Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ledlie Klosky; Decker Hains; Timothy Johnson, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, USMA; Jakob Bruhl, US Military Academy, Dept of Civil & Mechanical Engineering; Jared B. Erickson, U.S. Military Academy; John Richards, D/CME, USMA

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Civil Engineering

structural members and haverepetition of key mechanics of materials concepts before moving on to higher level courses must Page 12.217.15not be ignored. A better method than looking at the feedback from individual courses may be toconduct exit interviews with the graduating students to find out how they think the linkagebetween the two courses improved their level of understanding of mechanics of materials in theirhigher level engineering courses, or to compare student achievement directly by giving term endquestions identical to those used in the old CE364 at the end of the new CE364.Course Integration Lessons LearnedThe major lesson learned

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpitfalls. A large body of literature exists supporting the importance of teaching teamwork to ourstudents. For example, the Foundation Coalition promotes student learning communities. Thesecommunities are used to build a sense of group identity and cohesiveness so that students maybuild a better understanding of the material they are learning (Clark et al., 2003; Astin, 1992).Transitioning from the importance of student teamwork to faculty teamwork in curriculumdevelopment is evident in a number of additional papers. Balamuralikrishna et al. (2003) discussthe importance of faculty collaboration or teamwork to develop student design projects thatimplement multiple discipline or simultaneous

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

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NSF Grantees

Education to theNew Century. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.Olds, B. M. and R. Miller. 2004. The effect of a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Ratesand Student Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Engineering Education 93 (1): 23-35.Ponton, M. K., J. H. Edmister, L. S. Ukeiley, and J. M. Seiner. 2001. Understanding the role of self-efficacy inengineering education. Journal of Engineering Education 90 (2): 247-251.Prince, M. 2004. Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3).R Development Core Team. 2010. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation forStatistical Computing: Vienna, Austria.Schneider, L. and M. Terrell. 2010

Conference Session

Using Web-Resources and Literature to Teach Engineering in P-8

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucy McAuliffe, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Sonia Katrin Ellis, Smith College; Isabel Huff, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Relation to IE“The Loyalty Quiz” A short quiz that helps Games and play learners identify the balance between being loyal to their friends and making wise decisions“6 Keys to Acting Ethically” Learners hunt for six “keys” in Games and play a treasure map; each key identifies a step in making an ethical decision“Discover Your Ethical Style” Instructions and layout for Games and play folding an origami box upon which learners answer

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

, developing and revising a teachingstatement, identifying and annotating teaching artifacts, developing a diversity statement,compiling a complete draft portfolio, and outlining a professional development plan. The ETPPis peer-led and peer-focused. Participants rotate the leadership role for each session andfacilitate the sessions without supervision by faculty or professional staff.Key features of this program include: a) a focus on graduate students, b) a series of activitiesthat collectively help students develop a teaching portfolio, and c) a peer-led structure with astrong peer evaluation component. The program has these elements for three primary reasons.First, we have an interest in helping improve the flow in the engineering educator pipeline

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

composition within engineering student design teams, Laeser, Moskal, Knecht, andLasich, revealed that balanced gender teams performed the lowest as compared to majorityfemale or majority male 22.In the engineering culture, engineers are typically viewed as “tinkerers”, who are inclined totinker with gadgets, equipment and tools in order to understand, create or improve something.McIlwee and Robinson reported that many female engineering students have low “tinkering”confidence, skills or experience, which may limit the roles they assume on their engineeringdesign teams. This low self-confidence in tinkering could also contribute to females leaving theengineering field or never fully actualizing their potential as a professional engineer. Accordingto

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership in Industry

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Volpe, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

narratives of what more inclusivespaces for women in engineering would look and feel like.The design of engineering workspaces is one of many decisions that engineering leaders mustmake. Leadership plays a critical role in ensuring successful recruitment and onboarding oftalent, cultivating inclusion, productivity, innovation, and reducing turnover. Inclusive leadershipcan enable organizations to tap into the advantages of today's diverse and globalized workforces,achieving a better balance between business priorities and engagement with people of diverseidentities[9]. To advance the inclusion of women within engineering spaces, engineering leadersmust be intentional about the design of workspaces and cultures to promote inclusion ofeveryone on the

