Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

clear to the author that if this subject had to make an impact in studentsunderstanding and interest in the field of aeronautical engineering, it cannot be done through conventionallecture-based model. On the other hand, the fundamental theories cannot be overlooked in the interest offocusing on applications. This paper documents an endeavor to achieve a balance between those two byfollowing McLaren’s [6] suggestion that the theory informs practice but experiential and practicalknowledge can be employed as a means to understanding and interpreting that theory. The objective is toapproach a math-based Aerodynamics class from a context of application, student-centered (SCEL) andinstructor-centered experiential learning (ICEL) at the same time

Conference Session

Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, Expectancy theory [6], (2) self-efficacy [7-8], (3) extra-curricular learning [9],and (4) social role identity theory [10-11]. (1) Valence, Instrumentality, Expectancy theory (VIE) [6] was used in several studies asa framework for understanding undergraduate students’ motivation to participate in engineeringoutreach. This theory proposes that motivation arises from the interaction among elements ofvalence, or value of an activity, instrumentality, or the connection between an activity and theindividual’s goals, and expectancy, or the individual’s perception that the activity can besuccessfully performed. Switzer and Benson [12] used VIE theory to examine changes inundergraduate engineering students’ motivation as a result of participating in

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; William M. Bulleit, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

engineers face. We review recent empirical work on theethics of care and the role of empathy in engineering. Campbell (2013) asked howengineering “professors can teach students to care”. Other work (Walther et al. 2012;Hess et al. 2014) has begun to build a background of how we could begin this integration.We suggest that these approaches are more consonant with design approaches and hencefamiliar to engineering faculty. Engineering ethics can then integrate seamlessly intoengineering education.This paper considers a combination of the philosophical principles of pragmatism and theethic of care as a broad framework for integrating ethics in undergraduate engineering.Such an approach would integrate ethics into the teaching of engineering in a way

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Rutwik Dehade, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

appropriately.D5: I feel prepared to address interpersonal tensions that arise between my coworkers.D6: I know how to balance the interests of my employer, myself, and the public, and how to explainmy decisions.Furthermore, survey results are organized based on the level of exposure to ethical education inhigh school (see Table 2) and demographic attributes (see Table 3).As shown in Table 2, in general, the students with greater exposure to ethical education in highschool showed higher self-efficacy than those who were “never or once” exposed to ethicaleducation. A t-test on difference in mean scores (Occasionally & Frequently versus Never & Once)at 95% confidence level showed significant difference for multiple self-efficacy questions. Forexample

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 7 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Cassandra J. McCall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

and authenticity. In later sections, wepresent our findings using extended representative quotes from Alice’s story.PositionalityThe first author, Kali, identifies as an international, cis-female graduate student in the College ofEngineering and Computing from an Asian country. She has been working on this project for thelast six months as part of her graduate research, exploring student experiences that are oftenhidden or misunderstood by faculty and peers within the classroom. As an international student,she shares an identity with the participant, which likely contributed to establishing rapport and atrusting relationship with the participant.The second author, Secules, identifies as a cisgender White man, working as an engineering

Conference Session

WIED: Partnering with and Supporting the WIED Community

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camila Zapata, Universidad Andres Bello; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello

Engineeringstudents, from three different cities in the country.Study aims being to identify factors considered relevant by the student body and which wouldhave to be included in a School of Engineering committed to gender equality. The former willenable, in the near future, to determine existing gaps between what students expect and whatthe School of Engineering currently offers. This will allow focusing strategies that worktowards a reduction of said differences, harnessing the capacity of the school to promotegender equality. The study undertaken which used a mixed methodology, may constitute aframework for other institutions or Schools of Engineering seeking to address gender equalityin the engineering area.Bibliographic reviewGender would be the roles

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

making thingsdifferent, we aim to “make a difference.”36, 37, 38 This approach makes social (power) relationsand social structures vital to students’ design process, but does so without displacing thecentrality of material interventions or negating the potential of material innovation to catalyzesocial change.39 By applying STS methods and concepts in analyzing the social structuressurrounding design processes and outcomes, we do not displace material, localized interventions.A subtle balancing act is needed to move between the local, material intervention and the manylayers of interaction it has or is likely to have with other elements in the complex systems intowhich the local intervention fits.40While STS scholars tend to be more fluent with

Conference Session

Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

Page 14.317.7appears to be an endless task.Clark7 in follow on research outlines in detail the take off of entrepreneurial universitiesin the USA and cites Stanford as a good example. Stanford became the motheruniversity of silicon valley in the 1930s and supported the development of electronicsfirms such as that formed by Stanford graduates William Hewlett and David Packard.Clark6 describes the resulting Hewlett Packard company as the classic university spin-off. The university supplied materials and a physics lab for a 50% interest in futurepatents. Ties between the university and firms were close and collaborative. Theuniversity opened its classrooms to local businesses. Marginson11 believes that the IvyLeague universities in the USA are

