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Rethinking Engineering Writing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elisa Warford, University of Southern California

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

interest, their success in fulfilling the purpose ofIllumin, and their writing quality. Student graphic artists and animators create the visuals thataccompany the articles. The magazine’s faculty advisor gives a final edit. Issues are publishedtwo or three times a year, and the magazine is funded by the Dean’s office.Illumin has a worldwide readership and has won four Interactive Media Awards, among others.Illumin articles have been published in textbooks and university course readers and have beencited in newspapers and other media outlets, such as the Orange County Register and the ScienceChannel website. A screenshot of the Illumin homepage is given in Figure 1. As the figureshows, the website has a professional appearance and provides rich

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Kelly Woodall Guyotte, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia

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Architecture. Key possibilities and pitfalls identified in theanalysis of the emails center around the question of how STEM disciplines and the arts might bethoughtfully integrated in a reciprocal manner. Specifically, the paper highlights potentialdifficulties associated with current understandings of STEAM education which, almost withoutexception, focus on the sole objective of calling upon the arts to increase the creativity of STEMmajors. Concurrently, it is observed that insufficient attention is presently given to what STEMdisciplines might contribute to the arts.IntroductionRecognition of creativity as “perhaps even the essential […] requirement for sustainedcompetitiveness, leadership, and fulfillment in the age of globalization”[1] has led an

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valerie C. Lundy-Wagner, New York University

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-based scholarship and retentionprograms14. Eight of the academic advisers were women, and three self-identified as White, theremainder were people of color. Table 1 includes a summary of participant demographiccharacteristics and departmental or program associations. Although there is considerableresearch on the benefits of faculty-student engagement, faculty advisers were excluded becausetheir primary function does not incorporate retention, an issue focal in this research. < INSERT TABLE 1 ABOUT HERE>MethodologyUsing public information from the school’s website, I sent email requests for participation to all18 staff academic advisers at Urban University. Individuals who responded affirmatively werere

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Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Marie Aippersbach, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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the editor of the web-site ”Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides,” the first Google listing for the search term ”presentation slides.”Dr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University Page 23.671.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 How Slide Design Affects a Student Presenter’s Understanding of the ContentIntroduction Engineering faculty often have their students create presentations about projects as ameans to have the students learn the content. For example, many design courses, such asPurdue’s EPICS,1 have student teams

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Page 23.676.3messages about their beliefs by what they do and say.”1 If you ask engineering students manywill respond that that is what their instructors are. The effort should be then to convince facultyof their role (model) in the everyday action of teaching.When you think about it, do any of these faculty ever mention the response that they receive whensending material into journals for review? With the amount of writing that is done, the amount ofpresenting that goes on, and the level of intellectual thinking that goes into the text produced; itwould seem natural that this kind of information would be enlightening to students in everyengineering course. This then fits in quite well with comments by individuals who believe in theintrinsic

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic M. Halsmer PE, Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University; Jessica Fitzgerald, Oral Roberts University; Taylor Gipson Tryon, Oral Roberts University

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astrophysical institute’s attemptsat “reconstructing and visualizing the universe’s early days” as “the ultimate reverse engineeringproject.”1 This reference to science as the reverse engineering of natural systems is consistentwith the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) recent announcement that one of theirGrand Challenges for the twenty-first century is to “reverse engineer the human brain.”2 Manyscientists and engineering educators are now beginning to recognize the value of the reverseengineering mindset, not only for unraveling the mysteries of nature, but also for teaching theintricacies of design in the engineering laboratory. The last two decades have seen a significantincrease in the number of universities that have integrated this method

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Christopher J Rowe, Vanderbilt University

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, and recommendations for future course delivery. The authors describethe course from the perspectives of the instructor (Sharp) and the division administrator (Rowe).They analyze student participation together with both midterm and post-course questionnairefeedback to determine degree of success and future course development.Review of Existing Programs and the LiteratureA brief look at engineering education literature shows that colleges and universities in the pasthave provided career development in various ways, such as workshops,1-3 modules withincourses,4-8 and separate courses.9-11 Some of these have been offered in schools of engineeringand some in other schools. One department even developed its own career center focused onhelping

