Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

documents an ongoing engineering education project that partners the development ofa new method for teaching engineering writing through the lens of mathematics, with theadvancement of a university assessment initiative. Since spring of 2013, the project has beenstaging system trials in both a writing class for engineers and an engineering machine designclass. In the latter case, the strategy is to thread compact Just in Time (J.I.T.) instructionalmodules into technical units of study that require status report memos or a final report. Thisaspect of the project is a partnership between the author—an engineering communicationspecialist and experienced mechanical engineer who now teaches for a university writingprogram—and a senior mechanical

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

thorough knowledge of reading, writing and mathematics, plus a thorough groundwork in basic engineering principles. A good working knowledge of the English language and of the history of our country and at least a general understanding of the history of the world is also essential.7McKee’s commentary also referenced many other kinds of attributes and experiences importantfor success working abroad, but made it clear that these were to be developed after graduation. Page 24.1265.3Others argued that undergraduate engineering education should play a more prominent role. Forinstance, Cornell Professor of Civil Engineering N. A

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

identity asengineering majors is crafted through their course selection across the sciences, social sciences,humanities, and engineering; through daily interaction in those courses and as part of the generalcampus community (curricular or otherwise) where interdisciplinary interaction is de rigueur;and by virtue of the interdisciplinary content of some engineering coursework, especially for Page 24.807.4majors in the Engineering Studies program. It is within that traffic of disciplinary interaction that“ES 101: The Introduction to Engineering” sits.Engineering as a liberal artA motivating factor in the course design has been the view that