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
Paper ID #17712Beyond the Technical: Developing Lifelong Learning and Metacognition forthe Engineering WorkplaceProf. Rose M. Marra Ph.D., University of Missouri Rose M. Marra is a Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. She is PI of the NSF-funded Supporting Collaboration in Engineering Education, and has studied and published on engineering education, women and minorities in STEM, online learning and assessment. Marra holds a PhD. in Educational Leadership and Innovation and worked as a software engineer before entering academe.Dr. So Mi Kim, University of Missouri Dr. So Mi Kim completed her
Paper ID #14423Implicit Bias? Disparity in Opportunities to Select Technical versus Non-Technical Courses in Undergraduate Engineering ProgramsDr. Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder Marissa H. Forbes is a research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder and lead editor of the TeachEngineering digital library. She previously taught middle school science and engineering and wrote K-12 STEM curricula while an NSF GK-12 graduate engineering fellow at CU. With a master’s degree in civil engineering she went on to teach physics for the Denver School of Science and Technology, where she also created and
Paper ID #33282Exploring the Nexus Between Student’s Perceptions of SociotechnicalThinking and Construction of their Engineering IdentitiesDr. Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State Unviersity Stephanie Claussen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State Univer- sity. She previously spent eight years as a Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Di- vision and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and her M.S. and Ph.D. from
National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two- strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Ms. Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico Catherine (Cat) Hubka, MFA, holds dual appointments at the University of New Mexico in the Depart- ments of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and Department of English. For CBE, she is em- bedded in the 300 and 400 labs where she supports
disconnectbetween engineers in practice and engineers in academe”2. Practicing engineers work oncomplex, open-ended, sociotechnical problems, whereas typical engineering programs teachstudents to solve confined problems, limited in scope to the technical, that have only oneanswer3. In response to the misalignment of engineering education and practice, significantacademic research has also been accomplished in the broad space of engineering with contextand communities; these include NSF-funded research, the International Journal of Engineering,Social Justice and Peace, and the Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society thathas incorporated into more and more courses around the country within engineering programsthat recognize the value of
), and engineering work as devoid of power relations. Critiques of this stance are resonant with insights from science and technology studies, documenting that engineering culture is dominated by technological determinism (Smith and Marx, 1994), a loose cluster of cultural narratives stating that technological development inevitably leads to progress, technical experts know best how to govern new technologies, technology homogenizes cultures, and society adapts to technology rather than shapes it. Over the last few decades, engineering education scholars have begun to elaborate how technocracy does harm in engineering education. Cech (2014) argued that, over engineering
avoiding redundancies and in identifying other groups that have alreadyfound solutions to problems they might be facing. Doing so would speed up implementation ofprojects and reduce overall research-related expenses. Discovering the linkages among thesevarious frameworks and systems could aid in discovering unique pathways to complex problemsthat would go otherwise unnoticed. Reverse-engineering of the brain, for instance, could greatlyreduce the cost of computational power by greatly enhancing processing speeds of computersystems. This in turn enables developing countries access to cheaper and more efficientinformation and communication technology (ICT). Likewise, giving better access to the internetcould provide people in developing countries a
all levels? As weconsider the rollout of engineering standards in K-12 in many states across the country, we offerrecommendations for engineering faculty in higher education who may be called upon toparticipate in various ways in this effort.BackgroundScience and Technology Studies scholar Scott Knowles details in his book The Disaster Experts9the ways in which disasters are constructed via complex interrelationships among ideologies ofcivil defense and homeland security, the simultaneous roles of knowing and forgetting, Americancommitments to land development and federalism, and much more. Katrina was an exercise inmultiple and layered sets of missteps that made the disaster as extensive and long-lasting as itwas. Studying these in detail as
technology interventions in mechanics classes. He was one of the co-leaders in 2013-2014 of the ASEE Virtual Community of Practice (VCP) for mechanics educators across the country. His current research focuses on student problem-solving pro- cesses and use of worked examples, change models and evidence-based teaching practices in engineering curricula, and the role of non-cognitive and affective factors in student academic outcomes and overall success. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Thriving for Engineering Students: Definition and Proposed Conceptual FrameworkThis research paper summarizes existing research and reports regarding factors
Paper ID #34563ABET’s Maverick Evaluators and the Limits of Accreditation as a Mode ofGovernance in Engineering EducationDr. 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
