engineering education community as itseeks to meet these challenges. The Engineer of 2020, in particular, identifies the attributes andskills that engineers will need if the U.S. is to maintain its economic and engineering leadershipin a rapidly changing technological and globalized environment. The report portrays engineeringeducation of the future as a liberal education, stressing interdisciplinarity, communication,leadership, and understanding the multiple, interconnected contexts in which engineering exists.This paper presents data from one component of a larger, national study that examines the extentto which undergraduate engineering programs are on

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1277: WHAT IS GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR?: THEMAKING OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORSGary Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Affiliated Professor of Engineering Education, Women and Gender Studies, and Sociology at Virginia Tech. He teaches the undergraduate course Engineering Cultures, an approach to international education for engineers at home. It is designed to help engineering students learn to work more effectively with people who define problems differently than they do, including non-engineers, by critically examining their own identities and predispositions. Current Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-936: TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND THE ALLURE OF "NANO":UNDERSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL ENTHUSIASMSAmy Slaton, Drexel University Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and director of Drexel's Master's Program in Science, Technology and Society. She holds a PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and has written on social aspects of standards and instrumentation in American engineering, construction and manufacturing occupations. Her most recent book is _Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line_ (Harvard University Press, 2010).Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Pawley, Purdue University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

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Liberal Education

Education and the Curriculum.” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Pittsburgh.4. Heywood, John, Karl A. Smith, and Roy McGrann. 2007. “Special Session: Can Philosophy of Engineering Education Improve the Practice of Engineering Education?” in 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Milwaukee.5. van de Poel, Ibo and David E. Goldberg. 2009. “Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda.” in Philosophy of Engineering and Technology: Springer.6. Tonso, K. L. 2006. Student engineers and engineer identity: Campus engineer identities as figured world. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 1(2): 1-35.7. Akera, Atsushi. 2009. “Synopsis of INES Affiliated Regional Workshop on Engineering

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-724: ENGINEERING 'MANPOWER' SHORTAGES, REGIONALECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE 1960 CALIFORNIA MASTER PLANFOR HIGHER EDUCATION: HISTORICAL LESSONS ON ENGINEERINGWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTAtsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Director, First Year Studies & Associate Professor, Department of Science and Technology Studies. Page 15.474.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering ‘Manpower’ Shortages, Regional Economic Development, and the 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education: Historical Lessons on Engineering Workforce

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Cech, University of California, San Diego

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Liberal Education

a successfulengineering career. By “engagement” I mean engineers’ role of valuing and thinking criticallyabout the social impacts of the technologies they and other members of their profession create,with the assumption that they will fulfill the role of “whistleblower” if they believe the “healthand welfare of the public” is endangered.3, 24 The “importance of public engagement” measurecaptures the extent to which students find their professional and ethical responsibilities importantand whether they believe it will be important in their future engineering career to understand thesocial consequences of technology and how people use machines.iiProfessional socialization is a process that changes not only how students understand

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Liberal Education

technologies arise quickly;competition comes from unexpected sources; economics and demographics drive change andcompetition; jobs are not secure. More than ever before, flexibility is necessary for individualprofessional survival; and, perhaps more important, the engineering profession overall faces newchallenges that have global impact.So it was with some interest and concern that in freshman writing classes I noticed that first yearstudents with a commitment to engineering were not aware of the new challenges. Manystudents with an interest in mechanical engineering intended to work for the auto industry; manyothers were influenced by the most obvious news emphases, so there was a superficial interest inall things green, including bio-fuels and

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd

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Liberal Education

Hodges, K., 2007. Students’ perceptions of Terrascope, a project-based freshman learning community. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 16(4), 349-364. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10956-007-9046-63. Epstein, A.W., Mire, B., Ramsey, T., Gareis, K., Davidson, E., Jones, E., Slosberg, M., and Bras, R., 2010. Terrascope Youth Radio: Engaging urban teens in a unique university-community partnership. Submitted to: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2010. American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC. Page 15.640.13