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Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

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energy systems and power electronics. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primarily by federal agencies (over $3.5 million of funding). Dr. Singh has consulted for several companies including Ford Motor Company and Epuron, LLC. He has also served as a reviewer for the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Dr Singh has over 150 conference and journal publications and holds seven issued US patents. Dr. Singh’s recent

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

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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

; Awards and recognition. Teaching Grading and administration; Job Salary and benefits; Assistants Help with student learning directly; Community engaged design teaching experience; Time and expertise. Personal / professional community engagement. Engineering Allowing for course credit (tech Promotional materials for recruiting; College electives, senior design, 1st-year); Increased diversity; Laboratory funding; Provides experiential learning in 1st year to senior design; Facilities and personnel technical Broader impacts for research grants; expertise; Awards and recognition

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'Diversity' and Inclusion? Pedagogy, Experiences, Language and Performative Action

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

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of essential notions of intellect, drive, and self-discipline thatcenter on bodily ‘normalcy’” [8]. Notions of engineering skill have assumptions about “capable”bodies and minds built into them [12]. For example, to be seen as proficient at circuit design andtesting in an electrical engineering lab, one is expected to have the manual dexterity tomanipulate centimeter-long resistors and capacitors and the visual acuity to see small details upclose. A students’ demonstration that they understand the workings of a circuit is often conflatedwith the physical act of circuit-making in the laboratory. In such instances, lack of physicaldexterity or visual sharpness may be interpreted as lack of proficiency at engineering tasks.Because of the

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Sociotechnical Integration

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maysam Nezafati, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mel Chua, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Fellows ofHarvard College.Cezeaux, J., Keyser, T., Haffner, E., Kaboray, A., & Hasenjager, C. (2008). IntroducingUniversal Design Concepts In An Interdisciplinary Laboratory Project. Proceedings of the 2008American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 13.806.1-13.806.9. https://peer.asee.org/4037Dixon, A. G., Clark, W. M., & DiBiasio, D. (2000). A Project-based Spiral Curriculum forIntroductory Courses in ChE: Part 2. Implementation. Chemical Engineering Education 34(4),296-303.Dyrud, M. (2017) Ethics and Artifacts. Paper presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.Feister, M.K., & Zoltowski, C. B., & Buzzanell, P. M., & Torres, D. H. (2016, June

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Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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. Demonstrate an experiential understanding of engineering design impacts relevant to the various engineering disciplines. 9. Apply basic calculation procedures and computational tools used in engineering. 10. Apply the engineering design process and employ it to solve real-world issues. Textbox 1: Stated educational objectives of the Impacts of Engineering course.the roles and responsibilities of an engineer in society. More in depth coverage of the writingaspects of the course will be presented in a later work. The second component of the course isorganized around a laboratory setting in which students explore the course curriculum through thecompletion of a comprehensive engineering design project. The intent behind the

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Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

capstoneproject, but meet state requirements for student teaching. Challenges include incorporatingeffective classroom experiences, curriculum development and extracurricular opportunitiesavailable as students in an education program with more typical requirements from engineeringdisciplines such as required laboratories and opportunities for undergraduate research. Seekingaccreditation for the program from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education(NCATE) as well as ABET affords additional challenge.This paper will describe the unique challenges of establishing this interdisciplinary andinnovative program, including issues related to accreditation of the program from twoperspectives: education and engineering. Further, the paper will

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Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

program curricula to determine if and what kinds ofchanges are needed.1The current outcome assessment process for E and ET programs is primarily designed to meetthe requisite ABET Criteria 3 (a-k) requirements. Evaluation is concentrated on 3rd and 4th yearcourses and measures performance in specific embedded assignments within the core area, i.e.those most relevant to the major and taught within the College. Core courses may be classified asone of the following 5 types: • Theoretical – 3 or 4 semester credits, largely lecture-based, and devoted to an advanced topic within a specific discipline such as thermodynamics or wireless communications. • Experiential – Laboratory-oriented course equivalent to 1 to 3 semester credit

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Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Anahita Pakzad, Michigan Technological University; Renee Oats, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

something to consider whenconsidering internet based learning’s effectiveness.The general overview from the focus group studies and surveys about internet basedlearning in engineering education was that students were satisfied with the flexibility andgeneral cost of this instruction. Faculty felt it was less satisfying than in-class instruction.Nonetheless, both groups feel the accessibility is paramount. It is also agreeable amongthe groups that this type of learning is more suitable for introductory or lower levelcourses than those of more technical and laboratory background. Also, classes thatrequire more writing (e.g. English or History) and computer based (e.g. Programming orInformation Technology) seem suitable for internet based learning.The