Mines Kathryn Johnson is an Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Department of Elec- trical Engineering and Computer Science and is Jointly Appointed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center. She has researched wind turbine control systems since 2002, with numerous projects related to reducing turbine loads and increasing energy capture. She has applied experiential learning techniques in several wind energy and control systems classes and began engineering education research related to social justice in control systems engineering in fall 2014. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Is Sociotechnical
Paper ID #26331Pain and Gain: Barriers and Opportunities for Integrating SociotechnicalThinking into Diverse Engineering CoursesDr. Stephanie A. Claussen, Colorado School of Mines Stephanie Claussen’s experience spans both engineering and education research. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005. Her Ph.D. work at Stan- ford University focused on optoelectronics, and she continues that work in her position at the Colorado School of Mines, primarily with the involvement of undergraduate researchers. In her role as an Associate Teaching Professor, she is
engineering students with an outreach mission to high school students. Her area of expertise is turbine cooling and using additive manufacturing to develop innovative cooling technologies. She has published over 220 archival papers and advised 70 dissertations and theses. Dr. Thole has provided service leadership to numerous organizations including being a member of ASME’s Board of Governors. She has also served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the ASME’s International Gas Turbine Institute in which she led a number of initiatives to promote communities of women engineers and students. In her roles as an educator, researcher, and mentor, Dr. Thole has received numerous awards. The most notable awards include
Honors College students at East Carolina University (ECU). HonorsCollege students from all disciplines across campus are required to enroll in a course thatintroduces them to research in their chosen field. The various sections of the course weredivided based upon the students’ chosen major. This paper focuses on one section of the coursecomprised of students majoring in Engineering, Technology, Political Science, Mathematics,Communication, and several majors in the College of Business. The students worked in teams of4-5 on research projects with each team having student members from at least 3 different majordisciplines. Each project focused on researching a problem that had not only an engineeringcomponent, but also an issue related to policy
undergraduate physics majors since 2000, and recently developed, with S. Lance Cooper, a graduate tech- nical writing course.Dr. John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign John R. Gallagher is an assistant professor of English. He focuses on writing studies, especially digital writing technologies, audience theory, and interface design. He teaches business and technical writing, technical communication, and rhetoric.Prof. John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign John Popovics is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Drexel University and his Ph.D. in
, emphasizes theimportance of training successful engineers who are well-rounded, being both technologicallyproficient and also possessing attributes such as strong leadership, communication skills, andingenuity.2 In order to meet the challenges of the world, these engineers need to be cognizant ofthe social implications of technological decisions and implementations. As the document states,“Successful engineers in 2020 will…recognize the broader contexts that are intertwined intechnology and its application in society” (p. 156). The National Academy charges universitiesand colleges to develop engineers that have these attributes and are ready to meet the globalchallenges facing us. Similarly, Sheppard, Macatangay, Colby, & Sullivan describe the
Chemistry and experience in STEM Education and Outreach.Miss Yael-Alexandra Jackie Monereau, University of Tampa Yael-Alexandra J. Monereau was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her educational and professional back- ground includes Construction Management and Mechanical Engineering; she is presently pursuing her Masters in Instructional Design and Technology. Since 2008, she has been actively researching Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality. Additional re- search interests include reality, construction, energy, user-computer interface, and virtual augmentation. Presently, with Elyape, LLC., an educational consulting company, which specializes in infancy starts-up, with a higher priority given to local non-profits, she
new methodology to examine the architecture of sentences through the lens of math. Intended for students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), the course offers both alternative and complement to the study of grammar and style as informed by contemporary linguistic theories...”Unfortunately, some miscommunications occurred, and the STEM tag and revised descriptiondid not appear on the student interface for online enrollment. Instead, the course appeared as106: special section. Thus, many of my students enrolled without clear understanding that whatdistinguished the special section from the regular version was that it featured an experimental(and radically different) math-based approach.Course
Paper ID #32377”A New Way of Seeing”: Engagement With Women’s and Gender StudiesFosters Engineering Identity FormationDr. Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College Jenn Stroud Rossmann is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Co-Director of the Hanson Center for Inclusive STEM Education at Lafayette College. She earned her BS in mechanical engineering and the PhD in applied physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Lafayette, she was a faculty member at Harvey Mudd College. Her scholarly interests include the fluid dynamics of blood in vessels affected by atherosclerosis and aneurysm, the cultural
’ operational management experience, to support her academic work. She remains involved in supporting and advising on the work of a number of social enterprises and charities locally. Her main areas of interest and research are in action learning, critical management, social enterprise and all things psychological. As an experienced coach, Catherine is particularly active in the area of leadership and team development, making innovative use of virtual reality technology and critical thinking to develop and enhance leadership competency in M level students. She is also a highly experienced psychometrician. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020
