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Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University; Jennifer Kuzma, North Carolina State University; Patricia Mae Roberts, North Carolina State: School of Public and International Affairs; Erin Banks, North Carolina State University ; Sharon A Stauffer, NC State University Genetic Engineering and Society Center

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #18015Ethics and Responsible Innovation in Biotechnology Communities: A Peda-gogy of Engaged ScholarshipDr. Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University Joseph R. Herkert, D.Sc., is Associate Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society and a Visiting Scholar in the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University. He was formerly Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology in the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University (retired May 2015). Herkert has been teaching engineering ethics and science, technology & society courses for

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #19285A Practitioner Account of Integrating Macro-ethics Discussion in an Engi-neering Design ClassDr. Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park Ayush Gupta is Assistant Research Professor in Physics and Keystone Instructor in the A. J. Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. Broadly speaking he is interested in modeling learning and reasoning processes. In particular, he is attracted to fine-grained models of learning (based in microgenetic analysis, or drawing on interaction analysis). He has been working on how learners’ emotions are coupled with their conceptual and

Conference Session

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

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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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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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

theseperceptions changed after STEP. Data were collected using open-ended entrance surveys andwritten responses on final exams. Research protocols were approved by the Institutional ReviewBoard (#13-577).Context and ParticipantsThe research setting was an introductory engineering course embedded within STEP. The courseis designed to introduce students to fundamental engineering concepts, and course objectivesincluded engagement with the engineering design process, exploration of engineering disciplines,engineering ethics, technical writing, and problem solving with software tools (Matlab). Thecourse curriculum integrated problem-based learning and product archaeology frameworks(Barrows, 1986; Kolmos, De Graaff, Johri, & Olds, 2014; Lewis et al., 2011

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

professor in the science, technology & society program in the De- partment of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ’4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM education with col- leagues from Notre Dame, Xavier University and St. Mary’s College. He is also the co-leader of the ’Nano and the City’ thematic research cluster for the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University. Rider is a Research Collaborator with the Sustainability Science Education program at the Biodesign Institute. His research focuses on wicked problems that arise at the intersection of society and technology. Rider holds a Ph.D. in

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Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Christian Matheis, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #19511Liberation in Education: What Role Do Liberatory Praxis and Theory Playin Fostering Critical Thinking?Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech Yousef Jalali is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering. His research interests include ethics, critical thinking, and process design and training.Dr. Christian Matheis, Virginia Tech I serve as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and International Affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. Concurrently, I serve as a Teaching

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Ramon Benitez, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

research interests include: engineering for social justice, engineering with community, innovation, ethics, transformative learning, reflection, professional identity.Mr. Ramon Benitez, Virginia Tech Ramon Benitez is interested in how engineering identity and animal participatory design can be used to recruit Chicano K-12 students to engineering professions. Benitez completed his BS in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and is now a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech (VT). Benitez seeks to understand how to best instruct and assess ethical reasoning of engineering practices and engineering responsibilities, including wildlife and humanity, in

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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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

education include service-learning, sustainable engi- neering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Fourth Year Engineering Students’ Descriptions of the Importance of Improving Society Through their Engineering CareersAbstractAs engineering students graduate and enter the workforce, they gain significant responsibility forindividuals and society through their future decisions. Problematically, multiple recent studieshave shown that over their time in college, students tend to become more disengaged from theimpact of their work and their feelings of social responsibility decrease. The question explored inthis research was to determine the

Conference Session

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

’ technical, social, political, ethical social contextsWilliams Co-taught course on Question-posing; Students “to determine which tools applied science exploring intersections [engineering, ethical] they will need to applications of technical and ethical solve [a given] problem” involving the dimensions of application of advanced technologies technology applicationsSmith Two versions of intro Stages of engineering Impacts of engineering on society; engineering course for design plus technology

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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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ClassroomIntroductionEngineering educators point to a persistent problem that positions the engineering profession inapolitical and neutral terms. We call this the “neutrality problem” and describe it as placingmoral weight not on the work of engineers but instead the ad hoc uses of engineered artifacts.The problem appears in common assumptions that, for instance, guns are only as violent as theirusers intend them to be, absolving engineers of moral responsibility for the socio-technicaloutcomes that they helped to produce. The “neutrality problem” has a long history of beingchallenged by critically engaged engineering educators. Some challenge the problem by callingfor “non-canonical engineering ethics canons,”1 others advocate for a “peace paradigm” to beincluded in

