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Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

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David Robert Bruce P.E., Fulbright University Vietnam; Sebastian Dziallas, Fulbright University Vietnam

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. Bruce has studied and worked in the alternative energy field for 15 years in a variety of disciplines, with industrial experience in both large tech companies and start-ups. Dr. Bruce is keen to share his understanding into underlying physical science and how to use it to actualize engineering and bring innovation from conception to production. Dr. Bruce is an avid sculptor, painter, and photographer and he hopes to pioneer integration of fine arts with engineering at Fulbright to help examine what serendipitous discoveries can be found through these combined fields.Dr. Sebastian Dziallas, Fulbright University Vietnam Sebastian Dziallas is a Founding Faculty Member at Fulbright University Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City

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Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Julia Nicodemus, Lafayette College; Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College

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essential to prepare students for “active lives as informed citizens” [39-40].The curriculum for the major in Engineering Studies consists of fundamental courses in math,science, and engineering sciences – selected by each student from an approved list – as well asconsiderable coursework in the traditional liberal arts. The framework for students to integrate allthese courses is provided by a three-course required core curriculum in Engineering Studies:Engineering Economics; Engineering & Public Policy; and Engineering and Society.The Engineering Studies Core CurriculumThe mission of the Engineering Studies Program at Lafayette College is to help students from avariety of majors connect engineering and the liberal arts (Figure 1). The learning

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Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

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Michael Oudshoorn, High Point University; Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., High Point University

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of a degree at High Point University is 50 credits.With the current ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission requirements of a minimum of 30semester hours of science and mathematics, and 45 hours of engineering topics appropriate to thename of the program [1], this is problematic. Mapping an engineering curriculum to exclusivelyfour-hour courses is also difficult, as most traditional courses and texts are built to be taught inthree hour blocks, forcing some creative combination of courses.The entire curricula for both electrical and computer engineering have been approved, and theprograms accepted their first freshmen in fall 2019. This paper discusses the implementation ofthe programs, the challenges already addressed and those yet to be

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Sociotechnical Integration

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Cynthia Helen Carlson P.E., Merrimack College; Catherine Woodworth Wong, Merrimack College

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/engineering/social interfaces, combined sewer overflows, and improved communication and education of engineering concepts.Ms. Catherine Woodworth Wong, Merrimack College Catherine Woodworth Wong, M.S., M.S. is the instruction/liaison librarian for Science and Engineering, Health Sciences, and Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 If Engineers solve problems, why are there still so many problems to solve?: Getting beyond technical “solutions” in the classroomAbstractThis Evidence-Based Practice Paper describes implementation and assessment of an exercisebringing international

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Sociotechnical Integration

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Maysam Nezafati, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mel Chua, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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human variability into account during userinterviews, but not applying those insights into mathematical models that determine how theactual product is shaped and manufactured. How might instructors integrate inclusive practicesinto these courses without adding even more material into content-packed classes? This work inprogress paper presents an ongoing case study as one attempt to answer that question.Our setting: transforming a middle-years course at a research-centric institutionOur case study occurs in a required undergraduate course in biomedical engineering at a largepublic research-intensive university. The course, which we will call Conservation Principles forthe purposes of this paper, is typically taken in the second or third year and

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Sociotechnical Integration

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Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Paper ID #30435Real-World Examples and Sociotechnical Integration: What’s the Connec-tion?Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines Jacquelene Erickson is a fourth year undergraduate student at Colorado School of Mines pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering. After graduation in May 2020, she plans to work in electrical distribution design at an engineering firm.Dr. Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines Stephanie Claussen is a Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She ob

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Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

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Rebecca Balakrishnan, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Priya Subra Mani

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Faculty of Education in the area of Counselling Psy- chology through the University of Manitoba. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integrating Career Development Supports into a Biosystems Engineering Program: Study DesignAbstractCareer development is an important area of growth for post-secondary students, includingengineering students who are learning about who they are and what they want in their careers.Career development support may be particularly useful for students in less known areas ofengineering, such as biosystems engineering, who may benefit from support in understandingtheir career possibilities and learning to articulate their skills to employers. This

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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, draws attention to the importance of using courseassignments early in an engineering curriculum to help students appreciate and attend to socialand ethical in addition to environmental and economic aspects of sustainable development. The instructors discussed above successfully integrated learning modules on sustainabledevelopment into required technical courses in civil and environmental engineering. Myendeavor to reorient the patent assignment in STS 1500 around the SDGs builds on and extendsthe learning goals discussed in these studies by applying them to a non-technical engineeringcourse in STS specifically devoted to introducing students to social and ethical aspects ofengineering practice. Like these scholars, I hoped that aligning

