Conference Session

EMD 2: Issues in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicholas Jon Monacelli; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

].Viewing Engineering Education Through Our LensesIn order to demonstrate how each of the four lenses applies to engineering education, we haveselected the example scenario where practicing faculty within an engineering program are notadopting new educational change provided by theoretical research [5, 9, 24]. The contextualinterplay in which we apply our theoretical lenses is directly related to types of practice andinnovation to emerge [25, 26]. Further, integrating our context of practice and theoretical basis atthe outset supports the decision-making processes of individuals working in the field [5, 26].Thus, this section begins by illustrating the use of each of our four lenses in the context ofengineering education. This is followed by

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 3: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta; Lianne M. Lefsrud P.Eng., University of Alberta; Fereshteh Sattari; John Donald, University of Guelph

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

and decisions impact (Meiksins, 1988; Rulifson, 2019).Further, the organizational structure and culture of an entity may not support thisobligation, if the collective assumptions, beliefs, and values are inconsistent withengineering ethics.Engineering graduates must be better prepared to negotiate this complex organizationallandscape while supporting sustainable development, as their responsibility to the publicdemands it. Sustainability encompasses technical feasibility supported by economic,environmental, and safety objectives, regulations, and risk management. “Sustainabledevelopment ... meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs,” Brundtland Commission (Andrews, 2009, p