Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

with matters of identity and equity in science and technologyis less explicable still to his or her home discipline. And as little explored as race, gender, andLGBT identity might be, physical ability and disability in STEM disciplines remain subjects witheven less presence in social scientific spheres. This paper considers this absence: why dopersons with disabilities constitute an identity that remains underexplored in STEM educationtheory, marginalized in institutional planning, and nearly invisible in critical social scientificstudies of those fields, even where other forms of exclusion have come under study? What ideasabout bodies and intellectual abilities and the linkages between them are foundational to STEM,and why have social

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

. Student PractitionerMain GenresReports 86 74 Cover letters with reports 18 18Technical memoranda 51 27Proposals 20 20Project-related e-mails 16 120Lab reports 105 N/AEssays on an engr topic 42 N/ASite visit reports 44 20Additional practitioner genres: Plan sheet notes, Special provisionsTable 1. Corpus of Student and Workplace Texts in Civil Engineering as of January 2011 Page 22.1169.4The passive voice analysis was

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron D Dempsey, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

professors not only have teaching experience but also the industry experience which adds to the quality of teaching. Engineering programs have a long way to go to perfection. They do not teach skills to students.7 See Purdue’s ET program at http://www.tech.purdue.edu/MET/academics/undergraduate/MET/plan-of-study.cfmor UNC-Charlotte’s ET programs at http://et.uncc.edu/undergraduate-programs/electrical-engineering-technology/4-year-academic-plan-of-study.html.8 ABET, the engineering accrediting body for U.S. programs, has separate commissions (the EngineeringAccrediting Commission and the Technology Accrediting Commission) with separate criteria for accrediting

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

humanistic courses extending throughout an engineering student‟sundergraduate years.6In 1940 and 1944 there were then the two Hammond Reports, the first on the “Aims and Scopeof Engineering Curricula,” and the second for planning the postwar reconversion of engineeringeducation at the end of World War II.7 The 1940 report was responsible for giving articulation tothe notion of there being parallel scientific-technological and humanistic-social “stems” inengineering education. As important, it defined a specific set of objectives for the humanistic-social portion of the curriculum (as well as for the scientific-technological portion), establishinga learning outcomes based model of education within the engineering education community thatwould be

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura R. Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christina Matta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Technical Communication Program

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, students do not immediately see the relevance of the skills that they’vedeveloped in a previous course because they are struggling to understand the new context.Understanding how previously learned skills apply to that new context becomes a secondaryconcern. Of course, some students will see the patterns and leap that skills gap themselves, but agood number of them may need help recognizing the pattern and seeing its relevance in the newcontext.Skills transfer of any kind can be complicated by unpredictable enrollment patterns and bystudent tendencies to compartmentalize their education. The pre-requisites for our upper-levelcommunication course and advising/course plans try to mandate that students enroll in ourTechnical Communication course in

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Shannon Davies Mancus, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

: Science, Environment, and the Material Self. Bloomington:Indiana University Press, 2010, pp. 2.[50] S. Alaimo, and S. J. Hekman. Material Feminisms. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,2008, pp. 9.[51] M. Mendéz. Climate Change From the Streets. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020.[52] J. Lorimer. "Nonhuman Charisma." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space vol.25, 2007.[53] S. C. Gilfillan "Lead Poisoning and the Fall of Rome", Journal of Occupational Medicinevol 7, no. 2, pp 53-60, 1965.[54] D. Cusick. “Past Racist "Redlining" Practices Increased Climate Burden on MinorityNeighborhoods,” Scientific American. January 21, 2020.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/past-racist-redlining-practices-increased-climate-burden-on

Conference Session

Promoting Technical Communication Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Kaitlyn Pigeon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

had that feature. Other suggestions in that samesemester were to add captions and to have different speakers. After analyzing these responses,we added the ability to change the video’s speed on every video. Second, we decided to providecaptions for all the films once we were confident about a film’s wording. Third, we redid threevideos using student speakers and plan on incorporating more student speakers into the films.Results of Instructor Focus Groups. In October, we held two focus groups for instructors whomentor students on writing in courses, research projects, and professional developmentworkshops. One focus group involved six faculty members who teach or mentor students onwriting technical reports or research papers. Another focus