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Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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 consequences  of   traditional  notions  of  rigor?     •   How  does  theater  function  as  a  space  in  which  difficult  subjects  can  be  safely  explored?  What   are  the  similarities  between  laboratories  and  theaters  as  educational  spaces?  How  might  the   educational  experience  in  laboratories  be  enhanced  by  exploiting  the  parallels  between  labs  and   theaters?   Figure 1. Excerpts from the Discussion Notes Created for Session U434B.     completing the notes for all technical sessions, I synthesized a necessarily impressionisticAftersummary of 14 common and emergent themes from the 2018 LEES program. This summaryappears in Appendix B. Based on this input

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Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Paula Davis Lampley Esq., University of Cincinnati; Krizia Leonela Cabrera-Toro, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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the educational institution, as well as thecorporation seeking to hire diverse STEM talent.Role models and representation help students see potential in themselves, and girls who seewomen working in engineering careers are more likely to consider doing the same [7]. Withfemale engineers of color occupying a small number of seats in our nation’s innovation hubs,laboratories, scientific think tanks, corporate suites, and board rooms, it is challenging for youngwomen of color to envision themselves as engineers.Experiences, both negative and positive, can profoundly shape an individual’s thoughts andultimately who they become. Espinosa [4] examines the potential benefit of the collegeexperience, including experiences of women of color pursuing

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Social Justice: Pedagogy, Curricular Reform, and Activism

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Gabriel Medina-Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

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Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michael Lachney, Michigan State University; Madison C. Allen, Michigan State University ; Briana P. Green, Michigan State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

demarcated, which makes contextual conditions important tothe analysis [8]. A case study methodology is not bound by any specific type of data but, more sothan other methodologies (e.g. historical, laboratory, etc.), requires the convergence of differenttypes of data sources for strengthening the validity and accuracy of the findings [8]. This meansthat case study research often requires multiple research methods for collecting data. One way that validity can be constructed in case study research is through the process ofcomparing and converging multiple sources of evidence, otherwise known as “triangulation” [8].For the case of Julie’s teaching and coaching, data included field notes, audio and visual materi-als (i.e. digital audio

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Mercedes Ward, University of Utah; Tariq Banuri, University of Utah; Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Rasool Bux Mahar P.E., Mehran University, Pakistan; David Lawrence Stevenson, University of Utah; James A. VanDerslice, University of Utah; Kamran Ansari; Abdul Latif Qureshi

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Diversity

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

Alabama. Dr. Burian’s professional career spans more than 20 years during which he has worked as a de- sign engineer, as a Visiting Professor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a Professor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as the Chief Water Consultant of an international engineer- ing and sustainability consulting firm he co-founded. He served as the first co-Director of Sustainability Curriculum Development at the University of Utah where he created pan-campus degree programs and stimulated infusion of sustainability principles and practices in teaching and learning activities across campus. Dr. Burian currently is the Project Director of the USAID-funded U.S.-Pakistan Center for

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 9

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

traditionalrequired engineering calculus sequence as it offers a one-semester laboratory-based immersioninto the ways mathematical concepts—including trigonometry, vectors, derivatives, integrals,and differential equations—are actually used by engineers. Research from Wright State, as wellas other implementation sites, has robustly demonstrated that completing the WSM courseduring the first semester of college leads to boosts in retention rates and engineering persistence,desirable outcomes motivating nationwide replication ​[1]–[3]​.As administrators and instructors of the WSM course pilot at the University of Colorado Boulder(CU), we are interested in understanding the change processes wherein the WSM becomesinstitutionalized and integrated into the

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Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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, Brookhaven National Laboratory, European Southern Observatory (Chile), Simula Research Laboratory (Norway) and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. Christine works closely with Penn State University faculty Michael Alley (The Craft of Scientific Presentations and The Craft of Scientific Writing) and Melissa Marshall (TED, ”Talk Nerdy to Me”) on these courses. Christine is also the director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network, a start-up organization at 25 plus universities worldwide that teaches presentation skills to undergraduate engineering students, particularly women and underrepresented groups in engineering. These Engineering Ambassadors develop valuable leadership and communication skills, which

