sustainable solid waste systems. Dr. Krones received his PhD in Engineering Systems from MIT in 2016.Dr. Jenna A. Tonn, Boston College Dr. Jenna Tonn is a historian of science, technology, and engineering at Boston College. She received her BA and MA from Stanford University and her PhD from Harvard University. Her research focuses on the social and cultural context of science, technology, and engineering, with a particular interest in gender and science, technology and reproduction, and design justice. At Boston College, Dr. Tonn teaches interdisciplinary courses about the history of technology and engineering.Dr. Russell C. Powell, Boston College Dr. Powell is Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Theology and
Paper ID #13207From Sacred Cow to Dairy Cow: Challenges and Opportunities in Integrat-ing of Social Justice in Engineering Science CoursesDr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Juan Lucena is Professor and Director of Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Juan obtained a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech and a MS in STS and BS in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). His books include Defending the Nation: U.S. Policymaking to Create Scientists and Engineers from Sputnik to the ’War Against Terrorism’ (University
(formerly Education and Training). She previously has served as chair of the ASEE’s Civil Engineering Division, vice-chair of the ASCE Infrastructure Systems Committee, and as a member of several other American Society of Civil Engineers’ education-related committees as well as several other Transportation Research Board technical committees. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University, and her B.S.E. from Duke University.Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College Benjamin R. Cohen is an associate professor at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. He earned his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies, after earning bachelor degrees in Chemical Engineering and History, from Virginia Tech. He is the author of
conversations about equity anddiversity in the classroom. The engineering curriculum is not neutral, and knowledge is producedwithin a power-driven social and cultural system [3, 4]. ABET student outcomes are not entirelytechnical and include that students must have an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility, the broad education necessary to understand engineering impacts in a global andsocietal context, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Nevertheless, discussing the societaland ethical implications of engineering and technology is often a daunting task for bothengineering students and instructors [5].At our university, as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Revolutionizing Engineeringand Computer Science Departments (RED
increasinglydiverse workplace [1]. For the United States to maintain its innovation edge and ensure it canattract high technology jobs, educators must make sure engineering graduates are both highlytechnical and have the professional skills needed to compete in a modern global economy andglobal workforce.Other universities across the country have also recognized the importance of developing andassessing the professional skills modern graduates’ need to be successful. For example, Beard,Schwieger, and Surendran, from Southeast Missouri State University, discuss the use of exitexams, exit interviews, class projects, portfolios, and surveys to develop and assess not onlystudents’ technical skills, but also their professional skills [2]. Hall and Bryant discuss
Paper ID #22371Refining Concept Maps as Method to Assess Learning Outcomes Among En-gineering StudentsDr. Sean Michael Ferguson, University of Virginia Sean Ferguson is a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Society at UVA since 2014. He special- izes in sustainable technology, standards, and bioeconomy from a background in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, working on energy and environmental policy in New York State, and a former life in cellular biology.Dr. Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant professor in the science, technology &
Paper ID #34514A Provisional History of the Idea of ”Soft” vs. ”Hard” Skills inEngineering EducationDr. Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia Kathryn Neeley is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society in the Engineering and Society Department of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She has served twice as chair of the Liberal Education/Engineering and Society Division of ASEE and received that division’s Sterling Olmsted Award for outstanding contributions to liberal education for engineers. American c
-being of poor and marginalized communities aroundthe world. Several other colleges and universities, including Dartmouth [3] and OhioState [4], also have Humanitarian Engineering programs. Stanford University [5]introduces a student-led course in learning sustainable design through service. Thisprogram’s goals are to (a) develop students’ iterative design skills, project managementand partnership-building abilities, sustainability awareness, cultural sensitivity, empathy,and desire to use technical skills to promote peace and human development, (b) helpdeveloping communities ensure individuals’ human rights via sustainable, culturallyappropriate, technology-based solutions, and (c) increase Stanford University’sstewardship of global
. Lucena, will culminate in Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2017).Dr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Juan Lucena is Professor and Director of Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Juan obtained a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech and a MS in STS and BS in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). His books include Defending the Nation: U.S. Policymaking to Create Scientists and Engineers from Sputnik to the ’War Against Terrorism’ (University Press of America, 2005), Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Morgan &Claypool, 2010), and