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

defining sustainability or answering objective questions (e.g., multiple choice).Assessments of design skills capture higher-order cognitive processes which may require bothconceptual and procedural knowledge; for example, students applying sustainable design to theircapstone projects. Assessments of beliefs, attitudes, or interests reflect self-knowledge and aremore indicative of motivation to perform sustainable design or act sustainably, rather than ademonstrated ability to do so.Accordingly, the research questions guiding this review were:1. What tools are available for assessing students’ (a) conceptual knowledge, (b) design skills or application of knowledge, and/or (c) beliefs/attitudes/interests related to sustainability?2. Which fields

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

delivered in September/October 2013 over an 8-week period (with a 2-week extension for final assignment submissions). Our team wascomposed of three core faculty in different engineering fields (chemical, environmental, andmechanical/design), a faculty member from theater (who also served as an acting coach), a teamprocess coach (psychology), an instructional designer, several university technical staff wholiaised with Coursera and managed contractual issues, and a mix of graduate and undergraduatestudents from engineering and education who assisted as staff with many tasks along the way.3.1 Levels of Student EngagementStudent engagement and retention are major issues in the current MOOC context4. In particular,the low percentages of enrolled

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Colonial and Local Contexts (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 8)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra DakotaTomi Brunson, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

academic curricula have gained momentum across disciplines [3], [9], [10],[11], [12]. Such efforts foster awareness of societal power dynamics, inequalities, and oppressivestructures while encouraging critical analysis and action for social change. These approachesempower students to challenge dominant narratives, reflect on their roles in systems of privilegeor marginalization, and engage as agents of transformation. Engineering education presents unique challenges for fostering critical consciousness anddisrupting entrenched mindsets, largely due to the persistence of Technical/Social Dualism,which upholds a rigid separation between technical and social dimensions of engineering. As aresult, the field often resists the integration of

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

purpose of this section is to provide a criticalperspective on how this decision affects the overall alignment between the research objectivesand the IPA methodology.As previously discussed in this paper, IPA is a powerful tool for unpacking individual livedexperience of some phenomenon​27​. This experiential reality need not only be accessed throughconducting interviews, as noted above. Focus groups, diaries, and other techniques have beenused to collect IPA data​28,29​, but any technique must be carried out with the central question ofwhether or not the tool elicits the desired social reality, in this case, individual livedexperience of graduate student identity. As put by Walther and colleagues​2​, data collectionoccurs with the underlying

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

M. Teresa Cardador, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Grisel Lopez-Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

something well or not was alsobased on how much prior exposure you may have had/not had to the topic.Third, interest and anticipated performance also seemed related to elective track selection.Students based their elective selection on personal interest (how interesting they found the topic),and how much they enjoyed previous courses in a particular specialization area (e.g., hardwarevs. software or biomechanics vs. therapeutics). Related to the second theme, however, interestalso appeared related to how well one performed in a particular course.A fourth theme to emerge from the wave 1 student data was that approximately fifty percent ofinformants had some plan to pursue managerial roles, rather than purely technical roles post-graduation. Some

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larkin Martini, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dorian Bobbett, University of Michigan; Jeanne Sanders, University of Michigan; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

research focuses on exploring and understanding engineering learning environments. He harnesses these insights to propose solutions that encourage the creation of safe and inclusive educational environments conducive to learning, professional development, and innovation. His research interests include graduate student mentorship, faculty development, mental health and well-being, teamwork and group dynamics, and the design of project-based learning classes. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An exploration of how faculty advising influences doctoral student psychological safety and the impact on work-related outcomes AbstractFaculty advisors perform a vital role in doctoral

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin E. Sherwood, Stony Brook University; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, where both mentors and mentees are building competence andenhancing problem solving skills [9].Research questions. This research study examined the impacts of the mentoring experience onjunior and senior STEM students serving as peer mentors to first-year female students. To buildupon prior work in the STEM mentoring field, the overarching research questions were: How didservice as a peer mentor to first year female students impact the women serving in these roles?How did mentoring service facilitate leadership development among junior and senior mentors?Conceptual FrameworkMuch of what is known about self-efficacy and its role in persistence of behavior is based uponthe research of Bandura, who distinguished between both efficacy expectations