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lynn S. McElholm, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sonya M Renfro, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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applications of Smart Lighting ERC while providing greater educational outreach opportunities to many more pre-college students than if the ERC managed its outreach separately.  Several School of Engineering faculty members have embraced the Engineering Ambassador philosophy by providing research experiences within their laboratories through the Undergraduate Research Program (URP). The students then develop presentations that tell the story of the research. The faculty members provide a great deal of guidance to the Ambassadors as they prepare presentations and hands-on activities about the technology within the URP laboratories. An additional source of financial support comes from various state funded

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Ethics, Mindfulness, and Reform During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Thomas A. De Pree, University of New Mexico; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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reflexivity... whether,and to what extent, we [are] ready to reflect on the subject matter of race and racism in thismostly color-blind field of inquiry.” [7] What we observed during the ASEE virtual conferencewere contributions to “Big STS”—a concept introduced by Gary Downey to identify approachesto science and technology studies (STS) that promise broader social impacts beyond themicrosociology of laboratory studies, which have long been privileged in the field.On the surface, this paper is about activisms, social movements, and racial justice in engineeringeducation, but there is an understory about how small and subtle actions, like opening a SlackChannel for crafting, afford alternative virtual maker spaces for different possible futures. Howdo

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Writing and Communication

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Denise Tombolato-Terzic, Christopher Newport University; Daniel P. Richards, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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, Christopher Newport University Born and raised in Brazil, Denise Tombolato-Terzic earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomical Engineering at her prestigious alma mater ”ESALQ”, University of S˜ao Paulo’s agricultural campus. She completed her graduate work at the University of Florida, having pursued Master’s and PhD degrees in Plant Pathology and Molecular Biology, respectively. After a brief time in industry, Dr. Tombolato- Terzic returned to academia, seeking a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics at Northern Illinois University. Currently, Dr. Tombolato-Terzic is a lecturer at the Molecular Biology and Chemistry department at Christopher Newport University. She teaches laboratory courses, lectures, scientific

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Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amber Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Andre Millard, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Edison’s West Orange laboratory, the rise and fall of the recording industry,and the technological underpinnings of Beatlemania have been used as readings in the secondpart of the course [10, 11, 12]. Dr. Millard joined the project with enthusiasm. In order to get afeel for engineering students and how engineering courses are typically conducted, he sat in on anumber of engineering classes. Noting that group projects and oral presentations are commonrequirements for engineering students, those activities were incorporated into the history classes.Note, however, that because the core distribution classes cannot be specific to any major ordiscipline, the courses are not limited to engineering students. The courses also have noprerequisites.Before

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

39 Working in Teams 37 Project Management 36 Analyzing Things 34 Presenting Your Ideas to Others 25 Doing Background Research 25 Working with Clients 22 Working in a Laboratory 21 Drawing/Graphical Communication 21 Working at a Computer 20 Stakeholder Engagement 8 Writing Reports 6 Grant Writing

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Trends in Accreditation and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

decisions about accreditation standards to ABET itself, each constituency of ABET hasto be able to read these implications through a better understanding of the process.While this detailed understanding of process is the major objective of the study that we have yet to amassdata for, we can at least demonstrate the consequence of a difference in process by comparing the twoversions of the proposed changes that we have seen so far. An initial reading of TF-3’s original “1-6”Criterion 3 student learning outcomes that the task force put forward as an alternative to “a-k” reveals thefollowing commitments:11  A strong linear model of applied science  A tendency to view engineering as an experimental, laboratory-based discipline.  The

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Communication as Performance

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, The Pennsylvania State University; Lori B. Miraldi, The Pennsylvania State University; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. What the students are not accustomed to, though, is our requirement that they designvisual aids using the assertion-evidence approach.7 In this approach, the slides have a succinctsentence headline that states the main takeaway of the slide (scene). That takeaway is supportedthen by visual evidence—bulleted lists are not used. Because this approach has so few words onthe slides, the students have to fashion almost all of the sentences on the spot. In our sections of the course, we have chosen the assertion-evidence approach for threereasons. First, the approach has its roots at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,7 whichmeans that the approach was designed with scientists and engineers in mind. Second, test resultsshow that audiences

