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Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #15624Why Technological Literacy and for Whom?Dr. John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. he is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. he has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. he is author of Engineering Education. research and development in Curriculum and Instruction. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Why Technological Literacy and for Whom?The purpose of this paper is to raise questions about the

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Mehdi Shadaram P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #14442The Making of a Technology Literacy CourseDr. Dan G. Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio Dan G. Dimitriu has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for more than 20 years at various institutions. In 2001, he joined San Antonio College full-time as the Coordinator of its Engineering program and in 2004 he joined the faculty at University of Texas at San Antonio as an adjunct professor. He has been involved with several engineering societies and became a member of the Two-year College Division of ASEE in 2002. His research interests are in alternative fuels

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Paper ID #15831Increasing Engineering Literacy among Non-Engineering StudentsJonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech Jonathan Grunert is a graduate student in Virginia Tech’s department of Science and Technology in Soci- ety, with backgrounds in history and library science. His broader interests are in the history of scientific representation. He has taught courses in American history, Science and Society, and Engineering Cultures.Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet L. Gbur, Case Western Reserve University; Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

experts and leaders that can ensure successful continuation of their mission.6As a result, the Unites States Standards Strategy established standards education as a highpriority in the U.S.Efforts in that direction started in 2000, when ABET, recognizing the benefits of includingtechnical standards into engineering education, included a reference to standards and codesin General Criteria, Criterion 5, requiring that all major design experience shouldincorporate appropriate engineering standards. Moreover, to provide additionalopportunities for education on standards, many SDOs have established educationcommittees with the goal to assist engineering and technology programs. Standardseducation is accepted as highly beneficial to engineering

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James W Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dominic Francis Gelfuso; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, and cultural objects and ideas.Dominic Francis GelfusoDr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Contextualizing 3D Printing’s and Photosculpture’s Contributions to Techno-Creative LiteraciesIntroductionAutodesk CEO Carl Bass, upon the 2011 release of Autodesk’s free “123D” CAD-to-3D printingsoftware, claimed that the future of design innovation would be found not within the engineeringindustry, but from the ranks of creative, tinkering consumers. “There are tens of thousands

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak Jr, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Paper ID #17200An Exercise to Promote and Assess Critical Thinking in Sociotechnical Con-textJohn Krupczak Jr, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education Professor of Engineering, Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Former Chair of the ASEE Technologi- cal Literacy Division. Former Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education Division. Senior Fellow CASEE, National Academy of Engineering, 2008-2010.Dr. Mani Mina, Iowa State University Mani Mina is with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He has been working on better understanding of students’ learning and issues of technological and engineer

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan S Weedon, Case Western Reserve University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

mathematicalknowledge undergirds engineering practice, and communication skills facilitate it, engineeringjudgment governs the appropriate and ethical application of engineering knowledge. Theinfluential historian of technology, Eugene Ferguson, makes just this point to close his book,Engineering and the Mind’s Eye: If we are to avoid calamitous design errors as well as those that are merely irritating or expensive, it is necessary that engineers understand that such errors are not errors of mathematics or calculation but errors of engineering judgment—judgment that is not reducible to engineering science or to mathematics. Here, indeed, is the crux of all arguments about the nature of the education that an engineer requires

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University

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paper intends to expand upon previousattempts at integrating Heidegger’s, Husserl’s, and Jaspers’ works on epistemologies, andforward them in a more integrated way accessible to both the philosopher of technology and theengineering educator interested in a more grounded application of philosophical constructs. We start with previous work addressing Husserl’s Logical Investigations to help lay thegroundwork for a classical understanding of consciousness and its intents. Then, we discussHeidegger’s constructs of false thinking and Bodenständigkeit or autochthony – sometimescalled groundedness. This work and its related thoughtlessness in continental philosophy hasrarely been applied to engineering and even less frequently (if at all) been

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Williams, CEG-IST Universidade de Lisboa; Jose Figueiredo, IST, Universidade de Lisboa

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

- mation Systems design”, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, MBA in Information Management at UCP (Portuguese Catholic University - Lisbon), Engineer Degree in Electronics and Digital Systems (Coim- bra University). Current Professor at the Engineering and Management Department of IST (Engineering school of Universidade de Lisboa) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering practice as an emerging field of inquiry: a historical overviewAbstract:Perception of the nature of engineering practice is an aspect of technology literacy of directinterest to engineering educators, one that impacts a variety of actors: potential and presentengineering students

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak Jr, National Science Foundation; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Kate A Disney, Mission College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #17223Initial Results in Developing an Engineering Reasoning Assessment for Gen-eral EducationDr. John Krupczak Jr, National Science Foundation Professor of Engineering, Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Former Chair of the ASEE Technologi- cal Literacy Division. Former Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education Division. Senior Fellow CASEE, National Academy of Engineering, 2008-2010.Dr. Mani Mina, Iowa State University Mani Mina is with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He has been working on better understanding of students’ learning and issues of technological and

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The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Dan Ewert, North Dakota State University; Ronald R Ulseth P.E., Itasca Community College

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Paper ID #16365Situating the Research to Practice Cycle For Increased Transformation inEngineering EducationDr. Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Jennifer Karlin is an professor of industrial engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Tech- nology and holds the Pietz Professorship for entrepreneurship and economic development.Dr. Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington Dr. Allendoerfer is a Research Scientist in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington.Prof. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity CollegeDublin, The University of Dublin

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Diversity

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the ideal of an engineer. Experiences Tensions between need for teaching general Engineers All Students technological literacy and teaching future engineers. How does one create the proverbial T-shaped Depth Breadth engineer under the significant constraints most programs face? Some populations are unwilling to take on a Engineer single identity, yet a tension exists between