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Conference Session
Imagining Others, Defining Self Through Consideration of Ethical and Social Implications
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Louis S. Nadelson, Colorado Mesa University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart; Katherine L. Youmans, Utah State University; Sarah Lanci, Colorado Mesa University; Adam Lenz, Oregon State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
self-reflective in nature and designed to gather datarepresentative of the students’ perspectives of themselves as engineers and of the field (Table 2).The same questions were provided to the instructors to complete in written form via email.Table 2. Summary of survey questions used [10] (1) In your own words, define 'engineer'. (2) In your own words, define 'engineering'. (3) Do you consider yourself an engineer? Why or why not? (4) What are your professional goals in becoming an engineer? (5) What are the essential skills of a professional engineer? (6) What challenges do you have on working in group engineering projects?Data AnalysisAxial and thematic coding of the responses occurred for the survey responses to thesequestions
Conference Session
Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking I
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kathryn Waugaman, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
1, though this may be skewed by the phrasing of the question. 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0-0.2 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Class 1 (n=15) Class 2 (n=16) Class 3 (n=26) Class 5 (n=16) Figure 2: Pre-survey results by class.Table 4: Questions that correlate with Figure 2. Note that Q2 and Q5 are reversed: “positive” responses reflect disagreement with statement to maintain consistency in Figure 2. # Question 1 I want to learn as much as possible in this class. 2 I want to do as little work as possible in this class. (REVERSED) 3 In a class like this, I prefer course
Conference Session
Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
-learned”.Detailed description of pilot course syllabusThe monograph Science and Diplomacy: A New Dimension of International Relations [13] wasused as the primary text for the course. One benefit of a text translated from French is that theexamples and the perspective are offered based upon science diplomacy as practiced by France.This varies considerably from the approach to science diplomacy as practiced by the UnitedStates (i.e., as reflected in the material published by AAAS, [33]), and it also varies considerablyfrom the approach to science diplomacy as practiced by the United Kingdom (i.e., as reflected inthe material published by The Royal Society, [2]). One drawback of a text translated fromFrench is poor translation in various places
Conference Session
Ethical Awareness and Social Responsibility in a Corporate/Team Context
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
provides opportunities for students to talk directly with membersfrom various stakeholder groups in the VA coalfields including state regulators, industrymembers and local citizens.3. SurveyAppendix A includes the survey instrument used in the first year of the study analyzed here. Itwas designed to measure students’ knowledge, abilities, and attitudes [15] related to CSR andcollect relevant background information to explore possible connections between those and thedemographic information, students’ motivations for pursuing engineering, their career desires,and their civic activities. The survey reflects feedback from an expert panel of engineeringeducators and industry practitioners, as well as “talk alouds” with students. Going through thefirst
Conference Session
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Lidia Herrera-Rocha, University of Texas at El Paso
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
as part the observed PK team exchanges. Oscar’s parentsimmigrated to the US from the Mexican side of the border and Genesis spent her childhoodthere. Alicia, who was open about her daily border crossing experiences, also faced jokes aboutMexico and Alicia’s hometown during teamwork activities. In sum, it seems that team PK’smonoglossic language ideologies and behavior may have reflected a larger trend in perspectivesabout Mexico and Mexicans in circulation in the US at the time (2017-2018).Intersections of Gender and Ethnicity As the findings above show, the choice of language may have signaled to participants aparticular language ideology. However, ideologies about language intersected with ideologiesabout gender in ways that
Conference Session
Trends in Accreditation and Assessment
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nathan M. Hicks, University of Florida; Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Criterion 3 modifies and restructures the previous 11 outcomes (a)–(k) intoseven new student outcomes (numbered as 1–7).15Notably, the seven new outcomes omit the phrase “life-long learning.” This motion represents asignificant time of reflection in engineering education: a time when reform to accreditationrequirements could dramatically change the way engineering is taught. Despite the potentialremoval of the phrase “life-long learning” from the prescribed outcomes, professional engineerswill still need to possess the characteristics of a life-long learner to be effective. To this end, ourfindings demonstrate several components of life-long learning that are currently being capturedby different engineering programs. Of these current components
Conference Session
Writing and Communication I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California - Davis
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
paper’s style and structure also meld twodistinctive document types—technical report and narrative essay—in order to reflect upon asmall-scale, field-test type experiment and to identify initial positive or negative trends withinthe experience.Instructional ConceptThe development of a specialized grammar course for engineering and other STEM students waspredicated upon four assumptions. The first was that possessing a complete functionalunderstanding of how sentences work can help students to produce technical documents that areclear, concise, and correct; and second, that adequate grammatical skills are too often missing inengineering and STEM majors.Another assumption was that engineering and other STEM students already have mastery in
Conference Session
Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Daniel J. Fox, U.S. Military Academy; Robert M. Wendel, U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions
Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
training, independent of teacher experience. This post-session surveysought to gather demographic information to aid in understanding the participant’s particularteaching experience and nonverbal communication training.Results and DiscussionEach participant’s response was compared against the sample population and against thestudent’s report confidence to identify whether overall nonverbal message discrepancies exist.The results of the expert and participant responses are provided in Table 2.The percentages calculated in each row reflect the portion of the population that correctlymatched their assessment (either confident or non-confident) with the students reportedconfidence for an individual video clip. Notably, there is a significant range in
Conference Session
Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado - Boulder
Tagged Topics
Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
-intentional‘general distribution requirements’ of the university [that] are not necessarily tailored to meet theneeds of students”6 nor a thoughtfully comprised liberal core for holistically prepared engineers.Is this student response instigated and nurtured by a cultural devaluation of non-technicalcoursework that is reflected in minimal non-technical requirements filled with choice? Surely thepresence of faculty, advisors and deans unenthusiastic about the added value of exploration ofhumanities and social sciences topics impacts the climate of perception towards liberal educationin engineering colleges; programs that emphasize the integration of the humanities and socialsciences with engineering need faculty champions, broad and overt institutional
Conference Session
Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christopher Leslie, New York University Tandon School of Engineering ; Lindsay Anderberg, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
“engineering students have so much to learn before they can actuallystart practicing in the field, safely, that a formal rigorous engineering education at the Bachelorslevel is inescapable.”9 However, because competency in soft skills is also critical to theprofession, it is essential to look beyond textbook learning. A National Science Foundation studyrecommends engineering faculty engage students in “collaborative problem-solving, analysis,synthesis, critical thinking, reasoning, and reflections to real-world situations,” and that “newlearning approaches must be put to use that heighten practical learning and allow students todemonstrate the application of their studies to real-world situations.”10 Interestingly, theproposed revision to Criterion 3
Conference Session
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
for a medical device to be cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration. We believe all patients should receive high-quality medical devices, regardless of their ability to pay. All BME courses are patient-centered, which is atypical of medical device and medical device regulation courses. For example, when the Director teaches eighteen electrical and mechanical medical devices 3 that have saved numerous lives in her Medical Device Systems course, five requirements from applicable engineering standards are discussed for each medical device. As a former Vice President of Research in the medical device industry, she asks students to reflect if each requirement is
Conference Session
Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Christopher J Rowe, Vanderbilt University
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Page 23.705.2zero to three credit hours either required or optional depending on the university. Courserequirements range from optional (no bearing on degree requirements) to elective (mostlypass/fail) to mandatory in order to have access to the job posting database at the college oruniversity. Class sizes range from a seminar-sized group of around eight up to a lecture hallstyle group of about 100 per section, seemingly dependent on the staffing of the career centeritself or available faculty members qualified to teach the class. Formats vary just as much fromsmall weekly assignments to nearly daily assignments and end-of-term reflection papers. Someof the most often stated requirements are that students must create a resume and attend some
Conference Session
A Challenge to Engineering Educators
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Isolde Adriana Parker, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Seetha Veeraghanta, University of Utah
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
citation theycollected, students learned to filter out irrelevant, out-of-date, unauthoritative, inaccurate, and biased Page 23.478.11information. What is significant for us as instructors of this course is that the quality of citations fromthe Open Web moved away from generic, encyclopedia-style sources (e.g. Wikipedia) to sourcesoriginating from professional entities (e.g. EPA) and scholarly publishers (PLOS.org.) This move onthe students’ part is attributable to the students’ awareness and appreciation of the evaluation criteria.The improvement in locating and using appropriate information sources also reflected on theirimprovement in
Conference Session
The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering
, and by an authorityderived from education and expertise. The historical development of engineering into aprofession highlighted the engineer’s role in social development and progress; the tradeoffsnecessary in engineering decision-making; and the need to anticipate “unintended consequences”and identify stakeholders who may be silent or lack social power.Student learning outcomes are listed in Table 1.Student work included several design projects, with documentation in the form of hand and CADdrawings, written descriptions, and oral presentations; design problem definition assignments;and writing assignments in which students reflected on their experiences and responded toreading assignments. This work was assessed to evaluate achievement of
Conference Session
Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
