Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

average felt that each of the fivesessions was helpful (minimum score 4.18/5), and all students agreed or strongly agreed that theywould recommend the workshop to other students. We hypothesize that participation in thisworkshop will improve the communication skills of students working as TAs in engineeringdepartments. This informational paper presents an overview of the workshop, along with studentfeedback to date and future plans that will enable testing of the hypothesis.BackgroundThis paper discusses a Teaching Workshop that was developed to enhance college-levelstudents’ communication and teaching skills, so that students would be prepared enough to gainthe benefits of teaching others about engineering. In engineering departments where

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Hoge Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Journal of Planning History, Perspectives on History, the Journal of Urban History, Reviews in American History, History News Network, Punk Planet, and Pitchfork.com. His first book, tentatively titled ”Between Being and Becoming: On Architecture, Student Protest, and the Aesthetics of Liberalism in Postwar America,” is forthcoming from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Page 25.798.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Integrating Entrepreneurship and Innovation into an Engineering Curriculum Through Service Learning and the Liberal Arts

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

infrastructure, articulated well by theAmerica 2050 plan (Regional Plan Association 2008), then our nation absolutely requires aneducated populace, across all disciplines, who understand the realities of how the components,systems, and meta-systems that underlie our daily lives actually work.BACKGROUNDThe word infrastructure has come into vogue with the American body politic; in the most recentState of the Union address, President Obama lamented “Our infrastructure used to be the best,but our lead has slipped... Countries in Europe and Russia invest more in their roads and railwaysthan we do. China is building faster trains and newer airports. Meanwhile, when our ownengineers graded our Nation's infrastructure, they gave us a D.” (Obama 2011) In his

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

grappled with MIT’s unique wartime experience.Without question, the MIT administration, beginning with Karl Compton and James Killian,played a key role in MIT’s postwar transformation.1 Yet it was the Lewis Survey thattransformed MIT’s organizational structure through its “Four School Plan,” began the work ofredefining the role of the faculty at a “technological university,” and most importantly built aconsensus among the faculty for a way forward. This paper looks closely at the intense efforts ofthe Lewis’ committee—its members met no less than 119 times over the course of three years—and how their views evolved in conversation with the MIT administration. Especially amidstpresent-day concerns about the erosion of shared governance at many U.S

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

can work and live competently outsidetheir own culture. The phrase global competence has been adopted in engineering andtechnology fields, while intercultural competence, cultural competence, multiculturism, culturalintelligence and even global citizenship are used elsewhere [1]. Regardless of its label, the ideathat universities have a responsibility to promote understanding of other cultures has becomesomething of a buzzword in higher education. Lutz noted that ―more and more institutions ofhigher learning adopt global awareness as part of their strategic plans and QEP‖ [2]. It is in fact astrategic plan at the university in question that first brought the notion of global competence tobear on the Technical Writing course discussed

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

contain well-formulated student learning outcomes? • How many of these syllabi articulate a linkage between the course outcomes and the newly established core outcomes? • To what extent do instructors of the core courses identify and carry out a plan to assess the core outcomes in these courses? • How many faculty who teach core courses submit, present, and/or publish papers on assessment? • What percentage of faculty who teach core courses agree that assessment of student learning is useful not just for accreditation purposes, but (a) to have a positive impact on student learning, and (b) for their own professional development as teachers?The results from this pre-/post-intervention

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Shari E. Miller, University of Georgia ; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

25.622.6To facilitate empathic communication skills among engineering students, a series of moduleswas designed. The modules employ theory and methods utilized in social work education, andare modified to fit the educative objectives in the professional development of engineers. Theengineering educator and the social work educator work collaboratively to facilitate thesemodules, and modules are designed and timed to fit with the course outline and student projectassignments. Four modules were developed and are matched to the course plan as follows.Module 1: Focuses on effective communication including talking, listening, and observing.Students are asked to talk with two to three other students in the class who they do not know welland to gather

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Enrique D. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Angela D. Lueking, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

learned in the course.Additionally, there is a focus on effective leadership and networking in the course.Description of Events in the FYS coursesIn the summer of 2011, a team consisting of three chemical engineering professors, the advisorof Engineering Ambassadors, the coordinator of first-year seminars in engineering, and aneducational psychologist from the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of EngineeringEducation at Penn State developed a plan to include presentations by the Ambassadors inCollege of Engineering First Year Seminars. Initial funding for the project was provided by theLeonhard Center. The goal of using the Ambassadors in the first-year seminars is two-fold. Oneaim is to increase students’ understanding of engineering

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Marshall P.E., University of Colorado, Denver; Michael Tang, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-3526: INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SO-CIETY (STS) COURSES INTO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDr. Wesley Marshall P.E., University of Colorado, Denver Wesley Marshall is an Assistant Professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado, Denver, and Co-director of the Active Communities Transportation (ACT) research group. He focuses on transporta- tion research dedicated to building a more sustainable infrastructure, particularly in terms of improving road safety, active transportation, and transit-oriented communities. Other recent research topics involve transportation planning, congestion pricing, human behaviors, parking, and street networks. A native of Watertown, Mass., Marshall is a

