Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #16272Integration of General Education into the Senior Capstone Class in Engineer-ingDr. Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University Dr. Backer been a faculty at SJSU since 1990 and held positions as an assistant professor, associate professor, professor, department chair, and director. Since coming to San Jose State University in 1990, I have been involved in the General Education program. Currently, Dr. Backer serves as the PI for two SJSU grants: the AANAPISI grant and the Title III Strengthening grant both from the U.S. Department of Education.Dr. Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University Dr

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Peter E. Johnson, Valparaiso University; Shahin S. Nudehi, Valparaiso University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

remain unobserved in a team environment. Finally,faculty must emphasize and students must realize the importance of communication to the designprocess, the success of their project, and their future success in the workplace.In this paper, we describe the strategies employed at Valparaiso University (VU) to overcomethe challenges of implementing technical communication in a Capstone Senior Design course.The paper begins with a brief summary of the Capstone Senior Design course at VU and thenidentifies each significant technical communication implementation challenge along with therelevant implementation strategy. Finally, the results of a student survey to assess theeffectiveness of the technical communication instruction in the VU Capstone

Conference Session

Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Camille Velarde, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Estike Kokovay Gutierrez

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Acciaioli, "Improving the success of “bottom-up” development work by acknowledging the dynamics among stakeholders: a case study from an Engineers Without Borders water supply project in Tenganan, Indonesia," Water Science and Technology, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 279-287, 2009.[5] A. Wittig, "Implementing Problem Based Learning through Engineers without Borders Student Projects," Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 3, no. 4, p. n4, 2013.[6] A. R. Bielefeldt, M. M. Dewoolkar, K. M. Caves, B. W. Berdanier, and K. G. Paterson, "Diverse models for incorporating service projects into engineering capstone design courses," International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 27, no. 6, p. 1206, 2011.[7] D. Akbar

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Poltavtchenko, Northern Arizona University; John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1170: PROJECT-DIRECTED WRITING ASSISTANCE IN CON-STRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMElena Poltavtchenko, Northern Arizona University Elena Poltavtchenko is a Ph.D. candidate in the Applied Linguistics program at Northern Arizona Univer- sity. She is a graduate teaching assistant at NAU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Elena obtained her B.A. in Russian Linguistics and Literature in Novosibirsk State University, Russia, and M.A. in English Applied Linguistics at the University of Houston, TX. Her current research interests lie in the area of writing in the disciplines, with a specific focus on writing in engineering.John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University John joined the Construction

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Newbolds P.E., Benedictine College; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College; Meredith Stoops, Benedictine College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

studentsreceive is that the majority of people who will be responsible for fabrication of the design on siteare not members of the class. Thus, the level of documentation and planning required issignificant, even when compared to a capstone design course, since the design team will not bepresent for the construction phase. Figure 5 shows that all students agreed that the class helpedtheir engineering and workplace skills. The overwhelming majority also said they wouldrecommend this class to their peers.Figure 5: Student responses to end-of-semester IDEA [24] survey supplemental questions: “(60)The critical reflection papers helped me to consider and understand the principles of CST. (61)The service-learning experience in this course (the design project

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

capstone course by extending the time period over which such credited treatmentoccurs, while offering additional benefits. Among the added benefits is increased projectcontinuity, as senior students pass on knowledge, expertise and progress to juniorstudents, sustaining project work in service of the client over multiple academic cycles.While clients and faculty enjoy project continuity and longevity, the multi-year projectplan benefits students by increased opportunities for management and leadership, makingthe educational experience a more complete and realistic one. Coyle, et al. has presentedthe EPICS model for a multi-year engineering project program with multidisciplinary andservice-oriented emphases, as implemented at a large university.1

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Anderson, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Barbara Shwom, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Segal Design Institute; John Andrew Lake, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Kellogg School of Management. For the past fifteen years, Professor Shwom has been teaching communication to engineering students within the context of engineering design courses– both at the freshman level and the capstone level.Mrs. Stacy Benjamin, Segal Design InstituteMr. John Andrew Lake, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University Page 23.476.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Embedding communication in an interdisciplinary project-based upper-level engineering design courseAbstractOur experience working with junior and senior students in a

