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Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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research and praxis in engineering and design. To achieve thisgoal, we designed a course for STEM students that leverages a common STEM experience—adesign project—to help students understand the relevance and application of disability studies(and the liberal arts more broadly) to engineering and design.Previous scholarship addressing STEM and disability studies has most prominently addressedthe importance of redesigning STEM curricula to correct the underrepresentation of studentswith disabilities in STEM fields5,6. The goal of our course is to bring a disability studiesperspective to engineering tasks for all students, including needs assessments, concept sketches,and prototyping for an original design. This design experience—which we discuss in

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mel Chua, Olin College; Tess Edmonds, Olin College

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the context of youth leadership programs, start-ups and innovation centers, and community-based initiatives. She is currently a Design Research Fellow and Lecturer at Olin College, with a focus on processes and frameworks for transformation in engineering education. Previously, she developed and launched the Energy Technology Program at Creighton University: an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in renewable energy and sustainable design. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engi- neering from Olin College and an M.A. from Creighton University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Conversation and participation architectures: practices for creating

Conference Session

Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Joanna Dickert, Carnegie Mellon University; Nisha Shanmugaraj, Carnegie Mellon University ; Kevin G. Monahan, Carnegie Mellon University; Stephanie Wallach, Carnegie Mellon University; Jennifer Keating, Carnegie Mellon University

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collaborated with the director of CarnegieMellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation.3. MethodsBecause many students are funded with the expectation that the research experience constitutesfull- or near full-time work, the program was both designed and scheduled to dovetail withinthese students’ scheduling needs. Initially, we had discussed what might be accomplished byhaving a single weekend experience (of the sort that other units on our campus are able toaccomplish through intensive weekend experiences and “micro” courses); however, we quicklydetermined that the kinds of learning outcomes and associated practice activities we wanted forstudents would need to unfold in a more systematically scaffolded way that

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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casual and fun environment for building team-work, communication, and problem solving skills • Enhancing proficiency with relevant practical skills and tools • Expanding interest in the makerspace and maker communitySurvey responses from the participants demonstrate that the program has met the objectiveslisted above, having a significant impact on student skills and confidence as well as providing avaluable experience for participants outside of the classroom. Furthermore, the program hasproduced impactful events and products for the university and community. 4MethodsThe MIR series was designed with three tiers of

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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relation to critique and professional identity formation. His work crosses multiple disciplines, including engineering education, instructional design and technology, design theory and education, and human-computer interaction.Denise McAllister Wilder NCIDQ, Purdue University Denise McAllister Wilder, NCIDQ is a doctoral student at the Purdue Polytechnic Institute in the School of Construction Management Technology. She has taught and practiced in the architecture, engineering, and construction community for over twenty-five years and is a registered interior designer in Indiana. Her areas of research focus include aging in place, studio learning in a transdisciplinary technology environ- ment, BIM and lighting

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Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Vurkac, Oregon Institute of Technology

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constraint are key components ofart-making, but also that strong (although general) quantitative, causal connections have beendrawn by industry, government, and academic sources between arts engagement and success inengineering and the sciences. We then take the natural next step by proposing to test thehypothesis that problem-solving in design under constraint is a transferrable skill with thepotential to augment engineering students’ problem-solving ability if practiced in multipledomains rather than only (and seldom) in the engineering domain.The literature review presented here is intended to form the basis for a long-term pedagogicalstudy on the impact of substantive and progressive engagement in an art practice on students’problem-solving

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dina Verdín, Purdue University

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one, the discussion will be aroundproposals, while research question two will only address appraised awarded Project Summaries.MethodI employed a convergent parallel mixed method research design, collecting both quantitative andqualitative data simultaneously17. This method was selected because it provided a way to developa complete understanding of the Broader Impact Criterion using different but complementarydatasets. Figure 1 best outlines the use of a convergent parallel mixed method research design,depicting the collection of two independent strands of data—quantitative and qualitative—simultaneously. The data were collected in parallel strands, independently from each other, andwere be brought together to compare the results