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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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in response to the call for expanded professional skill sets. LED(now LEES) produced, for instance, a number of “spin-off” constituent committees anddivisions, most notably the Ethics Division. Not limited to those in the humanities and socialsciences, and indicative of the import that ASEE members now place on the associated learningoutcome, the Ethics Division is now one of the largest divisions in our society. The traditionaldisciplinary divisions have also responded to this shift. The call to integrate professional skillsinto the core technical courses within engineering has brought innumerable changes in curriculaas well as associated educational research, which are reflected in the papers presented at ourannual conference.Once the EAC

Conference Session

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

experts atchallenging students to develop excellent listening skills, cultural sensitivity, ethics, andempathy13,14. While engineering programs require students to take courses in the arts,humanities, and social sciences, students often compartmentalize these human-centric skills as“liberal arts” skills instead of weaving them into their technical expertise. There are numerousexamples of engineering programs or courses that have incorporated arts and humanities intodesign courses to encourage students to practice integrating human-centric skills with theirtechnical knowledge.15-17 A major challenge faced by this approach is that these courses are oftenseen as design courses and the “soft skills” offered by the arts and humanities faculty are just

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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instrumentation lab experiment (Rhudy and Rossmann, 2015). • Our first year introduction to engineering course featuring a cornerstone design experience as well as the introduction of engineering as a sociotechnical enterprise. We teach engineering design thinking as founded on empathy & interchange with all stakeholders; we encourage students to become problem definers, not simply problem solvers (Cohen, Rossmann, and Sanford Bernhardt, 2014). • Engineering ethics infused throughout the engineering curricula in several majors; faculty members develop and include modules on ethics related to the course’s technical content. This work in one engineering department has been recognized

Conference Session

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

notexplicitly reflected in the rubric’s criteria. Specifically within the chemical engineering literature,many key themes were already reflected in the rubric, with the exception of uncertainty. Fromthe electrical and mechanical engineering literature, themes such as industrial ecology,technological adaptability, e-waste, and user experience were missing from the rubric. Inaddition, design for “X” (DfX) approaches, such as design for disassembly, were commonlydiscussed in the electrical and mechanical literature.3 Affordability and Ethics Innovation Equity (Across Disciplines

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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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Engineering Through a Humanistic Lens” in Engineering Studies 2015 and ”A Game-Based Approach to Information Literacy and Engi- neering in Context” (with Laura Hanlan) in Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference 2015. A classroom game she developed with students and colleagues at WPI, ”Humanitarian Engineering Past and Present: Worcester’s Sewage Problem at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” was chosen by the Na- tional Academy of Engineering as an ”Exemplary Engineering Ethics Activity” that prepares students for ”ethical practice, research, or leadership in engineering.”Ms. Laura A. Robinson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lead Research & Instruction LibrarianProf. John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester

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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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Proceedings that same year, Steneck, Olds, and Neeley(2002) argued that the EC2000 criteria “provide[d] opportunities for more clearly defining andstrengthening the role of liberal education in engineering” (p. 1). More specifically, they claimedthat “Liberal education can contribute significantly to the development of all the programoutcomes defined by ABET and is essential to seven of them” (d-j) and to the requirement thatthe major design experience prepare students to deal with “economic; environmental;sustainability; manufacturability; ethical, health, and safety; social; and political” issues.1Recognizing that the new scheme for accreditation specified outcomes but not how the newrequirements should be met and that many engineering educators

Conference Session

Flexible Engineering Curricula

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

an assistant professor of general engineering at the University of San Diego. His research interests lie in microfluidics, rapid prototyping, genomics, engineering ethics, and engineering education. He earned his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from University of California, Berkeley and a BS in engineering from Harvey Mudd College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Contextualizing a New General Engineering Curriculum in the Liberal ArtsAbstractSince its founding several decades ago, our School of Engineering has offered a BS/BA degreewith an extensive liberal arts component. With support from a National Science FoundationIUSE/PFE

Conference Session

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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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

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

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Disengaged or Disappearing? Losing the most Socially Motivated Students from Engineering?AbstractEngineering has been marketing itself to high school students as a discipline that helps people.As more socially motivated students enter into engineering, an outstanding question is whetheror not these students are retained to graduate in engineering or leave to other disciplines at higherrates as compared to less socially motivated peers. A previous study