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen James Kmiotek P.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

by faculty in STEM and non-STEM disciplines. Team projects result in proposed solutions for a self-chosen, context-specific instance of a global problem. Humanities & Arts Capstone (requirement): 18 credit hours including 3 credit capstone project in depth area chosen by student. Capstone may be original creative work or performance, or original research on a self-proposed question or topic. Interdisciplinary Project (requirement): 9-12 credit hours, not a course. Student teams from multiple majors address an interdisciplinary, open-ended problem at the interface of technology, society, and human need. Projects are typically for a real client at an off-campus location. Major Project (requirement): 9 credit hour

Conference Session

Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael L. Jones, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

practice. Table 1: Traditional vs. Project-Based Learning in Engineering Education [21] PBL in engineering education tends to gravitate to creative projects engaged bylarger teams with longer and more complex lifecycles[5]. Engineering education hasbegun developing student-centered learning projects, particularly “capstone” projectsdone at the conclusion of a student’s degree program[11]. Project based learning Page 24.871.3opportunities have emerged in a number of applied science fields, including computer   2  programming [17] environmental science [26

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

craft. The goals are to foster interdisciplinary student collaboration and to providestudents with the opportunity to learn and apply the hands-on skills promoted by the Makerculture. Each semester, a different Maker is selected through an application process. The Makerleads a small group of students through a series of hands-on fabrication workshops during thesemester. When the project is complete, the program culminates in a capstone event that sharesthe project with the larger University community.The MIR executive committee, which consists of 6-8 undergraduate students, leads andadministers the program with faculty support. The committee issues the Call for Proposals forboth Makers and student participants; conducts interviews and reference

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. • Professional – Included for all E majors and covers topics common to disciplines. Currently, ET programs do not have a professional component. • Capstone – An integrating experience of 3 to 6 semester credits and taken in the final year of study in which the student completes an unscripted design project. • Other – A technical communication course sequence focused on written and oral skills taken by all ET majors.Broader Educational ContextThe changes being mandated by NEASC are part of a much larger policy initiative that isnational in scope. Most, if not all regional accreditation boards are undertaking similar efforts intheir respective areas of authority. Over the last decade, concern over the quality of highereducation

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication must be thoughtfully designed tohelp readers make meaning of data. Such visual design for readers requires our students tobecome metacognitive of their own experience as consumers of visual communication. Yet oftenengineering students are not prompted to think about or design visual data communication untilthey must present their own data, typically as part of a senior capstone project. Our students’ lackof experience leaves them without a solid foundation for critical thought about figures, and thuswith scant preparation to learn from the experience of creating and refining them. If capstonesare to be an opportunity to learn about visual communication rather than simply perform it,students are in need of a swift means to gain perspective

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to Disabilities Studies course isto challenge each student’s perception of “disability” and expand their product designcapabilities beyond the required components of a capstone design experience. Studentscompleted readings about assistive technology19 and discussed the impact of a variety ofassistive technology devices such as cochlear implants, closed-captioned videos, braille watches,prosthetic limbs, canes, crutches, walkers, etc.Design project detailsMultidisciplinary student teams were challenged to design and develop a conceptual prototype ofa new product for a person with a disability. Specifically, we asked students to focus on aproduct that encourages full participation in life. We wanted to move students away from solvinga problem

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi F. Prosise, St. Ambrose University; Hank Yochum, Sweet Briar College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Final devices may still only befabricated at one location.The study abroad trip was first piloted in Summer 2011. Students and faculty both felt the tripwas a unique and life-changing experience. The reaction of patients to the devices that wedelivered was also unforgettable. Emotions were high as they expressed their appreciation forour projects, explaining how they never dreamed such assistance was even possible for them.Our patients’ love for life, determination to find a way to improve their conditions, and sincereappreciation of our work, sparked in us (both faculty and students) admiration and desire tocontinue our projects for as many underprivileged persons with disabilities as possible.This unique pre-capstone experience has helped

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

brought together academic leaders and scholars from both engineering and theliberal arts to explore models for integrating engineering and the traditional liberal arts.The examples presented are grouped into five different aspects of undergraduate engineeringeducation, addressing different phases of students’ progress, recognizing that fosteringinnovation must be a continuous process: 1. Projects that focus on first year or introductory material 2. Projects that focus on core engineering courses 3. Projects that focus on capstone and extra-curricular experiences 4. Projects that span the curriculum 5. Faculty professional development to support projectsThe paper also reviews research results linking innovative capacity to the