bodies to continue inengineering? Understanding embodiment and disembodiment in relation to able-bodiedheteronormativity in engineering can help answer these questions. If bodies bring or denyprivilege, how do we understand what constitutes transgression?While Queer Theory has scarcely been applied in engineering contexts, some feminist and anti-racist science and technology studies (STS) scholars have contributed analyses of gender, race,and class in engineering culture, describing able-bodied heterosexuality as part of normativemasculinities in engineering. Tanya Paulitz16 notes that it is important to recognize multiplemasculinities at work in engineering – there is not a single normative masculinity but ratherdifferent masculinities can be
quantitative metric for measuring or assessingBroader Impacts statements PIs propose in their NSF awarded grants. This study is an exploratoryattempt to unpack what is currently being funded using awarded Project Summaries and outlinetensions around addressing Broader Impacts by proposing a possible quantitative metric formeasuring Broader Impacts activities.BackgroundThe National Science Foundation (NSF) from its inception in 19501, has remained, to date, theFederal government’s principle steward for research and education in science and engineering(S&E) fields. NSF is recognized as “the Nation’s premier agency supporting basic research andeducation in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology”2 (p. 3). The agency helps providethe
design of technology with a focus on international health and medical contexts and international online education. Kirk is also an Adjunct Professor of International Health and Medical Communication with the University of Limerick (Ireland) and a Guest Professor of Usability Studies at Southeast University (China). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Structure of Professional Components for a Multidisciplinary REU ProgramProfessional Development NeedsThe professionalism of engineering students is key factor to their career success after graduation.Achieving this objective requires integrating training across hard science skills (e.g., calculus,statistics, and mechanics) and softer
used in other disciplines, and more focused on technological solutions. Materialtaught in engineering courses on sustainability tends toward the quantitative. Mainstreamdefinitions such as that put forward by the Bruntland Commission2 are presented with little timefocused on dissenting definitions.3 Environmental justice considerations are largely absent,despite clear relevance to engineering. 4As part of a community based learning grant funded by Campus Compact, members of theEngineering, Social Justice, and Peace network developed learning modules for engineering corecourses that addressed different aspects of social justice issues.5 One of the modules I developedas part of that project explored the class dimensions of Life Cycle Assessment
with engineering.One of the most pervasive engagement strategies employed in K-12 engineering education is useof real-world, context-driven engineering design. This is especially true of the Engineering isElementary (EiE) curriculum for grades K-8. EiE’s mission statement is “fostering engineeringand technological literacy for ALL elementary school-aged children.”16 The EiE curriculum issponsored by the National Center for Technological Literacy and is hosted by the Museum ofScience, Boston. Through curriculum development, research, and teacher professionaldevelopment, EiE disseminates engineering design-based curriculum for life science, earth andspace science, and physical science. The science focus in EiE is consistent with
AC 2012-4670: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF EMPATHY IN ENGINEER-ING COMMUNICATION THROUGH A TRANSDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUEDr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is Co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology, and social work. His research interests span the formation of students’ pro- fessional identity, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methods in en- gineering education. He was the first international
Paper ID #21891Exploring Students’ and Instructors’ Perceptions of Engineering: Case Stud-ies of Professionally Focused and Career Exploration CoursesDr. Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University Dr. Villanueva is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and an Adjunct Pro- fessor in the Bioengineering Department in Utah State University. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for un- derrepresented populations has aided her in the design and integration of educational and physiological technologies to research
University Press.15. Downey, G., & Lucena, J. (1997). Engineering selves. In Downey, G. and Dumit, J. (Eds.), Cyborgs and citadels (117-142). Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press.16. Lagesen, V. A. & Sørensen, K. H. (2009). Walking the line? The enactment of the social/technical binary in software engineering. Engineering Studies, 1(2), 129-149.17. Huff, J. L. (2014). Psychological journeys of engineering identity from school to the workplace: How students become engineers among other forms of self. Retrieved from ProQuest (3669254).18. Bijker, W., & Law, J. (1994). Shaping technology/Building society: Studies in sociotechnical change. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.19. Downey, G. (2005
. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Dr. Walther is an assistant professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is a director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology and social work. His research interests range from the role of empathy in engineering students’ professional formation, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methodologies in the emerging field of engineering education research. His teaching focuses on innovative approaches to introducing systems thinking and
