Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

” (such as Peace CorpsMaster’s International Programs at Michigan Tech and MIT D-Lab) or “design for the other 90percent” (such as Stanford University Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability).Furthermore, engineers are working to change the conversation so incoming engineering studentsembrace messages that “engineers make a world of difference” and “engineering is essential toour health, happiness, and safety.”11 Effectively organizing engineering education around globalproblems requires taking greater notice of Schumacher’s and Polak’s exhortations.This paper explores Schumacher’s and Polak’s legacies on engineering practices in developingcountries and in engineering education. ITDG, through reorganization as Practical Action, andIDE

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Carnegie Mellon University; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

(first-year and capstone design courses) as well as co-curricular opportunities (e.g., internships,student clubs, international experiences, entrepreneurial opportunities, and faculty-linkedresearch opportunities) intended to develop undergraduate engineering students’ contextualcompetence [13]. In a companion study utilizing a large dataset of more than 5,000 engineeringundergraduate students, Palmer et al.[14] also found that engineering students who reportedbeing active in clubs and activities, participating in service work, and having access to anentrepreneurship minor or certificate also reported higher levels of contextual competence. Ofthe positive influences on contextual competence, however, curricular emphases had the largestinfluence