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

examination,”by which we mean examination of the status of practice in a profession against the ethicalstandards enacted in its particular code, and vice versa. For example, Clause 8, which wasrecently added to the IEEE Code of Ethics, requires all members “to treat fairly all persons andto not engage in acts of discrimination based on race, religion, gender, disability, age, nationalorigin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”57 This clause provides richopportunities for students to discuss the necessary structural changes to the engineeringprofession—in areas such as employment policies, workplace culture, college admissions,facility design, etc.—so as to live up to the code. Similarly, instructors could also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

apparent problems of “Diversity” and “Scale” that isbased on the premise that the STEM higher education is a dynamic system. Explicitly, a dynamicsystem is a socially-constructed concept defined by the recursive interaction between what onemight call the “parts” of the system; in this case, they are historical events, society, institutions,families, students, staff, and faculty. One sorts out what is “in” or “out” of the system, i.e., the“boundary”, by a shared set of goals. For example, a stated goal around both AP:Scale andAP:Diversity is in preparing an informed citizenship in a technological world4 or in addressingsocietal challenges5. Hypothesis: AP:Scale and AP:Diversity are unintentional consequences of a STEM education system

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

that are embedded in how students train in the field and practice of nuclear engineering.We present here an analysis of embedded value systems in core textbooks typically used inundergraduate and graduate nuclear engineering studies in the US, specifically looking at what isconsidered essential to being a nuclear engineer. Key themes discussed are engineering asproblem solving, the relevance of multidisciplinarity, and the authoritative nature of knowledge.The analysis considers the context in which the textbooks were written and how the embeddedworldview found in the textbook shapes the current landscape of nuclear engineering education,research, and practice. We analyze what nuclear engineering students are implicitly taught abouttheir roles

Conference Session

Perceptions, Projects, and Practical Approaches

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Civil Engineering

the gap between design courses and capstones withoutgetting too detailed in the calculations that a capstone might require. The evaluation discussedincludes student survey data on their experiences that will be correlated to assessment grades. Thispaper will also provide suggestions for others in how to formulate and adopt such mini-projects.IntroductionEducators are tasked with preparing undergraduate students to become professionals who areknowledgeable about and engaged in dealing with the challenges of today’s society [1]. That said,many undergraduates at graduation are limitedly capable of formulating creative solutions to realworld messy problems they have never seen before [2-3]. A major component of this limitation isthat

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

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Computing and Information Technology

technology appropriately, solving technical issuessafely, and focusing on the process along the way.Exploring network switching and routing can be facilitated using the elements and the principlesof graphic design. The strategic use of icons, symbols, color, scale, proximity, contrast,groupings, hierarchy, alignment, repetition, balance, along with text annotations in diagrams ortables as part of Boardnotes 2.0, aims to do just that. The repeated usage of these elementsencourages students to develop a visual vocabulary of the subject, using both standardized andself-developed graphics as a way for firming up ones understanding about a topic. Boardnotes2.0 refers to the thoughtful use of selected graphical design elements and principles

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

job candidate obtains a position in computing, a number of issues still remain.Computing graduates report that the greatest challenges they face in the workplace are related towork-life balance, the cost of living, a lack of diversity, and role-related stress [3]. Historically,hiring has undergone several changes to make workplaces more equitable. The Civil Rights Actin 1964 was a first step to banning discrimination due to an individual’s race, religion, gender, ornationality [5]. In addition, Executive Order 11246 extended non-discriminatory practices to therealm of hiring/employment. However, just because the discrimination in hiring may be illegaldoes not necessarily translate to a guarantee of a diverse workforce. Particularly in

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Goetz; Darin Ridgway; Ben Stuart; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

processequipment and with experimental setups for exploring particular concepts in chemicalengineering. Standard laboratory and “plant floor” equipment (graduated cylinders, analyticalbalances, pipettes, buckets, scales, stopwatches) is also available. UO Lab is a “capstone”experience in which students must integrate and apply previous coursework. Extensive writtenand oral technical communication is required. Each experiment is motivated by a “designobjective”. Students must identify the parameters to be determined experimentally, plan and Page 6.313.1execute the required experiments, analyze the data and interpret the results, and complete

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 9

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Disha Patel, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

group within the field of CS, with some aligning with multipleminoritized identities, placing them at various intersections (see Table 1).3 ContextThis study follows the experiences of six participants enrolled full-time in a U.S.-based computerscience program, who gathered at a PWI in the Midwest to engage in a REU. The program lastedfor two-weeks and was on-site, allowing students to interact daily for the duration. Each studentwas flown into the Midwest, assisted with moving into dormitories, and provided funds for mealson campus. The REU experience starkly contrasted with their regular campus experiences; mostattendees hailed from universities with predominantly commuter student populations and weretransitioning to dormitory living. Among