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

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example, the skill “stature” has been removed.The complete listing of the revised scoring system is in Appendix B.In the rest of this paper, we will provide 1) a brief background of the development of theNorback & Utschig Presentation Scoring System for Engineers, 2) a review of related literature,3) a description of the feedback and analysis method used in this study, 4) the results anddiscussion about stakeholder comments about the presentation scoring system for engineers, andthen 5) a conclusion.Background Page 23.763.3In this section we give a brief description of the work already completed on the Norback-UtschigPresentation Scoring

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

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helpstudents to prepare to function as engaged citizens. Integration of the Workforce Skills alsoincluded making the curriculum more flexible and student centered. This is not meant to suggestfull integration of liberal studies in this curriculum, but only to demonstrate that it is possible toincorporate many of its elements. Vocational programs are by nature more narrow and applied,but the integration of these elements serves to enhance that vocational experience.The Workforce Skills identified for integration, and acceptable methods of assessment are listed Page 23.776.3below.# 1 Communicate effectively through speaking, listening, and writing

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most is the basis for thisparticular aspect of the Leadership Academy.5 Using the work of Stone et al, we introducestudents to the notion of “3 Conversations” as a way to show them the context and emotions thatunderlie most difficult conversations. We also ensure that students have a hands-on experiencewith this material, since the learning mode emphasized heavily at Rose-Hulman is hands-on andpractical.First, we provide a general introduction to difficult conversations by summarizing the mainprinciples of the text. In particular we focus on the notion of each conversation being “threeconversations”: 1) the “what happened” conversation, 2) the feelings conversation, and 3) theidentity conversation. [5] We

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

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increasingly exploited vulnerabilities in these applications.Law enforcement and military officials have become concerned about marked increases in cyberattacks and cyber-security. To this end, they have sought to develop systems and train personnelto protect the national cyberspace infrastructure. Policy makers have wrestled with the definition Page 23.362.2of cyberspace which led to the Department of Defense’s 2006 doctrine entitled The NationalMilitary Strategy for Cyberspace Operations [1] that defines Cyberspace as“… a domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store,modify, and exchange data via networked

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John C. Anderson, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Barbara Shwom, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Segal Design Institute; John Andrew Lake, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University

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they must then address.When teams must communicate, critique, and then rework their own ideas, it leads to stronger,better thought-out designs.IntroductionThe growing importance of design in undergraduate engineering education,1 the importance ofcommunication to design,2 and the effectiveness of an integrated approach when teachingcommunication and design,3-4 have been staples of the literature on engineering communicationand design education for over a decade.It is therefore not surprising that students working on open-ended design projects inmultidisciplinary teams must communicate effectively in a wide range of contexts, to a numberof different audiences—and that they benefit from doing so. However, clear communication ismore than a means

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isolde Adriana Parker, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Seetha Veeraghanta, University of Utah

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Page 23.478.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Embedding Information Literacy within Undergraduate Research Page 23.478.2 Embedding Information Literacy within Undergraduate ResearchIntroductionEngineering curricula have witnessed an expansion of its subject areas to include an appreciation of“realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,manufacturability, and sustainability” (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), 2011-2012) [1]. More than half of eleven ABET student outcomes focus on students’abilities to view engineering within a broader

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Golder, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Deanna Gail Levis, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Darlene B Webb, British Columbia Institute of Technology

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the event successful, the following seven steps need to be taken: (1) finding thesponsors, (2) marketing the competition, (3) registering the students, (4) planning the twoevents, (5) preparing refreshments and gifts, (6) voting for audience choice prizes, and (7)updating after the event.1. Finding SponsorsFinding sponsors is the most important and probably most challenging task, particularly in thefirst year or two. We find most sponsors by canvassing engineering companies, book publishers,and engineering departments at the institute. Page 23.486.22. Marketing the Competition

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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focused onleadership skills) to train new Engineering Ambassadors as well as to share best practicessuch as examples of demonstrations to accompany the talks for improving all theprograms. The expansion to four institutions resulted in a network that deepened thedevelopment training for all the Ambassadors and strengthened each school’s outreachefforts.Figure 1: Scenes from Engineering Ambassador events: Danielle DaSilva presenting ina high school chemistry class; Keri Wolfe addressing prospective engineering studentsand parents; and Danielle DaSilva coaching new Engineering Ambassadors from WPI:Emily Miner and Hannah McCallum.Phase II: A Workshop for Initiating an Engineering Ambassador National Network Between 2010-12, numerous faculty

