Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that characterized students’motivations toward engineering using interview methods found that female students whoseprimary motivation toward engineering was to help underserved populations left engineering at ahigher rate than female students with other primary motivations toward engineering. Thestudents participating in that study were initially enrolled at four different institutions, but thestudy population was quite small (n~30). The current research used quantitative methods tocharacterize the social responsibility (SR) attitudes of a larger population of incomingengineering students at a single institution. A high SR score was defined as an average scoreacross nine 7-point Likert-type items at the third quartile or higher. Among 122

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Colin M. Gray, Purdue University; Denise McAllister Wilder NCIDQ, Purdue University; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

simulations, smart home technology and aging in place, and retrofitting existing homes to create net zero homes for aging in place.Mrs. Terri S. Krause, Purdue University Terri Krause is a second year PhD student in Learning Design & Technology, a Graduate Research Assis- tant in Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and is serving on the research and evaluation team for the Transdis- ciplinary Studies in Technology (TST) program. Her interests include adapting learning experiences for cross-cultural instructional and online instructional environments; with a values-based, ethical focus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Systematically Integrating Liberal Education in a

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

climate change effects their motivations and agency to solve complex global problems for a sustainability in their career.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorena Colcer, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, by studying inclusivity,equity and power in educational systems we found ourselves in the position of asking people tochange. Some changes seem small (e.g. asking someone to edit their vocabulary by adding orremoving a word or phrase), and some seem larger (e.g. asking a School to establish policies toenforce an inclusive culture for graduate students) but the common element is that we areworking to get people to align to our vision.RecommendationsWe have three recommendations for people in engineering education who are beginning toengage in social justice reform.Take action where you can and expect and accept mistakesA primary inspiration for this paper was that we felt unprepared for the particular challenges weencountered. We found

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkac, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

studies focused on solving is at the core of adistinction that we wish to draw attention to between ‘problem-solving’ and the solving ofproblems.According to a joint executive report from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and theNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA), student skills in engineering problem-solving(specifically in electrical engineering and computer science) are in dire need of a boost. Thereport states that “undergraduate and graduate students who study electrical engineering andcomputer science lack the ability or self-efficacy to create new ideas and innovations that stretchbeyond rote classroom exercises”1.Other high-profile reports agree: The National Academy of Engineering lamented in 2004 that“engineering students are not