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebekah Dupont, Augsburg University; Nancy A. Rodenborg, Augsburg University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

withstudents who overcame social identity barriers.Our research also revealed that having a key relationship with a person acting as a mentor, suchas faculty, employers, family, peers, etc. was integral for students in even deciding to enroll atAugsburg or to apply to the AugSTEM Scholars program. The majority of students explainedthat they learned about the scholarship or made the decision to apply based on personalconnections. Flyers, e-mails and other passive forms of communication alone may be lessinfluential for recruitment. Students valued personal conversations in which they felt their skillswere validated, and they were personally encouraged to participate or shown a pathway intoSTEM. Relationships also played a role in connecting students to

Conference Session

Pre-College: Robotics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Whipker, The Forge Initiative; Robert A. Mackie, The Forge Initiative; Lynn A. Albers, Campbell University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

students operates the robot; competing innumerous matches over a two or three day period to earn ranking points and ultimatelyqualifying for higher level (state or world) competitions.The 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) season was filled with excitement, a challengingcompetition design, FIRST Stronghold, and many talented youth, mentors, and leaders. Part ofthe excitement is the opportunity to drive the robot in competition. Unfortunately, this privilegeis usually reserved for just a few students due to the nature of the competition. Different teamsview the roles and responsibilities of the drive team through their own lens. Drive teamcomposition is defined by the game rules each year. In 2016, the game called for four students tomake up one

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Barbara A. Karanian A., Stanford University; Ville Mikael Taajamaa, University of Turku

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Internet Marketing and Advertising, 2012.21. Karanian B.“Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Balancing Act in Engineering and Science,” ASEE Global Colloquia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007.22. Karanian, B. et al., “Open Process Team Collaboration: Story Parallels from an Academic Team to theStudied Start-Up,” ASEE, San Antonio, TX, 2012.23. Kelley D. and Kelley T. “Creative Confidence,” Crown Publishing Group, 2013.24. Kolmos A. "Future Engineering Skills, Knowledge, and Identity,” Engineering Science, Skills, andBuilding, 165-185, 2006.25. Langer E. J. “Mindfulness,” Merloyd-Lawrence, 1990.26. Leifer L. J. and Steinert M. “Dancing with Ambiguity: Causality Behavior, Design Thinking, and Triple-Loop-Learning,” Information Knowledge Systems Management, 10

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

internet, but you are only hurtingyourself by using them” is often perceived as allowing unethical behavior so long as the studentdoes not find a harm, in fact a benefit, from searching out solutions to homework problems. Theauthors posit that it is effective to provide initial ethics discussions of situations where studentshave had personal experience and can easily see themselves in the alternate role. Thisimaginative leap, though small, is posited as necessary before a student is expected to acceptrelational identities that are more removed from their personal experiences.Reflection on how classroom cheating relates to office culture and how similar office culturenorms can lead to actions that would be perceived as unethical in a different

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Broad Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Mann, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ali Ansari, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Wayne L Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ramez Hajj, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Educational Organization and Leadership; Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction).Dr. Ali Ansari, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Ali Ansari is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds a Masters and Ph.D in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Ali has been teaching for the past two years at Bucknell University in both the Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering and been focusing on student focused pedagogy centered around Game-based learning techniques.Wayne L Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Wayne Chang is an

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Danielle L. Watt, Center for Chemistry at the Space Time Limit (CaSTL Center); Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeremy Alexis Magruder, University of Florida; Chanel Renee Easley, Techbridge; Yael-Alexandra Jackie Monereau, University of Tampa; Makita R. Phillips; Arielle M. Benjamin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, learning, motivation, and other concepts underpin many diversity efforts and are tied to positive outcomes,  there are minimal examples available in the literature that purely explore the theories from the perspective of Black women and their identity in the context of STEM.   Womanism, a theoretical perspective grounded in the experiences of Black women across the diaspora has the opportunity to inform STEM education efforts that focus on Black women in an exciting and informative way. Presently, there is a gap between this critical, yet often absent social science theory and STEM education research and practice. Through the experiences of eight Black women in STEM disciplines at various levels (e.g. current students, graduates, or working

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #4: Global DEI

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

at both undergraduate and graduate levels [9]. Justifiably, studiesthat attempt to understand and support “international students” have had more traction focusingon Chinese and Indian students, outnumbering studies involving students from other countries[10], [11]. While this work builds on previous studies to improve the likelihood of the success ofinternational students in engineering in the US [12], [13], it also problematizes the generalization.Using a generic term like “international” glosses over the many subtle, complex, and varieddifferences that exist between and even within subclasses of international students. Consequently,this paper focuses on a subset of international students – it briefly discusses the literaturesurrounding the

