Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems. Page 26.598.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO SEE THE ROLE OF SERVICE COURSES IN THEIR MAJORAbstractMany departments are involved with service courses which support both their programs andother

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

programs and 1,2developments in the area of technological literacy. Different schools have since developedprograms, minors, and classes whose major goals are educating a non-engineering workforce andnon-engineering students so they might have a deeper and functional understanding oftechnology and engineering, and develop life-long competencies in understanding the basics oftechnology. The premise has been to develop a national level awareness and education fortechnological literacy. Currently the effort is synergistically advancing technological literacy aswell as helping STEM and STEM education activities.Many of the instructors who are designing and teaching technological literacy classes are alsoactive

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocates for Gender Equity

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division, Minorities in Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1992, 1994, and 1998, respectively. During his Ph.D. studies, he also obtained a graduate minor in statistics. He is currently an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator with the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at North Dakota State University, where he teaches courses and conducts research in signal processing. Since its inception in 2008, Dr. Green has been an active member of the NDSU Advance FORWARD Advocates, a group of male faculty dedicated to effecting departmental and institutional change in support of gender equality. As part of this group, he regularly trains men, at NDSU and other institutions

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

experiences.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University, Spokane

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

endeavour. At first, one may betempted to categorize the enterprise of engineering and science into one that contains massivedistractions by the nature of their existing. For instance, the structure of universities, laboratories,industrial complexes, and even the clutter basement or garage of an armchair practitioner, cancontain reinforce thoughtlessness. Another example, is that the process of either science ofengineering, both of which being built upon previous works, in itself could engender humanpractitioners only concerned with furthering a particular line of work and not actively thinkingwhile undertaking such work. Page 26.1314.9