the context of youth leadership programs, start-ups and innovation centers, and community-based initiatives. She is currently a Design Research Fellow and Lecturer at Olin College, with a focus on processes and frameworks for transformation in engineering education. Previously, she developed and launched the Energy Technology Program at Creighton University: an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in renewable energy and sustainable design. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engi- neering from Olin College and an M.A. from Creighton University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Conversation and participation architectures: practices for creating
Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, and educational psychology. His research interests span the formation of students’ professional identity, the role of reflection in engi- neering learning, and interpretive research methods in engineering education. He was the first international recipient of the ASEE Educational Research Methods Division’s ”Appren- tice Faculty Award”, was selected as a 2010 Frontiers in Education ”New Faculty Fellow”, and is currently a UGA ”Lilly Teaching Fellow”. His teaching focuses on innovative approaches to introducing systems thinking and creativity into the en
focused on commercial innovation and globalcompetition, instead reproduce: ...people prepared to secure themselves, and all of us, against the risks of unpredictable and precarious futures.3Such conditions for technological participation, predicated on the attainment of consensus andcontinuity, seem likely to produce very narrow definitions of the environmental, social, political,ethical, and health and safety constraints to be shared with the engineering learner via Criterion3.The distance between understandings of social and political matters of that kind exhibited byengineering educators, and those evinced in many social-scientific studies of engineering, arenothing less than extreme. In part, this reflects that much larger
, and technology to include new forms of communication and problem solving for emerging grand challenges. A second vein of Janet’s research seeks to identify the social and cultural impacts of technological choices made by engineers in the process of designing and creating new devices and systems. Her work considers the intentional and unintentional consequences of durable struc- tures, products, architectures, and standards in engineering education, to pinpoint areas for transformative change.Kevin O’Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder Kevin O’Connor is assistant professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. His scholarship focuses on human action, communication
the intersection of learning science, computer science, and user science can inform effective and innovative uses of educational technologies. He is also interested in how engineering education can better prepare future engineers to consider the human elements and impacts of their work, particularly with respect to more equitable and inclusive outcomes.Dr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). She is a qualitative researcher who primarily uses narrative research methods and is interested more broadly in interpretive research methods. In her research, Dr. Kellam is broadly
importance of, and methods to teach empathy to engineering students. He is currently the Education Director for Engineers for a Sustainable World and an assistant editor for Engineering Studies.Dr. Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University Dr. Johannes Strobel is Director, Educational Outreach Programs and Associate Professor, Engineering and Education at Texas A&M. After studying philosophy and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri- Columbia. He worked at Concordia University, Montreal and has been the director of the Institute of P-12 Engineering Research and Learning at Purdue University. NSF and several
Paper ID #18015Ethics and Responsible Innovation in Biotechnology Communities: A Peda-gogy of Engaged ScholarshipDr. Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University Joseph R. Herkert, D.Sc., is Associate Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society and a Visiting Scholar in the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University. He was formerly Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology in the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University (retired May 2015). Herkert has been teaching engineering ethics and science, technology & society courses for
is not who is mostadvantaged and most disadvantaged, but rather, how does socioeconomic disadvantage manifestamong college-going students that are relatively privileged? Further, among undergraduates,engineering students are even more privileged1.One of the major limitations with the research on social class (and concomitantly socioeconomicdisadvantage and cultural capital), is that while it is often quantitatively measured through an index,qualitatively it remains quite ambiguous. In addition, the qualitative research on social class in highereducation is typically conducted without consideration for the academic field, despite the workindicating that the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields are unique.Unfortunately, the
in engineering ethics,” Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 26, Aug. 12, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-018-0080-y. [Accessed March 3, 2021].[13] B. Perlman and R. Varma, “Teaching engineering ethics,” in Proc. 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annu. Conf. & Expo., Albuquerque, NM. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/teaching-engineering-ethics.pdf. [Accessed Jan. 7, 2021].[14] S. Vallor, I. Raicu, and B. Green, Technology and Engineering Practice: Ethical Lenses to Look Through, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, July 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.scu.edu/ethics-in-technology-practice/ethical