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Pedagogy 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University; David Clippinger, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

semester can be converted to Braille, but the work usually takes between a few weeks to several months to prepare. Printed handouts prepared during the semester can be accessed using technology such as the text- to-speech conversion software, described in a following section, if provided to the students in electronic form. The suitability of these software systems for the individual must be determined on a case-by-case basis by a disability counselor. b) Equations, commonly found in textbooks on technical topics, are more difficult to render in Braille. An equation that can be written in a single line of text may require an “expanded format” Braille rendering, using larger-than-normal sheet sizes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Christopher Martinez, University of New Haven; Mark J Graham Ph.D., Yale University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #11568Development and Implementation of a Pathway Assessment Model for theASPIRE ProgramDr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Tagliatela College of Engineering, University of New Haven, CT. She obtained her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2008. She received her Bachelors of Engineering from MIT in 2000. Her research focuses on the nontraditional engineering student – understanding their motivations, identity development, and impact of prior engineering-related experiences. Her work dwells into

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

B. Michael Aucoin P.E., Texas A&M University; Brandon Bowen, Texas A&M University

-based and all-class discussion activities that draw upon criticalquestions of applying these concepts. In so doing, we intend to help students think and behave asprototypical engineering leadership practitioners. IntroductionThe typical engineer spends the majority of his or her career either in a team or in managementand leadership roles1. Even entry-level engineers are expected to function well as team membersand exercise leadership as appropriate to a role. One can therefore consider the practice ofengineering as a triad composed of technical competence, management, and leadership with noclear dividing line2. For these reasons, companies seek graduates with leadership skills 3. However,industry offers

Conference Session

ERM: Conceptualizations of Engineering and Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

interests [21]. However, in the Birmingham study no more than 11% of the diplomatesmade comments directly related to the overloading of the curriculum.In one way and another, the picture presented by the diplomates and students was of a newdimension added to their knowledge and perception of themselves, even though for some, themost remembered effects were enjoyment and relaxation from the rigours of the major study.The benefits were many and various, for the sake of becoming a more balanced human being.These findings have to be set against the fact that much confusion about the aims of liberaleducation was found among both teachers and students.Qu 7. Were the Colleges justified in accepting students with alternative qualifications to‘A’ levels?Yes

Conference Session

Engineering Futures: Navigating the Pathways of Education, Inclusion, and Professional Growth

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajita Singh, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

solving.During the design process, be sure to create spaces for underrepresented engineers to be present.Some suggestions for doing this can be to invite guest speakers with an underrepresented identityto speak about their role as an engineer and their journey towards achieving that role, to showvideos in classrooms where underrepresented identities do work in the engineering field, to provideplatforms for education where underrepresented models deliver the information or act in anengineering role, etc. It is important that the students see themselves in the physical role of anengineer in a positive light, so that they may also see themselves in that role (Casey et al., 2023).Having in-class discussions in small and large groups could be greatly

Conference Session

Supporting Students and Faculty in Computing (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 7)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Stacey Sexton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

balance between being human and being a change agent. I have been wrestling with big questions in education in one form or another for 28 years and with formal methodological training for 10 years. I bring decades of experience organizing with issue-based activist organizations, unions, and left-wing political groups. When I’m not letting my mind wander through ideas, I’m keeping myself grounded in my community through participation in local struggles, organizing, and mutual aid work. I genuinely try to get to know the people around me. I love being in nature and I find that sitting quietly among a stand of trees is the closest I can come to sensing the divine. ©American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

T1A: Readiness 1

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Nicholas A Meisel, The Pennsylvania State University; Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christopher McComb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) acts as a gateway engineering course forover 3800 students across 20 Penn State campuses each year. Recently, the course has incorporatedsix educational modules, which cover topics from creativity to professional communication tomaking. However, these modules require a unifying experience so that the students are able toperceive how the content from the individual modules coalesces to form the unique identity of anengineer. To address this need, a new framework is proposed to guide the creation andimplementation of an 8-week long design challenge within EDSGN 100. This framework identifiesa series of 8 project characteristics necessary to create a clear connection between the content fromeach of the individual modules

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

address such issues. Management, teaching,and medicine also educate people for practice and must continually engage with a changingworld to remain relevant. In this paper it is hypothesized that degree programs in thesedisciplines confront, with varying degrees of success, a tension between providing theknowledge needed to act and inculcating the ability in students to act spontaneously and in theright way. This paper explores this tension by looking across these disciplines to identifypractices that are believed to be effective in giving students the knowledge and abilities neededto act professionally. The general approach that has emerged is having students actively addressproblems of varying degrees of difficulty and constraint through