Conference Session

Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Taylor, Iowa State University; Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. She started in Fall of 2013 after completing her PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. She teaches both water resources engineer- ing and environmental engineering, emphasizing water sustainability via wastewater reuse and resource protection. She also teaches sustainability principles in civil and environmental engineering design, from first-year classes through capstone classes. Her primary research focus is advanced treatment methods for removal of emerging contaminants during water and wastewater treatment. At CalPoly, she works with both civil and environmental engineering undergraduate students to to expand her research into application of sustainable reuse of wastewater reuse, as

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YunJeong Chang, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

fourth-year students with first-year students for anevening of “myth busting” conversations. The fourth years offered brief presentations on theirtechnical capstone projects, as well as the human and social dimensions that were critical tothose projects. Then the fourth years engaged in informal conversations with the first-yearsabout the requirements for the different majors, types of capstone projects offered and futurecourses that addressed the human and societal aspects of engineering. The Discussion Sectionswere seen as a great opportunity to foster deliberation between the incoming and outgoingstudents about the relevance of the course and the need to consider human and societal factorsduring the engineering and design processes

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1503: WHY INDUSTRY SAYS THAT ENGINEERING GRADU-ATES HAVE POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: WHAT THE LITERA-TURE SAYSJeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology Jeffrey Donnell coordinates the Frank K. Webb Program in Professional Communication at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches and coordinates the capstone design project sequence. She also teaches first-year engineering, manufacturing for sustainability, and graduate-level project management courses.Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anthony Joseph Bonifonte, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gloria J. Ross, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-rater reliability of the final version of the scoring system, we have collectedscores from raters in three different contexts. The Institutional Review Board approved thisresearch project. Prior to each rating session, permission was obtained from each presenter andrater to use their work in this research. Each of these contexts is representative of a commonsetting where the rubric might be employed.Setting 1 – “Industrial Engineering Session” – In this capstone design context students werepreparing and presenting several presentations to clients and to academic faculty. A mixture ofvideotaped interim and final presentations was used for this session, where 20 presentations wererated by seven TAs who had moderate familiarity with the scoring

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Wood , Olin College of Engineering; Selin Arslan, Lawrence Technological University; Jason Barrett, Lawrence Technological University; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Andrew Mark Herbert, Rochester Institute of Technology; Matthew Marshall, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Karen Kashmanian Oates, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Spanagel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James J. Winebrake, Rochester Institute of Technology; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

UniversityDr. Jason Barrett, Lawrence Technological University Assoc Prof of History and Humanities Dept Chair; Grand Challenge Scholars Program DirectorMs. Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Sarah Brownell is the Director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program and a Lecturer in Design, De- velopment and Manufacturing for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She works extensively with students in the multidisciplinary engineering capstone design course and other project based elective courses, incorporating human centered design, participatory devel- opment, and design for development themes. She was a co-founder of the non-profit Sustainable Organic

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

more and use “flowery” language when they areuncertain about what they are discussing. In addition, after the unit, students were more familiarwith more specific language regarding CSR, and thus were able to express their thoughts moreconcisely.Overall, this exercise was valuable for the students. The professor of the course observed thatthis group of students appears to understand that CSR is a part of their job, and that engineeringprojects involve many more stakeholders beyond the company and the client. One fourth of thestudents enrolled in the course for this study are now enrolled in a capstone project course withthe same professor. After a visit from the community relations engineer from the clientcompany, many students expressed

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Capstone design courses, integrationof communication across the engineering curriculum, the consideration of social, economic, andenvironmental issues in the solution of engineering problems, the use of assessment to measurethe impact of pedagogy on student learning: these are all evidence of change in engineeringeducation. As such, they are hallmarks of what Froyd, Wankat, and Smith have identified as fivemajor shifts in engineering education over the past 100 years, which include “a shift tooutcomes-based education and accreditation” and “a shift to applying education, learning, andsocial-behavorial sciences research.”1Now that the ABET Engineering Criteria have been in place since the mid-1990s, we may expectfurther shifts, specifically in the