ofSonnemann is not divided into understander and understandee, but involves an individual’sunderstanding of him or herself. The self in the mode of identity pulls from different sourcesboth within the conditional and unconditional realms to construct a spectrum of identity.Combining the work of Sonnemann with that of Jaspers, (Figure 2) I construct the firstframework for consideration of identity as Dasein in self-reflection; one that uses conditionalidentity and unconditional identity. Perception plays the role of guiding the self from empiricalexistence or the conditional to the existenz or unconditional. Unconditional identities in the sociological framework are those which derive from therealm outside of the physical world or, in other
Conference Session
Advances in Communication Instruction
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
reflect power andstatus. She points out the importance of word choice, phrasing, and document format inconstructing and communicating knowledge in communally sanctioned ways. Membersof a community—for instance, scholars within a discipline—are, Gunnarsson argues,putting themselves at significant risk if they deviate from the familiar language practices.Thus, a composition scholar encountering directives about envisioning a writing projectaccording to a notion of quantification or “percentages” is likely to see such language andthe knowledge construct it represents as not just a bit of a different perspective, or asinherently just a little problematic, but as quite dramatically dangerous.Why might a composition scholar’s initial strong impulse be
Conference Session
STS Perspectives on Engineering Education
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The MIT Lewis Survey: Creating a Cold War Blueprint for a Technological University, 1947-1949Amidst the structural changes and the “reengineering” of higher education, historical perspectivecan provide us with a vantage point from which to reflect upon the many changes we are seeingtoday. In my talk, I approach this opportunity through a study of MIT’s Committee onEducational Survey, or the “Lewis Survey,” whose 1949 report is regarded by many as the ColdWar “blueprint” for MIT. Rooted in conversations that originated within our society, MITfaculty members embraced the notion of a broader and more fundamental approach toengineering education, even as they
Conference Session
Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
science andtechnology, and see no difference between a scientist and an engineer10,12,18. Existence ofengineer’s image in the film has been acknowledged25, but not studied thoroughly, except for agender-specific focus. While creating a learning environment that educates about engineering and engineers ingeneral, it is also important to leverage and apply the most recent theories of learning. Learningis viewed as an active process where students process, organize and reflect upon their personalideas in the development of knowledge and meaning. Current models of science learningembrace the paradigm of constructivism, where students learn by constructing personalrepresentations of knowledge instead in the idea that knowledge can be transmitted
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
Tagged Divisions
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
Conference Session
Sustainability
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering
, 2004)11Design ReviewsDesign reviews were used to assess learning objectives 2-4. Each semester, students work inteams with other students at their university on a design project corresponding to a piece of thewicked problem. Throughout the process, students participate in three design reviews intended toidentify strengths and weaknesses in design processes and guide students’ design developmenttoward better, more defensible, and more sustainable design solutions. We used the Initiate,Design, Execute, Assess, Learn, & Show (IDEALS) framework as a guide for assessment ofthese design activities.12 As part of each design review, students answer reflection questions ontheir progress to date. At the end of the semester, students perform in-class
Conference Session
A Challenge to Engineering Educators
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
engineering communication. We then present ourfindings on the ways in which the deficit model has recently been enacted in engineeringcommunication contexts. Next, we present a framework of key concepts integral to publiccommunication so that engineers can reflect upon how these dimensions affect the wayscommunication with the public is carried out. The paper concludes with a discussion ofsignificance, intersecting issues, and future work.Overview of the Deficit ModelThe deficit model, a term originally coined by science studies scholar Brian Wynne,1 refers toapproaches to science and engineering (S&E) communication and outreach that are based on thebelief that publics are critical or skeptical of, and not interested in, S&E because they do
Conference Session
Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State Unviersity; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado Boulder; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines
Tagged Topics
Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
collected data from multiple sources, including student work,faculty reflection logs, pre-/post-surveys, and student focus groups. Our project did not originallyintend to explore connections to engineering identity formation in students or professionalpractice. However, while analyzing the student focus group data, we observed that engineeringidentity was impacting students’ responses in unexpected ways. Thus, this paper aims to answerthe following research question: How are students’ conceptions of engineering identity linked to their perceptions of sociotechnical thinking?BackgroundSociotechnical integration in engineering educationMultiple studies of engineering practice have underlined the necessity of integrating social
Conference Session
Teamwork: Priming, Empathy, and Metacognition
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Nathalie Al Kakoun, Swansea University; Frederic Boy, Swansea University; Catherine Groves; Patricia Xavier, Swansea University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
-related design processes and factors.Keywords: Engineering Education, Civil Engineering Design, Human-Centred Designing,Priming, Empathy, Social Consciousness, Personal Values, Engineering ValuesIntroductionMany have discussed the technocentric engineering curricula [1] – [5], that tend tomarginalise [3] and devalue [6],[7], the less technical and more ‘socially-involved’ aspects ofengineering, and have thus stood with Cech’s [2] call for the integration of public welfareconcern and social consciousness in engineering curricula.An aligning call/prompt for the integration of empathic [8] – [10], compassionate [11],‘socially-just’ [12],[13], and/or human-centred designing [14] – [18] in engineering curriculahave also risen. This is reflected in