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Jaleh Arya, University of California, Santa Barbara; Noreen Balos, University of California, Santa Barbara; Maria Teresa Napoli, University of California, Santa Barbara; Elizabeth Sciaky, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

three-yearagreement between a research university (RU) and a nearby Naval Base (NB) to develop aSTEM summer experience program for community college students in California. Bothinstitutions agreed to support the development of a program that presented engineering designchallenges for participating students to tackle within a team context. These challenges weredesigned to engage and motivate students, while supporting the needs of the NB and while beingmanageable within the set duration of the program, which lasted eight weeks. The desiredoutcomes of this signed agreement are threefold: (a) an increased number of veterans andunderrepresented community college students pursuing science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) within higher

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

are analyzing the authors’ discourse, which includes their paraphrasing approach.As this analysis was done through the lens of poststructuralist feminism, the papers werereviewed with a very critical eye. It is important to keep in mind that in addition to the criticalthemes below, there is valuable information and research presented in each of the papers, whichis evidenced by their high number of citations. In the findings we focus on highlighting thecritiques observed from our analysis. However, first, we start with the discourses we foundwhere there was more of a clear balance between the techno-social dualism.1. Recognition in the importance of society in engineering designThroughout the papers, it is evident the authors are aware of the

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Amber C. Thompson, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

comparison to higher academic levels.To that end, an outreach and recruiting effort was carefully administered to target and attractstudents interested to be part of the nuclear related workforce in the U.S. First, an outreach efforttargeting regional area community college transfer students and existing students in theuniversity was organized to advertise and promote the scholarship program. This effort includedcommunity college visits, participation in college day fairs, classroom visits and internet postingthrough a website.Secondly, a scholarship selection committee was formed by the university faculty, staff, and twoindustry advisory board members to provide a fair selection process. The selection criteriaincluded grade point average, SAT/ACT

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Andrew Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, WPI; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

turbidity), and how repeated measurements of identical samplescould produce different numbers (turbidity, suspended solids). Basic statistics (e.g.average, standard deviation) were used to characterize this real data collected in the lab.Module: Mass BalanceThat module was followed by one presented by the ChE instructor who introduced basicmass balances with specific applications in sewage technology. For instance, we designeda lab aimed at teaching the principles of basic filtration, a common step in wastewatertreatment. Students simulated nineteenth-century devices and materials to study basicsolids filtration. The ChE faculty member “gamified” that filtration lab, challengingteams to create a filter that was most effective at removing coffee

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Steven Joseph Abramsky, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

contexts. role it plays in the system, and its historical development. Demonstrate Present course content in a way Develop a course roadmap (i.e., connections the makes explicit for students flowchart) that shows the distinct between topics the connections to other content topics in the course and how they in the course interact and inform each other.The promote professional formation heuristic represented an attempt to build professionalformation into the course, either through targeted activities or modifications of technicalactivities. One way the team used this heuristic was

Conference Session

Classroom Practice II: Technology - and Game-Based Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Xiaorui Zhu, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Akshay Nitin Kakde, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

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Educational Research and Methods

Online Learning Environments through Intelligent Fast Failure (IFF)AbstractIn this paper, we address the stimulation of creativity in online learning environments throughour examination of a simple hands-on task aimed at teaching the principles of Intelligent FastFailure (IFF) in the context of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) focused on creativity,innovation, and change. A simple physical “prototyping” exercise involving common householdobjects was designed and presented to a global community of online learners using the CourseraMOOC platform. Data gathered from the task outcomes and student reflections were analyzedwith respect to gender and cultural differences, as well as correlations between the number ofattempts

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Nicole N. Aljoe, Northeastern University; Stacy Blake-Beard, Simmons College; Michele C. Deramo, Virginia Tech; Barbara J. Guthrie, Northeastern University; Kathleen Kenney, Northeastern University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University; Jan Rinehart, Northeastern University; Rania Sanford, Stanford University; Shawna Vican, University of Delaware

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Faculty

Sanford is Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Stanford University. She has been responsible for launching Stanford’s portfolio of professional and leadership development programs for junior and mid-career faculty since 2013. In her role, she also advises search committees on recruitment, and acts as advocate and coach for faculty, deans, and chairs. She has been working closely with postdocs, faculty, and students at Stanford for more than two decades and is a recipient of the Stanford University Postdoctoral Association Recognition Award (2013). Her research collaboration with Amy Kinch at the University of Montana explores the future of faculty needs and demands within a com- petency

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Harris; Mary Sadowski

research. Professors in these areas began their research focus as graduate studentsor even undergraduate students. Professors in non-traditional academic fields may have spentyears in industry prior to making the move to academia, so their research path is less defined.These professors have concentrated on being good teachers rather than good scholars. Somefields, including engineering graphics, have lent themselves to more of a supporting role toother academic areas include engineering, architecture, and interior design. Engineeringgraphics departments and professors across the country have also been absorbed into otherdepartments, such as Civil, Mechanical, and Environmental Engineering, & Geodetic Sciences.Implications of academic