Conference Session

Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

institutionalarrangements necessary to help students develop these skills have not yet settled into a widelyadopted standard. Many engineering programs have turned to STS to provide students withconceptual tool kits to think about engineering problems and solutions in more sophisticatedways. Some programs feature standalone courses on the sociocultural aspects of technology andengineering, often taught by faculty from outside the engineering school. Others incorporate STSmaterial into traditional engineering courses, e.g., by making ethical or societal impactassessments part of capstone projects. This work in progress paper draws on the research team’s personal experience to examinethe character of an atypical, but potentially very powerful, model: STS

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

was ready earlier), even more substantive improvementsmight be made.And in fact, we saw students introduce those further improvements inspired by the usabilitytesting after the summer was over. One of us teaches an engineering capstone design course, andone of our summer students is a member of that course (taking place during the regular academicyear). The carry-over student is part of a capstone design project team that continues to workwith our non-profit client on refinements to the design developed over the summer. The posterfound below shows the team’s current thoughts about the design. Figure 5: Poster from 2015-2016 capstone design team that continues to work on the projectLooking under “Design limitations” on the left-hand side of

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Motto, Virginia Tech ; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering, construction of engineering identities, and faculty development.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communica- tion in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is Co-PI on several NSF grants to explore identity and interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design.Ms. Andrea M. Motto, Virginia Tech Andrea Motto is a Ph.D. student in social

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Cowan, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

full list in Table 1). While the rubric was designed to allowfor assessment of a variety of project types, it has only been applied to civil engineering studentdesign projects.5The rubric includes two four-point rating scales to aid evaluators in judging capstone reportsbased on the 16 sustainable design criteria. The earned points scale [0-3] captures the extent towhich students consider each sustainable design criterion in their capstone projects. Evaluatorsassign a score of 0 to projects that show no evidence of incorporating the design criterion, whilea score of 3 is assigned if the project shows evidence of extensive criterion application. Thepotential points scale [0-3] describes the extent to which each sustainable design criterion

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering profession, and through this coursework, to learn frameworks for analysis: a policy or an economic framework, for example. These courses are also open to (and popular with) nonmajors, leading to interdisciplinary discussions and project teams. The curriculum builds to a unique capstone experience (e.g. Rossmann and Sanford Bernhardt, 2015).Engineering students at Lafayette College also take approximately one-third of theircourses outside STEM subjects, in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Thesedistribution requirements introduce engineering students to alternate “ways of knowing,”comprising a liberal education. However, these requirements are not necessarilyintegrative; they may provide opportunities for

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #10703Match or Mismatch: Engineering Faculty Beliefs about Communication andTeamwork versus Published CriteriaDr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Daniel Richards, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, conceptual ideas,design sketches, calculations, technical references, professional contacts, component sources,software information, etc. The logbook should be dated and signed. Technical reports: In their senior design/capstone projects students work on two semesterprojects. In these projects, they are usually required to design and/or build a new product, deviceor an engineering solution. As an output of their engineering process, they are required to submitthe final report at least a week before the end of the semester. The average length of a seniordesign report is 20 to 30 pages. PowerPoint presentation: Engineering students are required to deliver a group oralpresentation to department faculty and fellow students during the last

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

has been honored for its community-Collegepartnership. Projects also often address matters of campus value. Recent work, for example,conducted research to support the College’s adoption of a Climate Action Plan aimed atachieving carbon neutrality by 2035. As a few examples, students in capstone seminars in 2017,2018, and 2019 assessed the capacity for campus buildings to hold solar panels, investigatedoptions for microgrids on certain quads on campus, and helped the Office of Sustainability assessthe economic implications of bringing biogenic fuels to the College’s power plant.The 114 students enrolled in Engineering and Society over the last five years have been 39%female, and 25% of those who chose to specify an ethnoracial identity

