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Experiential Learning in the Civil Engineering Curriculum: Collaborations between Community Colleges, Research I Universities and National Laboratories

Conference Session
Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Claire L. Antaya, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish PhD, Arizona State University; Elizabeth A Adams P.E., Chandler Gilbert Community College; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
, educators are moving towards preparing students whom are well equipped with conceptsand applications of sustainability.Current engineering curricula face several challenges to effective undergraduate education inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The National ResearchCouncil (NRC) outlines these challenges to include providing engaging laboratory, classroomand field experiences; teaching large numbers of students from diverse backgrounds; improvingassessment of learning outcomes; and informing science faculty about research on effectiveteaching3-5. Several Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET) criteriaadditionally require engineering programs to demonstrate that students attain the ability
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Waves of Engineering: Using a mini-wave flume to foster engineering literacy

Conference Session
New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alicia L Lyman-Holt, Oregon State University; Laia Cari Robichaux, Oregon State University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
2. To enhance and reinforce science and engineering concepts taught in accordance with state science teaching standards at 5th and 8th grade level 3. To increase awareness of the use of models in engineering research Page 23.1362.2 4. To increase awareness of local coastal hazards in the Pacific Northwest specifically tsunamisLive demonstrations are often available to the over 5000 annual visitors the facility, providing arich platform for meeting these goals, along with our presentations and guided tours. While 5000annual visitors is admirable for any research laboratory, live demonstrations at the site do nottruly reach a
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Demonstration of Electrical Principles in the Classroom by Hydraulic Analogues

Conference Session
New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
R. William Graff, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
, mechanical,bio-medical, materials joining and computer engineering, as well as electrical engineering.Based on the experience gleaned throughout one instructor’s teaching experience, the format forthe circuits class has been slowly modified. A two-hour per week laboratory has been added, inwhich students are given their own breadboard, DMM, and electrical components. Note: thismay be a first: Students actually being allowed to keep something for which they paid lab fees!In each of these lab sessions the students are given a simple circuit to wire up and build, and alsoa problem to work. Student workers, who have previously taken the course, are hired to help thecircuit students along. When each student finishes demonstrating his circuit, and then
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Engineering and Technology Education Fields: Providing Synthesis and Knowledge through Historical Perspectives

Conference Session
Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Raymond Edward Boyles, Technology and Engineering Education
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
processes relating to the control and automation (both hard and programmable) oftechnical systems in the areas of energy and power, transportation, and agricultural and related biotech-nologies. California University of PA, Jan. 2008 to May 2009, Teaching Assistant. Assisted the professorin class preparation, lesson plans, and distribution of materials Also gain teaching experience by lecturingthe class section which deals with programming robots. Managed a laboratory, which allowed studentsto complete experiments. AT&T Broadband, Pittsburgh Penn., May 2000 to Dec. 2002, Head end Tech-nician, responsible for all aspects of high speed data, telephony and cable operations, hybrid fiber tocoax transmissions, programming in Visual Basic, C++, Java
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Toward more pragmatic engineering classes: Transformation from traditional to Deweyan classes in technological literacy and competency approaches

Conference Session
New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mani Mina, Iowa State University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
 course  and  where  presentation  of  out-­‐of-­‐context  facts  is  avoided.    The  paper  first  examines  the  basis  of  traditional  classes  in  order  to  identify  and  discuss  their  main  shortcomings  and  to  explain  the  need  for  modifications.    This  explanation  will  be  in  part  grounded  in  our  findings  about  teaching  technological  literacy  and  competency  classes.  INTRODUCTION  Engineering  colleges  and  programs  were  very  successful  in  producing  a  technical  workforce  and  a  number  of  effective  leaders  in  technology  in  the  late  19th  and  20th  Centuries.  During  that  period,  the  engineering  curriculum  in  higher  education  has  gone  through  major  changes.  The  historic  launch
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Applying a knowledge-generation epistemological approach to computer science and software engineering education

Conference Session
Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University; David Arthur Nordquest, Gannon University; Krishnakishore Pilla P.E., Gannon University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
Paper ID #6570Applying a knowledge-generation epistemological approach to computer sci-ence and software engineering educationDr. Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University Dr. Stephen T. Frezza, C.S.D.P. is a Professor of Software Engineering at Gannon University in Erie, PA (USA). Dr. Frezza is a Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), and at Gannon pursues research in Program Assessment, Software Engineering Pedagogy, and Engineering Philosopy. His teach- ing interests include Software Process, Requirements, Design, Testing and Quality Assurance. He is the past chair of the Computer and Information Science Department
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Using Scale Models to Promote Technological Literacy

Conference Session
New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence L Geyer, Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling. Page 23.1335.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Scale Models to Promote Technological LiteracyAbstractThe use of technologies by humans is nothing new. In actuality, humans have utilizedtechnologies of
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When Engineering Students Write about Waste Electronics: Trends in how they Think of Global Impacts

Conference Session
Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Denise M Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Elizabeth Burpee; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
) An issue related to the rhetorical literacy skill of clearly stating the purpose and providing an explicit justification for the writing (16% of evaluations) 3) An issue related to the ethical literacy skill of using citations for others’ ideas, including both textual and non-textual materials (36% of evaluations)In 2006, Drury, O’Carroll, and Langrish[8] reported on an interactive online program for teachingreport writing at the University of Sydney. They included in their results the assessment of acohort of third year chemical engineering students’ laboratory reports. This cohort wascomprised of 46 students, 42% of whom were non-native English speakers. Assessment criteriaincluded “academic literacy” based on a
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