Conference Session

Technical Courses and Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 5. National Research Council (NRC). (2010). Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 6. National Research Council (NRC), Natalie Nielsen, Rapporteur, Planning Committee on Evidence on Selected Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education, Board on Science Education. (2011). Promising Practices in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 7. National Research Council (NRC). (2012). Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in

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)

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Washington St. Louis at 8. Using Peer Review to Improve Students’ Writing. Gayle Morris Sweetland Center for Writing, University of Michigan at 9. How to Plan And Guide In-Class Peer Review Activities. The Teaching Center, University of Washington St. Louis at 10. White, A. The Elements of Graphic Design. 224 (Allworth Press, 2011).11. Tufte, E. Beautiful Evidence. 213 (Graphics Press, 2006).  Page 26.1707.12Appendix 1: Rubric used to evaluate capstone report figures Scoring Question 1 2 3

Conference Session

Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

chose to omit itspsychological connotations and instead defined empathy as a “strategic action and [to] aninstrumental understanding of the empathee which helps to guide and to fine-tune thestrategic innovation plans of firms”[23]. Thus Steffensen, perhaps going further thanmany authors of empathic design would prefer to, moved empathy out of the terrain ofindividual traits and relocated it in the domain of corporate resources. Following thisapproach, Steffensen considered empathic thinking “a means to decrease failure rates ininnovation processes and hence a strategy for risk reduction”[23]. Not all authors in EEI agree with depersonalizing empathy and treating it as a puretechnique. In fact, some authors see empathic design not only as a

Conference Session

Revealing the Invisible: Engineering Course Activities that Address Privilege, -Isms, and Power Relations (Interactive Session)

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, International, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

maintaining or dismantling that privilege. We hope that these examples willbe helpful to others interested in integrating such content into their courses.Institutional ContextThe history behind the creation of these courses stems from being at the forefront of institution-wide transformation, including the inauguration of a new university president, theimplementation of a new University Core curriculum, the award of an NSF RED grant, and thecreation of a new General Engineering department [11]. The University of San Diego is amajority undergraduate, private four-year [12], faith-based institution that embraces Catholicsocial teaching in its mission. Our new president has enacted a new strategic plan, TheUniversity has identified six pathways through

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

stakeholders.The final deliverable from the role-playing exercise was an oil and gas development plan for thenation that would win the approval of all of the identified stakeholders.The assigned readings, videos, and guest speakers were interspersed with the role-playingexercise to provide background knowledge and context. These assignments expanded the waysin which students viewed oil and gas development in general, as well as the individual peopleand groups the development may affect. Furthermore these assignments demonstrated some ofthe ways engineers and corporations address the social aspects of projects.To gauge how students’ views changed (or did not change) as a result of the activities, we askedstudents to write their responses to an identical

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; William A. Kitch, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; John V. Tocco J.D., Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

inappropriately, but examining every word in context is too time- consuming for a large-scale study. For the results reported here, we compiled a list of 37 words that are often vague, absolute, unnecessary or inaccurate, based on previous analysis of student papers and faculty input. Occurrences of the words were examined in context. For example, you is accurate when referring to the reader (e.g. closing a technical memorandum to a client with It was a pleasure serving you) but inaccurate when it does not refer to the reader (e.g. Using the graph, you can calculate...). In the future, we plan to expand the list. (Other language features with other analyses are used in the project but are not included in this paper.) 3. Holistic

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering Ambassadors, who need advanced training beyond what weprovide at the workshop. We have started to address this by testing advanced training sessionsfor seasoned ambassadors at the workshop. We plan to continue refining this and creating onlinemodules to carry students beyond the workshop. Continuing collaboration and conversations among members after the workshop can alsobe challenging. The advisors and the Engineering Ambassadors are extremely busy and focusedon their program operations. Finding more ways for cross-university collaboration is animportant goal for the coming year. There is also a balance between letting member programsgrow and develop their own character, while also maintaining the trademarks of the

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryellen Meny Overbaugh; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Third, the instructors asserted that having the students view the contest presentations hashelped the students select topics that are more focused. Often students (and professionals) try tocover too broad of a scope in their presentations. Doing so prevents them from achieving a depththat satisfies the audience [18]. The instructors contended that viewing the contest presentationsgave students a better idea for what type of topic could achieve depth in a 10-minutepresentation. Moreover, students who viewed the contest presentations were more willing toadopt strategies to limit the scope (such as defining limitations or making assumptions).Conclusion and Plans for DisseminationOverall, having students in a technical presentations course view the

