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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Towards a Philosophy of Engineering Education LaboratoriesAbstractMost engineering educators agree that laboratories are a key part of the engineering curriculum,but there is less agreement about what labs are to accomplish. This ambiguity may be partiallyattributed to changing views in science more broadly about the role of experimentation andparallel changes in emphasis on lab education throughout the twentieth century. Whenlaboratories are seen as practical necessities, their perceived importance decreases. At present,many are returning to the view that laboratories play a key epistemic role. This paper develops arole for philosophy in understanding the purpose of laboratories. Concepts from

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nayef Alyafei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

petroleumengineering education to keep pace with these changes to keep attracting the brightest students.This is important because petroleum engineering schools need to prepare the future engineeringleaders of the industry. The aim is to equip them with the essential skills and to make them agileand adaptive so they can use their technical background and experiences to attain new skills andtackle challenges whenever needed. Thus, the petroleum engineering (PETE) program at TexasA&M at Qatar (TAMUQ) has implemented different educational tools (integrative andcooperative capstone project, fourth-year comprehensive exam (CE), augmented reality and 3Dvisualization, field trips and laboratory simulators, engineering video games, programming anddata analytics

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

noveltechnical domain, nuclear engineering developed within a new organizational context [8].Previously, physicists practiced their research within university science departments, but with thedevelopment of wartime research efforts, such as the Manhattan Project, top physicists andengineers found themselves employed by government and military-funded research initiatives.Post-WWII, these government research efforts continued via the establishment of nationallaboratories. The first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, cites its establishmentin 1946 as having the goal to perform “cooperative research in nucleonics”, another term used todescribe the field of ‘nuclear engineering’ or ‘atomic energy’ [9]. This time period was markedby specific