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

part of WPSI). The specific ABET outcomestargeted by this course are (c) “an ability to design a system, component, or process to meetdesired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability”, (f) “an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility”, (h) “the broad education necessary to understand theimpact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context”, and(j) “a knowledge of contemporary issues”9.The purpose of this study is to begin to assess the effectiveness of the course and course structurein helping students learn the course topics. This first study will focus on two topics in

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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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

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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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that those feelings influence their thoughts, beliefs, and actions [17]. In engineering, weoften devalue the affective aspects of these discussions, and sometimes forget to bring up themoral/ethical aspects of our positions. This architecture develops the moral imagination ofengineering students by examining how their actions impact others.The ability to make meaning of complex, open-ended problems is critical to the success ofprofessional engineers in the workplace [18] and has been examined as a specific difficulty thatengineering students have [19]. The Four Voices architecture provides an alternative to simply"finding the best solution" to the issue being discussed. Instead, it asks participants to considerhow and why different parties

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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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

assignments will follow t Bloom's taxonomy(Bloom 1956) where each new assignment moves to a higher level with each module. Forexample, Module 1 is descriptive and focuses on knowledge acquisition, Module 2 focuses oncomprehension and understanding of materials to formulate questions, Module 3 moves toapplication, while Modules 4 and 5 will focus on analysis, evaluation, and creation. With eachModule there will be a set of tasks undertaken and an assessment. The final product will be asynthesis of engineering knowledge and social, political, economic, and ethical considerations. Module 1: Introduction. New knowledge/ tasks: The social science professors and the engineering professor will discuss the role of computer technology in community

Conference Session

Flexible Engineering Curricula

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Dua Chaker, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan has led the multi-university TeachEngineering digital library project, now serving over 3.3M unique users (mostly teachers) annually, since its inception. She is founding co-director of the design-focused Engineering Plus degree program and CU Teach Engineering initiative in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. With the intent of transforming en- gineering to broaden participation, Sullivan spearheaded design and launch of the Engineering

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ramon Benitez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech (VT). Benitez seeks to understand how to best instruct and assess ethical reasoning of engineering practices and engineering responsibilities, including wildlife and humanity, in our definitions of public good. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Self-Authorship and Reflective Practice in an Innovation MinorAbstract This project describes a minor in Innovation that is being introduced in an engineeringdepartment as a part of a new general education curriculum initiative. The minor connects threeexisting courses from different colleges to form the core course sequence. The theories of self-authorship1 and reflective practice 2

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

development of technical communication skills.Historically, published aggregate results of the SURE III provide a window into the need forsupplemental programming to foster the development of student communication skills in thecontext of undergraduate research experiences. In both the first [8] and second [9] nationwideadministration of the SURE survey, skill in oral presentation and skill in science writing wereamong the lowest rated gains followed only by learning ethical conduct. In the 2015 institutionaladministration of the SURE survey for students participating in undergraduate researchexperiences in the STEM fields at Carnegie Mellon University, self-reported learning gains inscience writing and oral presentation skills were lower than

Conference Session

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the student-learning outcomes (ideal results) articulated byABET for engineering80: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to

Conference Session

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

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. On the other hand,intentional competition is something which can be undertaken whether or not a structuralcompetition has been enacted (e.g. when a person wants to make even the simplest activity into arace). Kohn sparked a conversation on these forms of competition as mutually interlinked andfar from being inevitable, they are in fact undesirable forms of structure and interaction for manyaspects of productivity, learning, affect, interpersonal community, and even ethical behavior.Kohn (and McDermott, e.g. “kill thy neighbor” game (Varenne & McDermott, 1999) ) sparked aconversation in 1990s K-12 education where many considered whether other non-competitivestructures and interactions were possible and desirable. Although influential in K

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Flexible Engineering Curricula

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leland Giovannelli, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

problems in multiple contexts and through multiple lenses. Such a person haslearned how to negotiate engineering complexity as well as cultural complexity, and cantherefore arrive at solutions that are physically robust, economically feasible, aestheticallypleasing, ethically sound, and culturally sensitive.But can this nexus of characteristics be taught? And if so, how?At CU Boulder, faculty and staff have decided that the answer lies not in a single course orsemester, but over several semesters, in a new Global Engineering Minor (GEM). They believethat this new minor can prepare students for the extreme versatility and universal effectivenessthat global engineering requires. The present paper describes this new minor: its origins andevolution