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Dickson, General Motors; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Transformation (NEET) Living Machines (LM) thread and is also the instructor for 20.051, 20.052 and 20.053 which are the three classes entitled ’Living Machines’ required by all students participating in the LM thread. Dr. Kassis’ research interests lie at the convergence of engineering, biology, and computation. He is particularly interested in creating engineering tools to answer difficult biological questions. Dr. Kassis has worked on a variety of interdisciplinary research projects from elucidating the role of lymphatics in lipid transport to designing organ-on-chip microfluidic models to developing deep convolutional networks for biomedical image processing.Mr. William Dickson, General Motors Will graduated with a

Conference Session

WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Nicolle Revello; Morgan Round; Kristen O'Connell; Benjamin Orlin; Andrew Roberts, Minnesota State University, Mankato

critical, and,furthermore, that higher education “confers much broader cognitive, social, psychological, andskill-based benefits that impact students well before their release. Moreover, these impacts arelikely to mediate the relationship between higher educational experiences on the one hand andpost-release effects on the other” [21].For individuals, inmate education positively influences inmate motivation to seek a better life[22] and provides confidence to seek better relationships [23]. By engaging students in ethicalcommunication, prison educators encourage learning in the so-called “soft skills” needed forsuccess in public spheres [24], [25]. For example, correctional education helps incarceratedstudents develop the critical thinking and

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paulette Beatty; Jackie Revuelto; Dianne Kraft; Carolyn Clark

grade. Students are usually given sometraining in how to function as a team. Professors have devised multiple ways of formingteams. Some do random assignment, others try to create a balance between ability levels.Many make efforts, at least in the first semester, to avoid creating teams that have onlyone woman or minority student on them. In some cohorts, all the team members have thesame grade point average. Personality surveys, such as the Myers-Briggs, are sometimesused to create balanced teams. A few professors allow students to choose their ownteams, sometimes requiring that they have representatives from each engineeringdiscipline in their groups. Some faculty think that spending a lot of time forming the teamhelps to ensure successful

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy L. Ross, Actua; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

, community engagement and research profile.Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey serves as Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Chair, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning with the Division of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto. In this position, Lisa plays a central role in the evaluation, design and delivery of a dynamic and complex curriculum, while facilitating the development and implementation of various teaching learning and assessment initiatives. Lisa teaches undergraduate courses in engineering & society, and graduate courses in engineering edu- cation. Her research interests include teaching and assessment practices in engineering. Lisa also serves as Associate Director for

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4- COVID and Virtual Learning

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University; Janille Smith-Colin, Southern Methodist University; Cindy Hua

environs. Therefore, students were asked to reflect onthe home-neighborhood opportunity which had unexpectedly been created by the socially-distantenvironment of COVID, which led them to act as both a “community member and an engineer”in their examination of place. Student written responses were accepted as paragraphs or bulletednarrative with no word limit imposed. Fig. 1 Example of undergraduate student written response.The graduate class, held fully virtual, was focused on the integration of creative researchmethods with the teaching of geospatial GIS technical tools. Past iterations of the course hadundertaken a collaborative and intensely focused study of one particular local site andneighborhood, in which the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Zacharias, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Chantal Rodier; Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus; Renato B. Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Ken Tallman, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

, as well as other engineering contexts where they believed that sociotechnicalthinking would be helpful, or a good fit. While many of these characterizations presentedsociotechnical thinking as something new - see below for more on this - others identifiedapplications for sociotechnical thinking within established engineering ways of working,learning or designing. Many of these examples surfaced in the context of design-based courses,exercises, or practices. Participants noted the importance of sociotechnical thinking for thinkingthrough “real-world” or “wicked” problems in a comprehensive way, and discussed the potentialfor sociotechnical thinking to improve communication between people. Often, this was discussedin the context of students or

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Matt Bass, Siemens Corporate Research; Dan Paulish, Siemens Corporate Research

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Engineering Management

) of Efficient Dynamic Simulation of Robotic Mechanisms (Kluwer), an Associate Editor of IEEE’s Robotics and Automation Magazine, and a member of the Executive Committee of ASME’s Technology and Society Division. Dr. Jablokow has developed four courses based on Adaption-Innovation theory at the graduate level and is currently investigating the relationship between cognitive style and invention.Matt Bass, Siemens Corporate Research Matthew Bass is currently a Member of the Technical Staff for the Software Architecture Program at Siemens Corporate Research. In this role, Matt conducts research and consults with Siemens business units in the areas of Geographically Distributed