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Promoting Technical Communication Skills

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Kristine Horvat, University of New Haven; Judy Randi, University of New Haven

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Paper ID #29097A Partnership Model for Integrating Technical Communication Habitsthroughout Undergraduate Engineering CoursesDr. Kristine Horvat, University of New Haven Dr. Kristine Horvat earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Molecular Engineering and a Masters & PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Stony Brook University. While in graduate school, she performed research at Brookhaven National Laboratory to investigate gas hydrates as an alternative energy source. Currently, Dr. Horvat is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of New Haven, where she teaches laboratory

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Technical Courses and Liberal Education

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Shehla Arif, University of Mount Union

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Paper ID #31588Designing an Engineering Computer Instructional Laboratory: Working withthe PanopticonDr. Shehla Arif, University of Mount Union I am a thermal-fluids sciences educator. My doctoral and postdoctoral work is on experimental fluid dynamics of bubbles. My emphasis is interdisciplinary moving between mechanical engineering, geology, and biology. I acquired PhD from Northwestern University, IL and a post-doc at McGill University, Canada. I am passionate about integrating Engineering education with liberal arts studies. To that end, I am interested in embedding social justice and peace studies into engineering

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Technical Courses and Liberal Education

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Linda Vanasupa, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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, and life in constantfear. After my family found refuge in the U.S. and I chose physics as my focus of study, Ilearned that my “otherness” also expanded to being a woman who wanted to learn sciences,being pretty in an academic domain where “prettiness” wasn’t allowed, being feminine in a placewhere the ticket to belong had “masculinity” written all over it. To date, I am still “othered:” awoman in a hard domain of engineering, a scientist by training working in an engineeringcollege, a humanist in the environment of technologists. I have also “othered” myself by choicethrough going rogue and focusing my intellectual vitality efforts in the space of education,shifting away from quantitative towards qualitative research paradigm, integrating

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Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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vehicle for teaching knowledge not included in semester surveys, engineering fields and integrating Zarske (2005) Boulder Outreach science and math. coursework. Retention of observations, curriculum into K-12 classrooms, Corps Undergraduates take women and students of focus group. develop K-12 engineering curriculum, a class to prepare color can improve using an and work with children. Decreases in them to lead

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Promoting Communication Skills

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Bruce Kovanen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ryan Ware, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Megan Mericle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J. Patrick Coleman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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engineering classes, we want to particularly highlight low-investment, easy-entryexamples of how a process orientation to writing can be implemented in STEM classes. Forexample, in large, minimal-credit orientation courses for first-year students, we have designedseveral short writing assignments. When introducing these assignments to the students,instructors talk about how writing is integral to their discipline and can serve a wide range ofpurposes. Most of these assignments are reflective, prompting students to capture their thoughtsabout a reading or presentation. Other assignments are more structured and oriented todeveloping professional communication practices, such as drafting an email to a professor askingfor advice after missing class

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Identity, Culture, and Socialization

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas A. De Pree, Bucknell University; Rafael Julián Burgos-Mirabal, University of Massachusetts- Amherst

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community with a survey of these differentmodalities of governance, which we define as any recognizable institutional arrangement orprocess that has an influence on the structure and content of engineering education. We also usethis paper to open up a conversation about the policy implications that follow from theseobservations.As a work in progress, the paper that follows limits itself to a general description of the contentwe expect to present during our poster session, with a focus on mapping out the nine modalitiesof governance that emerged most prominently in our data. More detailed empirical findings willbe presented during the poster session and integrated into a subsequent publication. In whatfollows, the implications of our work will be

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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Professor at the Colorado School of Mines.Dr. Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines Qin Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the Ethics Across Campus Program and the Division of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines, where he is co-directing the Daniels Fund Program in Professional Ethics Education that provides scholarly and grant support for faculty to integrate ethics into applied science and engineering curricula. Qin serves as a graduate faculty member in the Master’s Program in Natural Resources and Energy Policy at Mines. Qin is also Associate Editor for International Perspectives at the National Academy of Engineering’s Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science and Book Review and

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Ellen Lynch, Australian National University; Jeremy Ingle Smith, Australian National University