Conference Session
Socially Responsible Engineering II: Pedagogy, Teamwork, and Student Experiences
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Larkin Martini, Colorado School of Mines; Jordyn MacKenzie Helfrich, Colorado School of Mines
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
responsibilities as anengineer, what role you have occurring there,” [6, p. 177]. This seems very reflective of the moralitiesderived from professional roles discussed in Smith et al. [7], and helps further indicate a necessity forincluding role ethics and CSR as part of engineering ethics curriculum. Teaching CSR to engineering students acknowledges that professional engineers practice ethicswithin a larger societal and corporate framework with distinct roles that can affect ethical action thatengineers can pursue [7]. CSR itself has many weaknesses, and has been accused of having little influenceon daily corporate practices [22], [23], has not been fully internalized by many corporations [24], and is notclearly linked to engineering [15]. In
Conference Session
Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
evaluate departmental need for a targeted approached toward certain groups toimprove overall student wellness.AcknowledgmentsA grant from the National Science Foundation Number #1738186 supported this study. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendation expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Theauthors thank Jeanne Sanders for providing feedback on the paper. The authors thank thestudents for participating in the survey.References[1] E. Godfrey and L. Parker, "Mapping the cultural landscape in engineering education," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, pp. 5-22, 2010.[2] R. Stevens, D. Amos, A. Jocuns, and L. Garrison, "Engineering
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jason R. Harron, University of Texas, Austin
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering
southernUnited States during the fall of 2018. In order to enroll in the course, participants completed anonline application and were approved by instructors. Active recruitment was done in the Collegeof Communications, College of Fine Arts, and School of Engineering in an effort of creating acohort that reflected a diverse set of design disciplines. Participants included 7 Theatre andDance (T&D) majors, 7 Engineering majors (4 mechanical and 3 electrical), 4 Arts,Entertainment, and Technology (AET) majors, 3 Radio, Television, and Film (RTF) majors, 1Studio Art major, and 1 double major in French and Design Arts & Media (see table 1). 12females and 11 males were enrolled in the course. Of the engineers, six were male (3 electrical, 3mechanical
Conference Session
Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth L. Miller, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
experience, theirsuperiors wanted the presentations to be standalone so that they could be saved for future referenceor shared with people not in attendance of the presentation.Resistance in Research Laboratories. In graduate laboratories, because there seemed to often beless structure in terms of presentation requirements, graduate students reported having freedomthat enabled the AE style. According to the surveys, advisors were receptive of the AE stylebecause they felt that it “told a good story” and was “easy to follow.” Being unique, the AE stylesatisfied one advisor’s quest for a way to make presentations more exciting. As Figure 5 reflects,though, resistance was faced when two advisors wished to see more information and data on slidesand
Conference Session
Diversity and Inclusion
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan; Tom J. Waidzunas, Temple University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
estimates of college-educated Americans who identify as LGBTQ (2.8%, [15]), but reflects trends where a largerproportion of young adults identifies as LGBTQ than in previous generations. 35% of thesample identifies as women, 64% as men, and around 1% as gender non-binary. We includegender non-binary respondents in the LGBTQ indicator but because of concerns aboutidentifiability of this small proportion, we do not include gender non-binary as a dichotomousindicator in the models nor provide the precise percent of the gender non-binary population inTable 1. As such, the category “woman” (which includes those who identify as cis-gender andtransgender women) is compared to both the categories of men (which includes cis-gender andtransgender men) and
Conference Session
Imagining Others, Defining Self Through Consideration of Ethical and Social Implications
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alexis Papak, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
. We show how students' conceptualization of differentstakeholders was relational, in that the ways in which pregnant women were conceptualized wasentangled with how Target was conceptualized. We also argue that the way students constructvarious stakeholders over three focus group sessions constrained how they were able tounderstand any of the stakeholders as causing harm or being harmed.Introduction Engineering ethics educators have developed a wealth of curricula that engagesengineering students in learning about codes of ethics and micro-ethical issues. However, muchof these curricula does not engage how technology's design and implementation is reflective ofsociopolitical systems and never value-neutral or how ethical design
Conference Session
Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Erin A. Cech, Rice University; Tom J. Waidzunas, Temple University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
issues that areseen as “political” from engineering work) and the “technical/social dualism” (the elevation of“technical” skills and activities over social skills and activities) that devalue and delegitimate1 This research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (grant 1107074; PI: StephanieFarrell; Co-PIs: Rocio Chavela Guerra, Erin Cech, Tom Waidzunas, and Adrienne Minerick). Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.2 The Women in Engineering Division of ASEE was established in 1978 and the Minorities in Engineering Divisionwas established in 1999.considerations of issues of