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

thecontext of capstone design courses, is certainly one of those topics. In the biomusicproject, the MIDI standard fell naturally out of the scope of the project. But another Page 23.1237.4surprising connection came from a question about how the LabView program mapped   3  keyboard strokes to numbers, and why it was the same mapping on Macs and PCs. Thiswas a classic case (many that occurred during the program) where I did not know theanswer. I mentioned that there was likely a standard keyboard layout mapping that wasbeing exploited by the program. After five

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

courseof study) (at least 8 units at the 300- or 400-level); 24 units of additional coursework in a liberalarts specialization; and at least 4 upper-level LSE courses: two on project-based learning, asenior project course, and a capstone. Students must also either study or intern abroad, orcomplete 2 additional upper-level courses in global studies.As of Fall 2014, 55 students have graduated with a B.A. in LSE at CPSU, and 55 additionalstudents are currently active in the program (48 as LAES majors and 7 currently on a one- ortwo-quarter individualized change of major agreement). (Two other students were denied theirdegree in Spring 2012, 3 students discontinued the program, and 1 student has completed all of

Conference Session

Ethical Awareness and Social Responsibility in a Corporate/Team Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha D. Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the context of real (and messy) engineering work [20].Laboratory. Students enroll in a three laboratory sequence during their third and fourth-yearcurriculum. The majority of tasks are completed in teams. The hands-on experimental activitiesinclude experimental design, equipment assembly and trouble-shooting. A virtual lab may alsobe completed, which simulates and allows for many more experimental runs and data collectionthan a hands-on lab [21]. The lab curriculum becomes more open-ended with increased need forexperimental design as the students progress through the lab sequence.Design. Two terms of discipline-specific senior design are completed during the fourth-yearcurriculum. Typically, the major projects are open-ended and team based. A

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-Packard Inkjet. Henderson was featured in the book—Engineers Write! Thoughts on Writing from Contemporary Literary Engineers by Tom Moran (IEEE Press 2010)—as one of twelve ”literary engineers” writing and publishing creative works in the United States. Henderson’s current project is a textbook pioneering a new method for teaching engineers workplace writing skills through the lens of math. Page 24.64.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Math-Based System to Improve Engineering Writing OutcomesIntroductionThis paper

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer C. Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

1writing process, reflections were assigned at the beginning and end of the courses and after everyassignment to provide opportunities to connect and apply learning across assignments andclasses.Following the junior lab courses, these students will enter the one-year senior capstone sequence,with Harold as lead instructor and Jenn continuing to work with them on writing through morehands-on methods such as writing workshops and direct feedback. The seniors spend the yearworking on projects for external sponsors, and the writing is intended for such audiences.Reflections have also been used in the senior year to continue building on their writingknowledge and to prepare them for writing beyond the university.Literature ReviewReflection has long

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Proceedings, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, INFORMS Transactions on Education, and the International Journal of Engineering Ed- ucation, and others. She authored the book Oral Communication Excellence for Engineers and Scientists, published in summer 2013. Over the past 15 years Dr. Norback has given over 40 conference presen- tations and workshops at nation-wide conferences such as ASEE, where she has served as chair of the Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Division. She has been an officer for the Education Forum of INFORMS and has served as Associate Chair for the National Capstone Design Conference. Dr. Norback has a Bachelors’ degree from Cornell University and a Masters and PhD from

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4526: A WORKSHOP TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLSFOR TEACHING ASSISTANTSDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth A. DeBartolo is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her B.S.E. at Duke University in 1994 and her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2000. She works with students on assistive device design and determining mechani- cal properties of materials. DeBartolo serves on her college’s leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone design and outreach program development.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology Margaret B. Bailey, P.E., is a professor of mechanical engineering

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

preparation for [sic] engineering coursework at MIT or Olin College.”34 Unlike the “big ideas”approach used at Princeton, here the course covers themes such as mechanism design, feedbackand control, modeling, and a project-based design capstone. The emphasis on “rigor” is perhapsnot surprising given the potential of the course to serve as a prerequisite for other engineeringcoursework. As a women’s college, this emphasis on rigor may also be doing a certain kind ofwork at Wellesley in establishing qualifications for female students seeking to enter more male-focused environments.At Smith College, engineering fundamentals is cast to include hands-on work, design,experimentation, and exploration, taking more of an engineering-practices focus. Smith

