Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

. Oral presentation using PowerPoint summarizing accomplishment and significance of the completed project.#3 Academic Academic Argument Project Planning.Argument Formal Proposal for Argument Project. Continued development of relevant specialized second research tools.The space race Deliverable – a position paper: science, technology, and major social problems.“debates”#4 Group/team 1. Breadth of Knowledge – Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Business.discussions 2. Best Practice and Ethics – focus on the NSPE Code of Ethics.Implications forspace explorationEnrichment Representative Lectures:Activities A Local Small

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2007-866: FINDING A "PLACE" FOR READING AND DISCUSSIONCOURSES: DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT OF "SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPACTSOF TECHNOLOGY"Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kyle Oliver is a graduate student in the Department of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Traci Kelly, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Traci Kelly is an Assistant Faculty Associate in the Department of Engineering Professional Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Sandra Courter is the Director of the Engineering Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Laura Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

serves as Chair of the Educational Innovation Collaborative at LTU and Coordinator of the Civil Engineering Assessment Program. He is actively involved in ASEE and serves as Faculty Advisor for the ASCE Student Chapter at LTU. His research interests involve academic integrity, assessment tools, urban stream restoration, and watershed processes. Page 11.768.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Innovative Learning Experience – Detroit to Pittsburgh Canoe ExpeditionAbstractEngineering students at Lawrence Technological University participated in a unique

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2008-1891: INTEGRATING TECHNICAL, SOCIAL, AND AESTHETICANALYSIS IN THE PRODUCT DESIGN STUDIO: A CASE STUDY AND MODELFOR A NEW LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERSDean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma’s research and teaching focus on interdisciplinary design collaboration and the expertise that enables it. With a BS in mechanical engineering and another in general studies and a PhD in interdisciplinary social sciences, Dean has worked as a member of design teams in contexts as diverse as the U.S. and European automotive industries; Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector; and STS, engineering, and design curriculum planning. He teaches across Rensselaer’s Product Design and

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Simmons, University of Utah; Susan Sample, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

collaborative writing skills; and (d)feedback from the instructional team guiding continuous improvement in the course.BackgroundCollaboration and communication impact engineering practice in profound ways. Engineers needto be creative, innovative problem solvers, often under time constraints. As a result, effectiveteamwork and communication are paramount. To equip students with the teamwork andcommunication skills necessary for engineering practice, educators have developed variousapproaches including writing across the curriculum, cooperative project-based learning, andintegrated communication instruction. For more than ten years, we have integrated teamwork andcommunication (oral and written) instruction into the freshman and senior

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Learning, Projects that Matter: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Engineering, AAHE, E. Tsang, ed., Washington D.C., (2000).6 Design Criteria for Sustainable Development in Appropriate Technology: Technology as if People Matter Robert C. Wicklein, Ed. D. University of Georgia, USA7 Hazelton, B, Bull, C. Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices and Implications, November 1988.8 Wilk, et. al., Preparing Engineering Students to Work in a Global Environmen: The Union College Model,, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition9 Mayes, et. al., ABET Best Practices: Results form Interviews with 27 Peer Institutions, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

their professors or peers.Stevens Institute of Technology, through its Writing and Communications Center, offers asequence of workshops to undergraduate engineering students in their junior and senior yearsdesigned to develop and strengthen students’ oral and written presentation skills. TheEngineering Information Foundation (EIF) provided funding to Stevens to improve existingsupport for students by developing and assessing workshop components to increase students’ability to communicate research to non-technical audiences. Modifications to the workshopswere made based on pre- and post-survey data. Furthermore, the grant was used to develop andaward a Communication Prize. Typically, Stevens, awards a prize to two senior design projectstudent

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Matthew Search, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Yalvac et al. describe how an engineering course was redesigned topromote advanced writing skills by adding writing exercises based on the VaNTH taxonomy ofcore competency skills in writing.11 Many educators and institutions recognize the value ofincreasing communication emphasis in a longitudinal manner throughout a student’s academicprogram.12, 13 While this emphasis is significant and necessary for developing efficient and Page 13.71.2effective engineering graduates, increased “practice” time and/or varied assignment formats arenot sufficient by themselves to accomplish this goal. Just as a successful engineering design isachieved through

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela, University of Evansville; James Allen, University of Evansville; Brian Swenty, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

standard deviation was1.0. Although the faculty response rate was a subject of contention at subsequent facultymeetings, the question did provide a snapshot of faculty enthusiasm (or lack thereof) for thecurrent general education program. For the authors, however, it raised a larger question thatcould be approached by actual data as opposed to just perception. Namely, how does the generaleducation program at the University of Evansville compare in content, if not in quality, withother such programs across the country?To answer this question, and to identify possible new models and best practices that couldtranslate well into the culture at the University of Evansville, a review of general educationcurricula of colleges and universities with

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

the purposeof the project and the specific research and writing strategies one selects. Adams and colleagues,for example, examine “storytelling in engineering education” with the explicit goal of betterunderstanding the emergence of an “engineering education research community.” Their focus is,in other words, accounting for an observed convergence and possibly contributing further to it.They invited eight scholars, including three co-authors, to prepare “story poster” presentations atthe national Frontiers in Education conference (supported by the IEEE). The organizers askedpresenters to respond to a structured set of questions designed to evoke “insider knowledge”pertaining to “driving passions and goals, processes such as getting started

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

to both the constraints to and the opportunities for innovation in each ofthe systems under consideration, which arguably cannot be accomplished effectively entirelywithin any of the existing disciplinary domains but must be addressed between or among them.In the terminology of sustainable design scholar Ezio Manzini, sustainability requires both a“strategy of efficiency,” or doing things better, and a “strategy of sufficiency,” or simply doingless, at least in terms of production and consumption of material goods. According to Manzini’sapproach, “ecological quality will emerge from compound strategies and compoundinterventions in different areas.” 1 In each of these ways, the concept of sustainability serves toreinforce efforts to promote

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Curtis Johnson, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

to thehypothesis. The student deliverable for each technology centered unit was a written reportsummarizing and citing the resources found and a conclusion that inferred whether thehypothesis was supported or not supported. Each student also presented a brief oral report.In addition to individual research activities, the class conducted a survey on issues associatedwith the impact of technology on society, using their friends and classmates as subjects. Thesurvey instrument was constructed collaboratively during the course of the semester with Page 12.928.5students suggesting and critiquing questions. Examples of questions created include

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

technical community have called for systemic changes in engineeringeducation that include a shift to integrated and multidisciplinary approaches; an emphasis onunderstanding of societal impacts of engineering; increased teaming skills, includingcollaborative, active learning; and an improved capacity for life-long, self-directed learning.1,2,3This study focuses upon two of the critical skills listed above: self-directed learning andcontextual understanding.Calls for educational reform emphasize the need for new student-centered learning approachesthat aid development of broader skills and attitudes to complement traditional knowledgeacquisition.1,2 A capacity for self-direction and life-long learning is often identified as a criticaloutcome for