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lynn S. McElholm, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sonya M Renfro, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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formation of the Engineering Ambassador Network.Four more specific papers are connected with this paper and provide analysis about otherspecific aspects of the Network. One such paper provides an overview of the program,1 asecond paper focuses on the outreach done by Engineering Ambassadors,2 a third paperfocuses on the leadership development of the Engineering Ambassadors,3 and the fourthassesses the effectiveness of a national conference that trained ambassadors for seventeenadditional pilot Engineering Ambassador programs at schools across the United States.4IntroductionThe Engineering Ambassador Program helps undergraduate engineering students developimportant professional skills, such as communication and leadership. Recognizing the need for

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashlea Noelle Krupa, Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Johanna Gretchen Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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students associated the term engineer onlywith someone who drives a train.1 The lack of knowledge about engineering among America’syouth creates a serious concern. Problems our nation currently faces and will face in the futurewill need engineers. Therefore, if not enough future students become engineers, we will face ashortage. To combat this shortage, many institutions across the nation have formed engineeringoutreach programs. One such program is the Engineering Ambassador Network, which was formed byPennsylvania State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Connecticut,and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The Engineering Ambassador Network is a professionaldevelopment organization with an outreach mission

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Talbot; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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fundamentals of visual communication.1 Ample evidence shows thatgraduate engineers lack the required standard of communication skills needed in industry.From an ASME survey of more than 1000 engineers and managers working in industry,only 9 percent considered the communication skills of recent mechanical engineeringgraduates to be strong.2 Opportunities certainly exist to gain communication, leadership,and teamwork skills in the classroom; however, these experiences are limited. Althoughmany graduates felt they had gained analytical and problem-solving skills as well assubject-specific knowledge, they felt their engineering degrees did not provide them withstrong oral communication skills and management skills. These students noted theimportance of

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Johanna Gretchen Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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ASEE’s Board of Directors, and was ASEE President in 2010-2011. Page 23.499.1Dr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Engineering Ambassador Network: Professional Development Programs with an Outreach FocusIntroduction Among middle and high school students and teachers, many misconceptions existregarding the profession of engineering. According to a study done by the National Academy ofEngineers,1 the majority of students in

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, College of Engineering Pune; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, College of Engineering, Pune

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and equips one to apply that knowledge in appropriate ways.Steve Abram1 says that information becomes knowledge through learning. This could be extended to say thatknowledge becomes wisdom through learning. Learning can use a variety of methods as shown in the pyramidof learning (Figure 1) developed by E. J. Wood of National Training Laboratory, Bethel Maine Campus2. Thepyramid shows various methods of learning and corresponding knowledge retention rates for average students.Merely attending lectures is the least effective method. Self-reading and use of audiovisuals cause increasedretention. Demonstration, discussion, and practice take retention to the next level and teaching provides the bestretention. We believe that effectiveness of

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Geselowitz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Lyle Feisel P.E., Binghamton University

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?[Validate only whole numbers 0 or greater]5. How much more successful or less successful are the online courses in your academic unit in comparison to other courses in your academic unit? Much less About the Much more successful same successful 1 2 3 4 5 6. Has the number of online courses being offered in your academic unit increased, decreased, or stayed about the same over the last two years? Increased

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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present issues and opportunitiesfrom the perspective of students from the initial cohort, who have had an exceptional number andbreadth of opportunities as the first students in the program.Background: Establishing the NeedIn the 2006 National Academies study entitled Rising above the Gathering Storm: Energizingand Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 1, the authors noted that: Page 23.238.2 “Education in science, mathematics, and technology has become a focus of intense concern within the business and academic communities. The domestic and world economies depend more and more on science and engineering. But our

Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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structures arounddisability.The particular practices I am concerned with are perhaps those least likely to be construed ashaving a social aspect: measurement, data collection, and other instrument-based tasks ofengineers. Using frameworks established in Science and Technology Studies and the History ofScience, I understand these tasks to constitute the labor of producing and representing knowledgeabout materials but also to express the political and social relations from which engineering (onesocial collectivity functioning amidst others) derives.1-3 Among those relations are those thatdiscourage STEM involvement by persons with disabilities by means of epistemologicalarguments: for example, by denying that a visual representation of data might be

Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie L Taylor, University of Utah

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 “What can you Teach me?”: (Re)thinking Responses to Difference for Multidisciplinary TeamworkAbstractSkillful multidisciplinary collaboration will be paramount for engineers working in a globalsociety.1 Much of their industry work will require that they partner with people from variousbackgrounds, areas of expertise, gender, ethnicity, etc. Despite the importance of learning aboutdifferent perspectives relevant to problem solving, it seems that engineers accept differenceconditionally.2 That is, individuals who exhibit ways of thinking, doing, and being that are“outside the norms” of engineering are marginalized within engineering culture.2 This attitudetoward

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ron D Dempsey, Southern Polytechnic State University

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, expertise, and power of the correspondingengineering technology programs. The effects of this “boundary crisis” are materializing in thedeclining enrollments in the engineering technology programs that have correspondingengineering programs (Figure 1). This data demonstrates that the introduction of civil,mechanical, and electrical engineering has had a negative effect on the enrollments in thecorresponding engineering technology majors. Civil Engineering Technology has decreased inenrolled majors by 62%, electrical engineering technology by 44%, and mechanical engineeringtechnology by 30.4% during a five year period. Please note, however, that engineeringtechnology programs which do not have a corresponding engineering major, such as

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven R Walk, Old Dominion University

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impetus for the writing initiative described in this paper came from the OldDominion University's (ODU) Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). As described on the universityweb site, the intention of the QEP is to improve upper-division undergraduate students'disciplinary writing, i.e., that writing that demonstrates a reasoning process supported byresearch and reflection on a problem, topic, or issue.14 Two faculty development andengagement initiatives were initiated: Writing as a critical skill that goes beyond demonstratingproficiency with the mechanics and structure of writing per se, and writing as a means tocommunicate what has been learned.Skill in writing is demonstrated by six student learning outcomes of the ODU QEP: 1. Clearly state a

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

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designs. Thus, the writing assignment’s design elementfocused on system-level workflow, rather than details. The final project deliverable was an 8- to12-page report recommending an optimal conveyer type and tooling to meet target yield andbudget specifications.In test-teaching the assignment, the instructor’s objectives were as follows: 1. Observe how students respond to the assignment and determine to what extent they perceive educational benefit(s) toward developing their engineering communication skills. 2. Reveal emergent issues and how to fix them. 3. Observe the students’ reaction to the supplied topic for their assigned report documents and determine to what extent the students view a turn-key, macroscopic

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

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studentsplanning to join the faculty should begin learning about each of these elements of the academicprofession”3, p. v.This problem has also been noted in engineering education: many graduate programs focus onspecializing in a research area, often at the expense of training future educators for teaching. AsJamieson and Lohmann assert in their 2009 ASEE report, Creating a Culture for Scholarly andSystematic Innovation in Engineering Education, “we must strengthen career-long professionaldevelopment in teaching and learning, starting with the doctoral programs that produce mostengineering faculty”4, p. 1. Even graduate students who plan for industry, government or non-profit careers should possess the skills of “knowing how to explain difficult concepts

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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model, including problems that undermine the aims of organizers or authors, thus limitingefficacy of efforts to communicate with the public. Therefore, the aim of this paper is three-fold:1) to introduce the deficit model to an engineering education audience, 2) to identify leadingcritiques that engineering educators and students should be aware of, and 3) to present aframework that can be used by engineering educators and taught to future practicing engineers tothink through important dimensions of communication.The paper begins with an introduction to the deficit model. We explain the concept, identify itsmajor limitations, and briefly discuss alternative communication models. Following that is adiscussion of three dimensions of science and

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama; Garry W. Warren, University of Alabama

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engineering curriculum.1 The immediate genesis of The Coach can be tracedto the Engineering Writing Initiative (EWI), a four-year (2004-2008) longitudinal study ofthe development of writing skills of a cohort of engineering students at UT-Tyler. Reports ofwork-in-progress and a summary report were made to the Annual Conference of ASEE. 2-4EWI, in its turn, was conceived as a response to curricular use of the Electrical EngineeringLaboratory Style Guide at UT-Tyler. 5 The chief deficiencies identified by EWI were in Page 23.1173.2rhetoric (awareness of audience, purpose, and message) and in graphical communication.Experience at UT-Tyler with the Style Guide