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Engineering. This would allow researchinvestments and activities in the area to be directly reported on and measured for universities andany organisation involved in research.DiscussionThe swelling support, interest and recognition of HumEng in Australia has sparked studentinterest, academic literature and investment from institutions in the area. EWB-A was an initialdriver of this, building momentum through education programs and partnerships withuniversities. New academic appointments and a growing number of experiential providersindicate this growth is continuing.EWB-A acting as a central hub, a collegiate spirit, government mobility grant funding andbroader curriculum review and renewal were key enablers in the rise of HumanitarianEngineering in

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Minoritization Processes and Critical Responses

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Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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made mention of the fact that he was gay and I forget which term they used for him. I kind of bemoaned that on Facebook and then, one of my colleagues from [university], she [VCP leader] came in and offered me a position in the, the LVCP to kind of explore, you know, concepts of LGBTQ identity within STEM. And, I personally have been trying to engage in that space personally just as another way to, kind of, I guess, like, develop myself a little more and maybe hopefully, get a deeper appreciation of what it means to be an engineer.” “I'm not doing it all the time per se, but I've been able to integrate this [VCP and Safe

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Courtney Paige Stanton; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Emily Sarver; Linda A. Battalora, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Susan K. Peterson, Marietta College; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Rennie B. Kaunda , Colorado School of Mines

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curriculum. This has direct implications for the diversity ofengineering students and workforces. Qualitative studies, for example, find that undergraduatewomen who place a high value on social responsibility leave engineering programs when theyencounter unsupportive environments, decontextualized technical courses, and curriculardifficulty.This paper builds on prior literature by sharing the results of research that integrated criticalsocial science perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR) into technical courses inpetroleum engineering, mining engineering, and electrical engineering – three fields routinelycharacterized as enrolling the least diverse student bodies in terms of gender. Our data consist ofthree years of pre- and post

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Technical Courses and Liberal Education

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Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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presentation skills in an Introduction to TechnicalCommunication course. In this initial study, we aim to: (1) provide a set of curricular materialsthat engineering educators can use to integrate reflection in any presentation assignment and (2)discuss self-reported student data regarding development of presentation skills. Students reportedthat viewing their recorded presentation and reflecting on their performance helped them gainconfidence and improve their presentation skills for future use.Although effective communication skills are required for success in all engineering disciplines,many programs do not teach technical communication for a variety of reasons, including lack ofinstructor experience or buy-in regarding the value of teaching

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Creating a Supportive and Nurturing Academic Culture

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Madhvi Jayalakshmi Venkatesh, Harvard Medical School; Prakriti Dance; Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Eleanor Berke, Boston Public Schools; Jimena Bermejo; David Freeman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Abigail M. Fry; Alex L. Hindelang

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Lincoln Center Summer Forum, focusing on integrating performing and visual art into elementary curriculum. In our current trying times, she is producing new plays through Zoom and co-hosting a weekly comedy show on Socially Distant Improv (Instagram Live). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #31067Jimena Bermejo Jimena is a as a movement artist who has moved away from the classical ”rehearse-to-perform” paradigm of her dance training to include imperfections, to break the separation between audience and performer. She uses movement, text, and performance actions to experiment

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Kari Zacharias, Concordia University; Brandiff Robert Caron, Concordia University

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programs embedded inengineering schools in the United States and Canada. The authors expand on previousscholarship by Kathryn Neeley, Caitlin Wylie, and Bryn Seabrook in “In Search of Integration:Mapping Conceptual Efforts to Apply STS to Engineering Education,” as presented at the 2019ASEE annual conference, to examine how STS is incorporated in engineering education. WhileNeeley, Wylie, and Seabrook focused on broad trends within a single, large professional society(ASEE), this study focuses on two particular embedded STS programs, with an emphasis on howthe research team describes STS for engineers and encourages meaningful integration. What does the field of STS offer engineering students? What core STS concepts andapproaches do we teach

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Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

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Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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multidisciplinary team setting where “(1) each team member serves in awell-defined role in the team; (2) each team member brings a particular expertise to bear insolving the problem; and (3) the scope of the problem is sufficiently broad that no one teammember could successfully solve the problem alone [8, p. 20].”ABET addressed the liberal arts through a professional component by requiring “a generaleducation component that complements the technical content of the curriculum and is consistentwith the program and institution objectives [6, p. 2].” ABET directed that program outcomesand student assessments demonstrate that some of the skills related to the liberal arts as having:(1) “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility”; and to (2

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Promoting Communication Skills

