Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch, West Texas A&M University; Rhonda B Dittfurth, West Texas A&M University; Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in History (emphasize in Education and Material Culture)from West Texas A&M University; Bachelors of Science in Mass Communications/Journalism (emphasize in Public Relations) from West Texas State University. Outreach Coordinator for the WTAMU Department of Engineering and Computer Science, duties in- cluding the design and conducting of outreach to area primary and secondary schools, organization and coordination of a summer engineering camp along with workshops for secondary teachers and profes- sional engineers. Part time instructor for the WTAMU Department of Communications, duties including teaching of a basic communications class.Dr. Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

department to participate in writing instruction for its students. Page 22.125.8 3. Department faculty generally will not spend extra time teaching or evaluating writing mechanics. 4. Problem sets, lab reports and design reports are the three main forms of writing done by undergraduate students in mechanical engineering.The writing program has two components: core courses targeted for writing instruction andcourses where writing is valued but where there is little or no explicit writing instruction. Corecourses targeted for writing instruction are ME2011 Introduction to Engineering, ME4031Measurements Laboratory and ME4054

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1503: WHY INDUSTRY SAYS THAT ENGINEERING GRADU-ATES HAVE POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: WHAT THE LITERA-TURE SAYSJeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology Jeffrey Donnell coordinates the Frank K. Webb Program in Professional Communication at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches and coordinates the capstone design project sequence. She also teaches first-year engineering, manufacturing for sustainability, and graduate-level project management courses.Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda M. Head, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1424: SIGNALS, SYSTEMS AND MUSIC: GENERAL EDUCA-TION FOR AN INTEGRATED CURRICULUMLinda M. Head, Rowan University Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, I am currently serving as Interim Associate Dean of Engineering. I am Director of Student Advising for my Department and am co-faculty advisor for our SWE student chapter. My research area is bio-instrumentation and my teaching area is VLSI Design. Page 22.1289.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Signals, Systems and Music: General Education for an

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

personal path led me from a [university] BS/MS in 1969/70 to industry experience in [state]. After balancing family obligations and career motivation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I returned to school and received my PhD from [different university] in 1985. My continued commitment to education led me to the newly created chemical engineering department at [another university] in 1986, where I started as an assistant professor just before turning 40.” – Diane Dorland, dean, Rowan UniversitySally Ann Keller gained leadership experience at the National Science Foundation and LosAlamos National Laboratory before becoming dean: “When I look back on my career, I can honestly say I did not spend much time planning

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Anahita Pakzad, Michigan Technological University; Renee Oats, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

experiment” 6 to encourage studentparticipation and promote the use of new technology is now a common practice inuniversities and colleges around the world. As early as the 1990s, teaching and learningwith the internet has: increased student enthusiasm; provided an avenue for efficient data Page 22.642.2exchange; encouraged collaborative, student-led learning; promoted the discussion ofcourse topics before, during, and after class; and offered a variety of learningenvironments5, 6. In its initial stages, internet-based learning was offered through e-maillists, bulletin boards, and basic web sites 6. In some instances, those students receivingweb instruction

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

intention they were seen as a means of raising the status of the Colleges ofAdvanced Technology. There was also a debate about who should teach them and wherethey should be taught. As with any innovation of this kind not only are student attitudesto them important but so are those of the faculty who teach mainstream subjects. Takingtogether the research undertaken at the time suggests that liberal studies were somewhatmore successful than they might have been.The system of third level education in England and Wales circa 1955 [1]In the British Isles there are five different education systems that are separately managed.In addition to the republic of Ireland there are four systems in the United Kingdom (UK)viz England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, and educational psychology. His research interests span the formation of students’ professional identity, the role of reflection in engi- neering learning, and interpretive research methods in engineering education. He was the first international recipient of the ASEE Educational Research Methods Division’s ”Appren- tice Faculty Award”, was selected as a 2010 Frontiers in Education ”New Faculty Fellow”, and is currently a UGA ”Lilly Teaching Fellow”. His teaching focuses on innovative approaches to introducing systems thinking and creativity into the en

Conference Session

Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a faculty fel- low at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Center on Education and Work. Dr. Nathan studies the cognitive, embodied, and social processes involved in STEM reasoning, learn- ing and teaching, especially in mathematics and engineering classrooms and in laboratory settings, using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Dr. Nathan has secured over $20M in external re- search funds and has over 80 peer-reviewed publications in education and Learning Sciences research, as well as over 100 scholarly presentations to US and international audiences. He is Principal Investiga- tor or co-Principal Investigator of 5 active grants from NSF and the

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Geselowitz, IEEE History Center; John Vardalas, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

research focus has been on the history and social relations of technology. He has worked as an electronics engineer for the Department of Defense, and he has held teaching and research positions relating to the social study of technology at M.I.T., Harvard, and Yale University, including a stint as Assistant Collections Manager/Curator at Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.John Vardalas, IEEE Outreach Historian IEEE History Center Page 22.1622.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A proposal for using history of technology to promote an

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

program curricula to determine if and what kinds ofchanges are needed.1The current outcome assessment process for E and ET programs is primarily designed to meetthe requisite ABET Criteria 3 (a-k) requirements. Evaluation is concentrated on 3rd and 4th yearcourses and measures performance in specific embedded assignments within the core area, i.e.those most relevant to the major and taught within the College. Core courses may be classified asone of the following 5 types: • Theoretical – 3 or 4 semester credits, largely lecture-based, and devoted to an advanced topic within a specific discipline such as thermodynamics or wireless communications. • Experiential – Laboratory-oriented course equivalent to 1 to 3 semester credit

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

others? How does the team undertake thecollective gate keeping surrounding inclusion artifacts? These are a few of the questions thatexplorations of inclusion artifacts may begin to provide answers to.Furthermore, in teaching teamwork practices, faculty could use the concept of BNAs to teachcommunication skills by demonstrating how inclusion artifacts can help them explain their ideasto other team members and other relevant stakeholders. Prototypes, sketches, and CADdrawings—all of which could be boundary negotiating artifacts—are significant parts ofengineering work, and their importance should not be downplayed. When such objects areassignments for interdisciplinary teams, they can be conceptualized as BNAs and used to callstudents’ attention

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-2746: THE 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: REAL-TIME DISAS-TER INQUIRY IN THE CLASSROOMKeith E. Hedges, Drury University Keith Hedges is an Assistant Professor at Drury University. His research interests involve the disciplinary knowledge gap between architecture and engineering students in higher education. Keith’s teaching reper- toire includes seventeen total courses of engineering topics at NAAB (architecture) and architecture top- ics at ABET (engineering) accredited institutions. He has presented educational themed papers in seven countries. Page 22.1425.1 c American Society

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lee Downey, Virginia Tech; Masanori Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

 educators  and  trainers  of  engineers  need  not  assign  themselves  responsibility  to  teach  students  how  to  sort  out  and  assess  the  diverse  effects  for  different  populations  of  engineering  work  in  particular.  Such  analysis  falls  outside  the  boundaries  of  engineering  practice.     On  the  side  of  engineers,  the  image  of  service  to  human  progress  as  a  whole  inhibits  engineers  from  paying  attention  to  and  examining  a  myriad  of  differences  that  distinguish  themselves  from  one  another.  In  particular,  they  typically  have  no  analysis  of  how  or  why  what  it  has  meant  to  be  an  engineer  and  what  budding  engineers  have  come  to  value  as  their  knowledge  have  varied