Paper ID #9397Billy Vaughn Koen and the Personalized System of Instruction in Engineer-ing EducationDr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Sci- ence, University of Pennsylvania, and currently serves as the Chair Elect of ASEE’s Liberal Education / Engineering and Society Division; an elected member of Society for the History of Technology’s Ex- ecutive Council; as Associate Editor of the international journal
Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design and instructor of the Graduate Assistant Seminar for engineering teaching assistants. Page 22.906.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Ethics into Undergraduate Environmental Science and Economics Education Abstract Good
Paper ID #9010New Metaphors for New Understandings: Ontological Questions about De-veloping Grounded Theories in Engineering EducationDr. Kacey Beddoes, Oregon State University Kacey Beddoes is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the College of Engineering at Oregon State University. Her current research interests include interdisciplinary engineering education, gender in engineering education research, research methodologies, and peer review. She received her PhD in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech, and serves as Managing Editor of Engineering Studies and Assistant Editor of the Global Engineering Series
. 8By the end of their first semester, students have begun to understand the value of audienceanalysis and how it supports their work, along with learning the purpose of memos andprofessional tone. They take these transferable skills with them to their next class with atechnical writing component.Fundamentals of Engineering Design (Year 1, Second Semester)In Fundamentals of Engineering Design, students work together to research, develop and presenta technology to a potential investor audience. This class starts with a research assignment, amemo to their immediate supervisor describing the potential value of Internet of Things to theirproduct. This assignment builds on research skills and teaches how to summarize and presentinformation for
Engineers.4. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. 2014, ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission: Baltimore, MD.5. Kalkani, E.C. and L.G. Boussiakou, Observations on an introductory engineering course and suggestions for enhancement. European Journal of Engineering Education, 2003. 28(3): p. 317-329.6. Idrus, H., A.M. Noor, and M.N.R. Baharom, Motivating Engineering and Technical Students to Learn Technical Writing by Inculcating Lifelong Learning Skills. The International Journal of Learning, 2012. 18(11).7. Bodmer, C., et al., SPINE: Successful practices in international engineering education. 2002. p. 102.8. Jeffryes, J
tofind many who would find reason to disagree with the identification of any of these topics forboth present and future engineers. Rather than object to what is included, I would like to raise theissue of what has been neglected on this list and far too often in engineering – listening to thequiet voices that speak from within each of us, from our heart. I am suggesting this act oflistening as one additional entry for this most important list.In my view, our profession does not encourage very well stopping and listening to each other, tolife around us or even to ourselves. This is a skill that given our pace of our modern society,technological advances and our cultural conditioning, must be cultivated for it surely will eitherdevelop or quickly
with the WFU Program for Leadership and Character and many colleagues across the university. With inclusion being a core value, she is proud that the WFU Engineering team represents 60% female engineering faculty and 40% female students, plus 20% of students from ethnic minority groups. Her areas of expertise include engineering identity, complex problem solving across cognitive and non-cognitive domains, recruitment and retention, PBL, engineering design, learning through ser- vice, character education in engineering contexts, etc. She also conducts research in cardiovascular fluid mechanics and sustainable energy technologies. Prior to joining Wake Forest University, Olga served as a Program Director at the
Paper ID #22890The Distributed System of Governance in Engineering Education: A Reporton Initial FindingsDr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He is a the current Chair of the ASEE Ad Hoc Committee on Interdivisional Cooperation; Chair
technology can solve. Once students settle on a technical topic, they work to develop a practical scope anddepth that refines the topic. For example, a student who expresses interest in the problem ofclimate change is encouraged to focus on a sub-issue such as rising sea levels or deforestation. Astudent interested in pursuing new and innovative solutions for amputees is encouraged to focuson lower or upper body amputations, not both. Refinement of the student’s topic enables amanageable scope and a depth that is ideal for a technical talk given to a wide audience. The goals of the topic proposal are for students to clearly communicate a specific societalproblem that can be solved or lessened by an engineering solution, to cite a
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University, Whiting School of Engineering bgraham@jhu.edu Tobin Porterfield, Associate Professor, Department of E-Business & Technology Management, Towson University, College of Business & Economics tporterfield@towson.edu The Surprisingly Broad Range of Professional Skills Required for EngineersAbstractEnsuring engineering program graduates possess the skillset sought by employers is critical tothe success of colleges and universities offering these degrees. Accrediting bodies are demandingthat engineering programs better integrate professional skills in their curriculum. The IETAccreditation of Higher Education