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

wenjuan wang, Beihang University ; Ming Li, Beihang University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Jian Yuan, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

liberal arts. Thus, the renzi kuichou school systemprescribed in general that “university should teach advanced scholarship, cultivate excellenttalents, serve the country”, and yet a growing divide between the disciplines meant that theseobjectives might be that much more difficult to achieve.The concept of “xueshu erfen” (“learning and technique were separated”) was also applied to theengineering discipline planning in both the renzi kuichou and renxu school systems. Thisreflected Cai Yuanpei’s educational philosophy of “xue wei jiben, shu wei zhigan” (“learning asthe trunk and technique as the branch”). For instance, it was argued that “agriculture, engineering,medicine, pharmacy, law, business, and other applied sciences are based on liberal

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, work that critically examines the ethicsof the Grand Challenges has so far been rare. In this paper, examining the process surroundingthe framing of the Grand Challenges generates a series of ethical questions about both thespecifics of the Challenges and the processes that gave rise to them. The outcomes of this inquiryinclude a set of research questions for scholars in engineering ethics and engineering studies, anda Grand Challenges lesson plan for classroom implementation that focuses students on the ethicsof problem framing, and the consideration of social questions as an integral part of professionalethics.IntroductionSince the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) first publicly articulated the GrandChallenges in 2008, engineering

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Inger M. Bergom, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 25.415.11education, much of it was not published at the time we developed our measure. Thus, thedimensions of interdisciplinarity we identified, although consistent with the literature, may notfully describe the construct of interdisciplinary competence or how it is manifested inengineering education contexts. In future studies now in the planning stages, we hope to directlyassess interdisciplinary competence in engineering students; these assessments could provide thebasis for a test of the construct validity of the survey-based measure we have developed to date.The analyses we are able to conduct with our data, however, provide considerable evidence ofconcurrent validity, which assesses the ability of an operationalization to

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Douglass Klein, Union College

Tagged Divisions

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

notwithstanding, the evidence suggests a fairly continuous evolutiontoward more complex and ubiquitous technology. But evolution toward what? How much of astep is it from IBM’s Watson,31 to the HAL of 2001,40 to The Matrix?79 How far are we fromtechnology as servant to technology as master? Who or what is in charge here, and should wecare? Unless we are to become the proverbial frog in a frying pan, we (engineers and everyoneelse) must be prepared to think proactively about these questions. Proactive thinking does notmean trying to stop technology, but rather trying to understand and plan for where it is heading.The intent of this course is to lay the groundwork for this kind of thinking.3. Core readings Core readings for the course will be drawn from

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

cast as sources of feedback to optimize instruction.10,11The subtlety with which such planned, standards-focused pedagogy limits critical reflection(about both the pedagogy and the discipline writ large) is striking.There is a circularity inherent at many points in the process. For example, in makingrecommendations for how engineering departments might effectively enact ABET criteria, onepair of chemical engineering instructors (sharing their findings in a journal for engineeringeducators), writes that, "...the measurement of student achievements in the courses shouldprovide considerable information on the curricular effectiveness of an academic program."9 Alsovery common is the idea that a failing student should repeat the failed class, a

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduatelevel. We propose to capitalize upon this diversity by building team-oriented Capstoneassignments that require students to seek opinions and guidance from these graduate studentsregarding completing projects in their home countries. Teams will then report their learnedexperiences to the class in a communication method already well established in our Capstonecourses. Of course, development of the assignments and the logistics of involving internationalgraduate students must be well planned to succeed.As mentioned previously, our alumni survey was intended to help guide our efforts in itspreliminary stages; however, as we undertake the development of assignments, we will alsoconduct a more detailed alumni survey. The design of this survey is

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Vadyak; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Christine Haas, Christine Haas Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

teaching by UTREE members effective?This work-in-progress paper outlines our plans to answer these two questions. First, toprovide a sense of possible teaching, research, and service that such an organizationcould provide to a college of engineering, this paper provides an overview of thoseactivities by UTREE at Pennsylvania State University. Second, to determine whether aformal analysis would even be warranted, this paper analyzes the results of two surveys.The first is a self-evaluation by the UTREE members of their own professionaldevelopment, and the second is a survey by faculty about the effectiveness of theteaching by UTREE members. Third, this paper discusses what would be needed to makean organization such as UTREE a sustainable