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charlie Bennett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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single offering of a course) at a single institution. As long as the majorityof papers report on a single intervention or single institution, with little reference to what otherinstitutions are doing, coherence in the scholarly conversation will be an elusive goal. The “one-off,” as we might call it, creates a publishable unit but gains significance for the broaderscholarly community only when it is integrated into a larger pattern of practice and assessment.To identify areas for potentially strategic action, we focused papers that either demonstrated orsuggested potentially more impactful ways of organizing research and publishing oncommunication in engineering. One example of a potentially more impactful design was“Preliminary Investigation of

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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Jessica Taylor, Iowa State University; Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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has been limited curriculum development that heavily integrates the SDGs into engineeringproblem-solving.Beyond the SDGs themselves, there is heightened interest in the role of technology andengineering in addressing what has traditionally been considered “social” problems [8], [9],above and beyond simply addressing basic human needs [1]. Engineers may even be moreeffective if they embrace a role as a “bridge” between the stakeholders and the policymakers inimplementing solutions to such challenges [3], or even serve as policymakers themselves indesigning and effecting social change [10]. To effectively take on these nontraditionalengineering roles, engineers themselves must stretch beyond a traditional engineeringbackground. Issues such as

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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, to do good for humankind” [5]. Much of the curriculum is hands-on and projectbased; many of the courses are co-taught by interdisciplinary teams and much of the content isintegrated across disciplines. Olin also emphasizes teamwork, design, and student autonomy,positioning students as co-creators of their own educational experiences. In addition, all studentscomplete an Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences concentration alongside their engineering major,and essential outcomes of a liberal education, per the Association of American Colleges andUniversities, are integrated throughout the curriculum [6], [7].Olin President Richard K. Miller brought this philosophy to GCSP as one of the three foundersof the nationwide program. Olin was one of the

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Identity, Culture, and Socialization

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego

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Paper ID #29862Engineering as a challenging vocation: How students align personalvalues to the dominant engineering discourseDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. His research has contributed to the integration of critical theoretical frame- works and Chicano Cultural Studies to investigate and analyze existing deficit models in engineering education. Dr. Mejia’s work also examines how asset-based models impact the validation and recognition of students and communities of color

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Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

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Ryan H. Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Daniel F. Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kimberly Karen Osberg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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spans business, nursing, medicine, and engineering.This interest then continues as a catalyst for educational reforms. The rest of their work lays afoundation for acceptance or rejection of the current definitions and assessments of emotionalintelligence. In their conclusions, two distinct groups emerge: the first group’s interpretation ofemotional intelligence is strictly parallel to cognitive intelligence and the second group definedEI an all-encompassing value.These distinctions lead to several different definitions of EI. Roberts, in a summary of emotionalintelligence [7], splits EI into two models: Integrative-Model Approaches and Mixed-ModelApproaches to emotional intelligence. The Integrative-Model assessment focuses on specificabilities

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Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

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Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Win Gilbert Bruhl, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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, the linked course would be automatically added to the student’s schedule. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine describes the educational benefits of deliberate integration of arts and humanities with engineering curricula (and vice versa) – integration well beyond general education requirements.26 2) Do not rely only on fine arts courses to develop creativity skills in your students. Integrate open ended problems throughout the curriculum and include creativity as a part of the assessment. It is important that students see that creativity is an inherent part of the learning14 and engineering. 3) Integrate the development of creativity skills and abilities into the

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Promoting Communication Skills

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Gabrielle Orbaek White, Swansea University ; Patricia Xavier, Swansea University; Catherine Groves, Swansea University

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not have clear beginnings, middles orends. One issue that emerged from students’ journals was a tension between engineering andsocial science. On one hand, there was a recognition of the importance of social and politicalcontext across students’ disciplinary backgrounds. However, this did not necessarily mean it wassimple or straightforward for students to integrate these perspectives into their work. “There was certainly a belief that I was on the team to ‘do the social stuff’ required on the course, from both myself and my fellow team members. There was an underestimation of the significance of the social science, in the fact that social science principles must be applied to any development project, in a sense they

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Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

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Wei Yao, Zhejiang University; Bifeng Zhang, Zhejiang University; Hu Shunshun, Zhejiang University

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engineering curricula. Among the multiple ways used to cultivatecreativity, arts integration might be one of the most underappreciated ways.Based on the conclusions of this paper, we suggest that we should attach importanceto arts education. Some reports at both the K-12 [21] and professional levels [22] haveshown that integrating arts and science/engineering could have unexpected effects.Some colleges such as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology have even steppedfurther to explore a new combination of arts and engineering, in which the course wasprovided from an art perspective with examples of engineering pulled in to reinforcetopics in art, rather than creating an engineering course with examples of art pulled in.This course engaged students in the