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Program Chair for her division in ASEE, VP of External Relations for INFORMS-ED, and Chair for Student Involvement for the 2012 Capstone Design Conference. She is working on a book called ”Oral Communication Excellence for Engineers: What the Workforce Demands” for John H. Wiley & Sons (due in 2013) and several articles, while continuing to teach capstone design communication instruction and a course on journal article writing for graduate students. Her current research focus includes evaluating the reliability of the scoring rubric she and Tristan Utschig developed from executive input and identifying the cognitive schema used by students to create graphs from raw data.Jeffrey S. Bryan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Annemarie Galeucia, Louisiana State University; Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

senior design projects, which we anticipatedwould comprise much of the discussion for the actual study since our study participants were inthe process of completing their capstone courses. Additionally, only a few students in the pilotstudy had experienced in-depth internships in their fields. Participants in the study, bycomparison, had completed their senior projects for their capstone courses and where preparingto graduate. Furthermore, all had undergone experiential learning in their chosen professions,either during internships or their capstone courses, which by design engage industryprofessionals for feedback.Nevertheless, the pilot study served as a trial run for our protocol and questions and to gauge ifthe hour allotted for the

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; James W. Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

humanistic orientation directly relevant toengineering students’ intellectual development and professional identity formation.For the purposes of this paper, the authors wish to highlight the impact that early Making asCritical Inquiry initiatives have had when integrated into the late stages of the Programs inDesign and Innovation at Rensselaer. Both humanistic inquiry and making activities have longbeen a part of PDI; however, these two have not yet been theorized as complementary, norexplicitly taught and assigned as a synthesized series of making projects or activities. Over thepast three semesters, Making as Critical Inquiry has been iterated into our STS Senior Projectcourse, a requirement for all PDI students at Rensselaer. While the Capstone

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Mary U. Christiansen; Adrian T. Hanson, University of Minnesota Duluth; Jill D. Jenson, University of Minnesota Duluth; Sara Ojard; Rebecca L. Teasley, University of Minnesota Duluth; Emily Woster, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

purpose is apparent. Accordingly, four classes areimplementing the current version of the writing guide (available once the pilot is complete,anticipated for June 2015, at http://www.d.umn.edu/civileng/writing_guide) during the Spring2015 semester: two required junior-level classes, the senior capstone design course, and onegraduate elective. The authors will seek informal feedback throughout the semester and formalfeedback at the end of the semester in each of the four classes from students enrolled in thosecourses. Additionally, the authors will seek feedback from members of the department’sIndustrial Advisory Board (IAB) and from local practicing engineers who frequently volunteer asmentors in introduction to civil engineering projects

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. The respondents held a variety of opinions about theimportance of understanding cultural diversity (Figure 3). Most respondents found it important(36.8%) or vitally important (31.6%). Only 3 respondents (7.9%) thought engineers could expectto succeed without it. At our university, both the student population and the faculty represent avariety of cultures. The groups working on projects in our capstone courses often includestudents from diverse cultural backgrounds. Working in small groups with group members froma variety of cultural backgrounds allows students to identify and confront issues that arise whencultural norms differ.While many aspects of globalism can be addressed by this model, many cannot. Temporal orspatial issues, such as

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ramon Benitez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, particularly in engineering departmentswhere general education courses have never been offered. The process of developing the minorand assessing its core courses is described more fully in another research project presented atASEE 20175. The Innovation Pathways Minor (IPM) is for students who want to develop as innovatorsin an interdisciplinary context. This minor provides a core sequence of classes with opportunitiesto practice these skills, as well as elective credits for students to pursue their personal interests.This minor also fills a unique niche by helping students expand their entrepreneurial ideasthrough customer discovery and business model activities. At the end of the minor, students willhave a capstone opportunity to unite their

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Les Kinsler, Kansas State University, Salina; Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Doug Carroll, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

provide important technical and communication experiences forundergraduate and graduate students. Senior capstone, thesis, design, and other project activitiesare means to develop teamwork and communication skills. ABET student outcomes reflect thesecritical skills [1] and experiences applying soft skills in the context of project work are valuable.The process of documenting a project and presenting the results enhances one’s technicalunderstanding in ways that students do not often appreciate. Technical poster presentations area common communication mode in which effective delivery depends heavily on succinctexpression, audience analysis, and visual design. Much of the literature related to posterpresentations deals with course-level poster