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

team members to ensure overall team success. As withcommunication, this disconnect between the rubric and engineering faculty beliefs may suggestthe need to adapt, and here expand, the rubric to capture components of teamwork that arecentral to professional engineering practice. In this case, engineering faculty do not appear toexpect everyone to be a leader, but rather, to be able to identify the strengths of individual teammembers and develop reasonable work plans that effectively utilize the team’s personnelresources.Implications and Future WorkAnalysis of a subset of 16 of 50 faculty interviews suggests that while faculty often articulatecriteria for effective communication that aligns with national standards, their beliefs show

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama; Garry W. Warren, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

College (BSCC), a state-supported community collegein Alabama. The Coach is developing a series of web-based writing instruction modules andwill help students learn to write for audiences of engineers through sequences of writingsamples, prompts, and heuristics. By emphasizing writing as a design process, The Coach isintended to provide engineering faculty with a valuable resource for developing students’rhetorical skills. The Coach’s development is founded upon the understanding engineeringcurricula are the most-appropriate venue for building stronger engineering writing skills.Technical issues prevented the planned launch of The Coach in 2011, but roll-out took placeon all three campuses in fall, 2012. This paper describes in detail the state

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

bylocal and global collective action. We recognize that the next generation of leaders will be taskedto develop responses to a wide set of wicked problems in a socially and environmentallyappropriate manner. Some of the most prominent wicked problems in the immediate future willinclude sustainable urban planning, alleviating climate change, and feeding the world, to name afew. Emergent leaders, many of whom are currently students within and outside of engineering,will be central to realizing a more sustainable world for future generations. Our goal as authors isto inspire these future leaders (our students) to become motivated to and confident in respondingto these wicked problems in a manner that is socially appropriate and environmentally

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

between the Navajo way of life, which is a holistic cycle of thinking,planning, living, and assuring/testing,119 and an engineering design process (ask, imagine, plan,create, improve120). Thus the structure of the project itself can be described and presented in away that carries cultural meaning for Navajo students.Further, design projects can be structured to blend culture and course material. In engineeringoutreach camps in the Navajo Nation, students were asked to write a story related to their culture(e.g., “Describe a day in the life of a Navajo middle school student”). Students then, learn theengineering design process and build a Rube Goldberg®-style chain reaction machine that tellsthe story they wrote. This not only helps the students

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkac, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, the usual elements are identified: time, budget, team members, and materials44.Much of the subsequent discussion in this paper focuses on the planning aspect of arts problem-solving in primary education, but includes a discussion of the transfer of these skills to otherdomains. The types of questioning employed by arts teachers45 suggests that these arts problem-solving experiences are valuable early-life practice for project planning in secondary and highereducation.Pitri, on the other hand, focuses on “identifying how skills and dispositions related to problemsolving are expressed in a child’s behavior and artwork”46 and approaches problem-solving fromthe point of view of critical thinking. Following a thorough inventory of critical

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #30435Real-World Examples and Sociotechnical Integration: What’s the Connec-tion?Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines Jacquelene Erickson is a fourth year undergraduate student at Colorado School of Mines pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering. After graduation in May 2020, she plans to work in electrical distribution design at an engineering firm.Dr. Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines Stephanie Claussen is a Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She ob

Conference Session

Engineering Communication I: History and Praxis

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcy Bloom Milhomme, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Lori B. Miraldi, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. While I may not be perfect at presentations, I feel as if there are things I have learned that I can use in the future as an engineering professional. I plan on using assertion evidence in the future when I am able to due to its effectiveness and quality...Helpful 87 The topics and strategies we learned were actually really helpful and applicable to my life. I attribute much of my success in this class to all the helpful resources that were available to me. It was also helpful to have a TA that understood the current student

Conference Session

Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University; Avneet Hira, Boston College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to the graduate system and milestones at theuniversity, I also felt like the act of working on a PhD was rebellious in some way too –rebellious against how I had experienced engineering education in the classroom, in thecommunities that I was part of and not, in how I often felt the need to pretend to be “one of theboys,” to be privy to plans, conversations, projects. Héctor is energized by the processHéctor: [It’s energizing] To produce, to change, to question, explore, be pushed to question andthink, and question others to think and be pushed back. Not violently though. Not like beinginterrogated. But through a gentle socialization of sitting in the tension alongside others who arealso experiencing the soul. It is both disconcerting