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Cowan, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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

practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence (ENGR 331 and 332) and the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

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

chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids in coal-bed methane and regular oil and gas wells in Colorado. While in the middle of his master’s degree, he also spent a year as a graduate intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory studying renewable energy commercialization in Caribbean countries among other areas. He is currently completing is second master’s in engineering for developing communities in conjunction with his PhD Civil Systems Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. His trans-disciplinary research involves addressing global development issues from an engineering, political, and economic perspective.Dr. Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Amadei is Professor of Civil

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose M. Marra Ph.D., University of Missouri; So Mi Kim, University of Missouri; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah; Shann Bossaller, University of Missouri

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ofmetacognition are necessary for students to become “self-regulatory organisms who are capableof assessing themselves and others and directing their behavior toward specified goals,” (Hacker,1998, p. 10) that is, to become in control of their thinking and direct those cognitive processestowards identified learning goals.Although metacognitive strategies are linked to effective learning as well as life-long learning,few researchers have studied the metacognitive capacity or development of metacognition inengineering students. The most pertinent studies concern the role metacognition plays inengineering problem solving and design in a school setting. One study used verbal protocols tocompare strong and weak problem solvers in engineering statics and found

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Denise Tombolato-Terzic, Christopher Newport University; Daniel P. Richards, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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University Megan McKittrick is a Lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of English at Old Dominion Univer- sity. She teaches composition, scientific, digital, and technical writing, and her research interests include technical communication and game studies.Dr. Julia Romberger, Old Dominion University Julia Romberger is an Associate Professor of Professional Writing at Old Dominion University. Her research interests include pedagogical practices, visual rhetoric, and the rhetoric of interface design. She teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in business writing, technical writing, writing for the web, visual rhetoric, and has mentored business and professional writing teaching staff. She has

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University; David J. Terrell, Florida Atlantic University

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a Master of Science in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University in 2015 and has worked within the Engineering field since completing his degree. The objective of Mr. Terrell’s graduate research was to identify socioeconomic demographic risk factors impacting the life chances of minority groups within 100 of the top populated metropolitan areas in the USA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017A Case-Study Approach to Interlink Humanities with Engineering EducationAbstract:We have developed an executable case-study approach to expose engineering students to socialand community issues. Undergraduate engineering students can team up with social sciencestudents to identify, analyze

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Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Toluwalogo Odumosu, University of Virginia

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sociotechnical issues in the context of engineering practice. • They were conducted by researchers whose primary or core expertise was not in the disciplines that contribute most directly to the professional skills, more specifically, almost exclusively by people with advanced engineering degrees. Their engagement with the professional skill-related outcomes is an example of the expansion of horizons and concerns that EC2000 sought to promote. Nonetheless, it limited the depth with which they could articulate their evaluation criteria. As the outline for a scenario designed to assess understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (reproduced below from McCormack et al. 2014, table 6

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engagement and Service Learning as a Pedagogical Practice in EngineeringDr. Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Donna Riley is Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He is Lead for the Connecting Us Team of the Board Strategic Doing Ini- tiative; a candidate for PIC III Chair; past chair of

Conference Session

Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech ; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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inaccurate portraits of andperpetuate misconceptions about engineering but also how these misconceptions create barriersto participation for those who might not identify with those stereotypical, albeit false,perceptions of the profession.Changing the ConversationTrevelyan calls for a re-conceptualization of engineering in ways that position it as “a muchbroader human social performance than traditional narratives that focus just on design andtechnical problem-solving” (Trevelyan, 2010, p. 175). Given what we understand about the kindsof work engineers do and the skills needed to solve modern engineering problems, engineersneed to understand the broader scope of their practice as well as its impacts within a largersociety. In changing the