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in both directions. In the process, non-major students can also gainappreciation for essential concepts, controversies and current areas of exploration, whiledeveloping increased technological literacy for critiquing scientific or technologicalclaims in presentations of various forms. Teaching an STS course, however, requires avery different pedagogical approach than a faculty member may use for a traditionalengineering course. Rather than an emphasis on rigorous quantitative problem solving orproject planning, non-major students benefit much more from an approach that providessufficient historical context and biographical details of explorers and their contributions.The instructor should effectively guide discussions on key questions

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Inger M. Bergom, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 25.415.11education, much of it was not published at the time we developed our measure. Thus, thedimensions of interdisciplinarity we identified, although consistent with the literature, may notfully describe the construct of interdisciplinary competence or how it is manifested inengineering education contexts. In future studies now in the planning stages, we hope to directlyassess interdisciplinary competence in engineering students; these assessments could provide thebasis for a test of the construct validity of the survey-based measure we have developed to date.The analyses we are able to conduct with our data, however, provide considerable evidence ofconcurrent validity, which assesses the ability of an operationalization to

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Douglass Klein, Union College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

notwithstanding, the evidence suggests a fairly continuous evolutiontoward more complex and ubiquitous technology. But evolution toward what? How much of astep is it from IBM’s Watson,31 to the HAL of 2001,40 to The Matrix?79 How far are we fromtechnology as servant to technology as master? Who or what is in charge here, and should wecare? Unless we are to become the proverbial frog in a frying pan, we (engineers and everyoneelse) must be prepared to think proactively about these questions. Proactive thinking does notmean trying to stop technology, but rather trying to understand and plan for where it is heading.The intent of this course is to lay the groundwork for this kind of thinking.3. Core readings Core readings for the course will be drawn from

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

cast as sources of feedback to optimize instruction.10,11The subtlety with which such planned, standards-focused pedagogy limits critical reflection(about both the pedagogy and the discipline writ large) is striking.There is a circularity inherent at many points in the process. For example, in makingrecommendations for how engineering departments might effectively enact ABET criteria, onepair of chemical engineering instructors (sharing their findings in a journal for engineeringeducators), writes that, "...the measurement of student achievements in the courses shouldprovide considerable information on the curricular effectiveness of an academic program."9 Alsovery common is the idea that a failing student should repeat the failed class, a

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

49(2): 67-72.19. Rubin, S.E. and Spady, W.G. (1984) Achieving Excellence though Outcome-Based Instruction. Educational Leadership 41(8): 37-44.20. Lorenzen, M. (1999). Using Outcome-Based Education in the Planning and Teaching of New Information Technologies. Journal of Library Administration, 26 (3-4): 141-52.21. Towers, J.M. (1996). An elementary school principal’s experience with implementing an outcome-based curriculum. Catalyst for Change, 25 (2): 19-23. P. 19. (As cited in [28]).22. Berlach, R.G. (2004). Outcomes-Based Education and the Death of Knowledge. Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Victoria, Australia. Accessed January 11, 2012 from http://www.aare.edu.au/04pap

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4619: WORKFORCE COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTION: PRE-LIMINARY INTER-RATER RELIABILITY DATA FOR AN EXECUTIVE-BASED ORAL COMMUNICATION RUBRICDr. Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology Tristan Utschig is a Senior Academic Professional in the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Assistant Director for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In this role, he consults with faculty about planning and assessing edu- cational innovation in the classroom. He also serves as an evaluator on educational research grants. For- merly, he was tenured Associate Professor of engineering physics at Lewis-Clark State College. Utschig has regularly

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

originated here to use a hologram as the basis for a $99 computer After much brainstorming, a prototype is created. This prototype, Figure 2 below, iscontrolled with internet monitor gloves which allow the user to control the projected 3-D screenby rotating it, clicking certain buttons and even opening documents and internet pages. It alsohas a voice that projects through speakers to communicate to the user. The team came up with“E-Magic” as a name for their product. With the prototype complete, the team travels to variouscompanies to present the proposal of their product for possible investments. Unfortunately, themeetings did not go as planned and the prototype malfunctions many times. One of themalfunctions involved not displaying the proper

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jessica Erin Sprowl; Rui Pan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dyehouse, Purdue University; Carrie A. Wachter Morris, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bailey Renee Leppek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kara E. Gray, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

have already resulted in planned changes to the survey. Details ofthe interviews are presented in the next section. Flow Vis/Fluid Perception of Design Sustainable Energy Mechanics1 I want to study fluids. I want to study design. I want to study sustainable energy.2 The study of fluids is The study of design is useful The study of sustainable useful to society. to society. energy is useful to society.3 Visualizations of fluid Visualizations of fluid flows Sustainable energy flows are very