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Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren A. Sepp, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Design Challenge." The Bridge 2013: 16-23. 9. Walther, Joachim, Nicki Wendy Sochaka and Nadia N. Kellam. "Emotional Indicators as a Way to Initiate Student Reflection in Engineering Programs." ASEE Annual Conference. American Society of Engineering Education, 2011. 10. Borrego, Maura, Margaret J, Foster and Jeffry E. Froyd. "Systematic Literature Reviews in Engineering Education and Other Developing Interdisciplinary Fields." Journal of Engineering Education 103.1 (2014): 45-76. 11. Schmaltz, Kevin, et al. "Senior ME Capstone Laboratory Class." ASEE Annual Conference. American Society of Engineering Education, 2005. 12. Martinez, Alexandra and Marcelo Jenkins. "An Experience Using

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Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to takeon the “professional role” of a graduate student in a research laboratory.3 In sum, few universityprograms place practitioner concerns with writing at the same level they place practitionerconcerns with technical skills.With funding from the National Science Foundation, we are addressing this problem with newteaching materials that incorporate writing instruction into undergraduate civil engineeringcourses. The approach is innovative because it integrates the expertise of engineeringpractitioners, engineering faculty, and writing specialists, and is empirically grounded in the Page 26.1432.2analysis of a large collection of

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

their design course or to record a blinking LED circuit to showthem that they properly programmed and wired an electrical circuit. These videos are especiallyimportant in distance education.Analytical Writing Explanation of equations: Faculty members participating in the workshop noted thatstudents generally have difficulty articulating how they solved a specific problem using equationsor why they selected a specific equation. This problem is apparent in laboratory reports but alsoin capstone/senior design technical reports. Explicit argumentation of the rationale for theselection the equation and how it was used to solve the problem was identified as an importantgenre during the workshop. Chart or diagram with explanation and

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Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

temporally separated, such as refer-ring to a textbook, a datasheet, and traditional source code, additional extraneous load is imposedto successfully integrate these elements. Because literate programming encourages including allthese elements as a part of the document, as shown in Figure 1(b), we hypothesize that the use ofliterate programs will reduce extraneous load, therefore improving students’ ability to master theseconcepts, which will lead to higher test scores.4. ApproachThe authors instruct ECE 3724c, a course offered within the Department of Electrical and Com-puter Engineering at Mississippi State University, which focuses on introducing students to micro-processors through both lecture and laboratory exercises. The first half of the

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STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley Marshall P.E., University of Colorado, Denver; Michael Tang, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

59 92 Regular 53 60 ENGR 3600 Online 110 92 120 Regular 97 95 Total Enrollment 320 306 212Research Related to the Courses A third and largely unexpected development of these courses, due in part to the largenumber of students in each, is that the courses provide an ideal laboratory for quantitativeresearch as to their effectiveness. This includes the study of online course delivery incomparison to more traditional teaching methods with respect to the impact of such technologieson higher

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Engineering & Our Global Society

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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was also reflected in the emergence and growth ofnew science-based subdisciplines like electrical and chemical engineering. These trends were inturn accompanied by matching changes in engineering courses and curricula, with studentsspending more time in classrooms and laboratories rather than machine shops.4 Thesedevelopments represent the emergence, especially in the Europe and U.S., of a dominant systemof modern engineering training that was increasingly scientific and analytic. This was alsosynergistic with a more general turn toward rationalism, empiricism, and positivism, both inuniversities and in society more generally.Yet one important question that remains is whether such a system – either with or without its

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Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Geselowitz, IEEE History Center; John Vardalas, IEEE

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

integrated social impact into the engineering curriculum.Virginia Tech, which boasts of having “the only STS program in the U.S. that is situated withinan engineering school at a national, comprehensive university,” provides a four-course sequencethat is required of all engineering majors. At Princeton, Dave Billington developed a two-semester history of technology course that—by having engineers take reading and writingsections and non-engineers take an laboratory section—fulfills requirements for each whilesuccessfully integrating the two topics. Although not technically required, it draws a huge Page 22.1622.5percentage of the freshman class.The

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Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

moreresearch and a deeper understanding of the role of emotion in engineering education. Page 22.1560.9AcknowledgementsPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0837173. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Schutz, P.A. and R. Pekrun, eds. Emotion in Education. 2007, Elsevier: New York.2. Immordino-Yang, M.H., The smoke around mirror-neurons: Goals as sociocultural