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Laura A. Robinson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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, educators havetried to design curricula that foster this associative learning —which, we know from our ownexperiences, is how we learn best outside of the classroom. Twenty-first century engineeringeducators have been mindful of ABET’s EC2000 student outcomes a-k, including ethicalunderstanding, the ability to communicate effectively, and “the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, andsocietal context.”2 Engineering educators who struggle to help students achieve these ABETlearning outcomes might consider working together with liberal arts faculty to integrateengineering with humanities understanding. What the environmental historian William Crononwished for liberal arts

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The Big Picture in Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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. In asimilar vein, Tobias quotes Susan Voss as saying, “no one can learn … about engineering whohasn’t designed or built or measured something.”20On a superficial level, it makes perfect sense that more information about technology principlesand operations, as well as technology-making practices, should help students in understandinghow a given technology fits within its larger social context. On a deeper level, however, it is notlogical to claim narrow technical expertise is required for functional literacy about technologyuse, for assessing the acceptability of broad-impact risks created by technologies, or foranticipating the social impact of technologies whose relationship to social action and interactiontranscends underlying technical

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Mark Schar, Stanford University; Shauna Shapiro, Santa Clara University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University,she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis.From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement ofTeaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designingfor the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSFinnovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences forhigh school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:”Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and

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Writing and Communication

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Suguru Ishizaki, Carnegie Mellon University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Professor of English in the Department of English at Carnegie Mellon. His current research interests include pedagogy of communication and design for students and professionals in the technology/engineering disciplines, and computer-aided rhetorical analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Making the Invisible Visible in Writing Classrooms: An Approach to Increasing Textual Awareness using Computer-Aided Rhetorical AnalysisIntroductionWriting requires countless composing decisions that are typically beyond the writer’s consciousgrasp. For students, writing can feel like a process that they have little control over, and a skillthat only a certain few possess. Much of the skill in being

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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thoughresearch has shown the importance of including and promoting education about the value ofengineering to society, other studies point to a culture of engineering still characterized by a lackof empathy, social relevance, and emotion16–18. Students seem to internalize this environment asthey progress through college, and graduate with decreased social responsibility and publicwelfare beliefs16,19.While engineering clearly does have a large impact on society, and the positive aspects of thisimpact can be tools for recruitment and retention of underrepresented students, it is still unknownhow students perceive and value the impact they could have on society through their careers.Research QuestionThis research seeks to understand how fourth year

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Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Mona Ghali, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto

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Paper ID #18625Transitioning from University to Employment in Engineering: The Role ofCurricular and Co-curricular ActivitiesDr. Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto Serhiy Kovalchuk is a research associate at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto.Dr. Mona Ghali, University of Toronto Researcher and InstructorMr. Mike Klassen, University of Toronto Mike Klassen is the Assistant Director, Community of Practice on Engineering Leadership at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto. He designs

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Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Robert Welling, Seattle University; Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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expe- rience. I plan to continue on a path of lifelong learning as I hope to obtain a graduate-level education in the future. My engineering identity and career are underpinned by a hunger for knowledge and a desire to serve.Dr. Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University Dr. Canney teaches civil engineering at Seattle University. His research focuses on engineering educa- tion, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sustainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stan- ford University with an emphasis on

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Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Adam Banks, University at Albany - SUNY

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the designs behind military drones or mechanisms for financial speculation tosee how technologies are created for the purposes of interpersonal (e.g. drone attacks) andstructural (e.g. home foreclosures) violence.Engineering and ViolenceGiven that all five students identify that engineering is, in one way or another, political, it is notsurprising that they also all agree that engineering perpetuates violence. A senior engineeringstudent explains the dilemmas some students face when finding jobs after graduation, There [are] all these military companies at RPI’s career fair and yeah, my friend just took a job at Lockheed Martin. I know he was relieved when they told him that he wouldn’t be working on any sort of like

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Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University

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graduate level engineering ethics course ”Engineering Ethics and the Public.” In 2016, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) named ”Learning to Listen,” her module on ethnographic listening for engineering, an exemplar in engineering ethics education.Dr. Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University Dr. Canney teaches civil engineering at Seattle University. His research focuses on engineering educa- tion, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sustainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stan- ford

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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