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado, Boulder; Barbara M. Moskal, Texas Tech University; Olivia Cordova, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, culminated in Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2017).Dr. Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines Kathryn Johnson is an Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Department of Electri- cal Engineering and is Jointly Appointed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center. In 2011, she was a visiting researcher at Aalborg University in Denmark, where she collaborated on wind turbine control research and experienced Aalborg’s Problem-Based Learning method. She has researched wind turbine control systems since 2002, with numerous projects related to reducing turbine loads and increasing energy capture. She has applied

Conference Session

Engineering Communication II: Curricular Practices, Integrations, and Collaborations

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheila Anne Gobes-Ryan, University of South Florida; Kingsley A. Reeves Jr., University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #34039Instructors’ Experiences With the Miscibility of Math and Communicationin a Probability and Statistics CourseDr. Sheila Anne Gobes-Ryan, University of South Florida Sheila Gobes-Ryan is a Communication Instructor in the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida. She received her PhD in Communication and an interdisciplinary MLA degree from the University of South Florida. She has a Bachelor of Environmental Design, architectural focus, from North Carolina State University. She was a workplace strategic planner involved in large scale corporate and government projects for STUDIOS Architecture

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cary Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

students and collecting survey data from multiple institutions.IntroductionWriting is an important skill for engineers, but it is not necessarily thought about or taught as an“engineering skill.” Because of this, and despite ABET accreditation criteria directly related towriting,1 the inclusion of writing in engineering programs varies widely from program toprogram and course to course. While writing in engineering practice varies in scope frominformal emails and memos to large scope reports and proposals, writing in engineering coursesis often limited to formal laboratory or project reports, if it is included at all. This often causes adisconnect, leaving engineering graduates lacking in writing knowledge and skills, including asrelated to

Conference Session

Ethical and Global Concerns

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ellen Lynch, Australian National University; Jeremy Ingle Smith, Australian National University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Number of TripsFigure 2 Student participation in summits since 2015. 2019 student data not available at this time. Data taken from [16]–[21]EWB-A Research ProgramDesigned for final year-students completing individual or group research projects, the EWB-AResearch Program is a service-learning style program that works with partner organisations andstudents on a specific topic. This provides students the opportunity to apply their university skillsand knowledge alongside community engagement to work in the HumEng sector. These projectsusually fit within a final year capstone or honours research project, with each of the partneruniversities working with EWB-A to incorporate projects into the curriculum. Since its inceptionin 2007, over 180 projects

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mel Chua, Purdue University; Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Soc. justice Crit. Explor. Oppor. 85–109 (Springer, 2013). Page 24.491.103 Halsmer, D. et al. Exploring connections between engineering and human spirituality. in ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc. (2010)4 Hatchell, K. et al. Engineering That Makes a Difference: A Faith-based Approach to Community Development in the Ulpan Valley of Guatemala. in CEEC Conf. Proc. (2013)5 Bulanon, D. et al. Engineering Capstone Design Course with Integrated Christian Mission Service Projects. in CEEC Conf. Proc. (2013)6 Christian Engineering Education Conference (CEEC)- Available at: https://sites.google.com/site

Conference Session

Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Win Gilbert Bruhl, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

capstone design project appears at the end of the program requiring studentsto apply creative problem solving and develop innovative design solutions. Instead, it is vital thatstudents have opportunities to practice and develop creative skills from the beginning of theprogram. Rather than giving our students projects that require them to use creative approachesand hoping they can rise to the challenge, this paper provides information and techniques to helpour students develop the necessary skills to do so. Courses of study or experiences directlyencouraging creative thought, at best, should precede working in historically structured coursessuch as engineering. Doing so will develop future engineers who will be better prepared to “thinkoutside the

Conference Session

Teamwork: Priming, Empathy, and Metacognition

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea L. Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Desen Sevi Özkan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Gray receieved his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2000. He then earned a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech in

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

, dispositions, and worldviews. His dissertation focuses on conceptualizations, the importance of, and methods to teach empathy to engineering students. He is currently the Education Di- rector for Engineers for a Sustainable World, an assistant editor for Engineering Studies, and a member of the ASEE Committee on Sustainability, Subcommittee on Formal Education.Ms. Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology Sarah Brownell is a Lecturer in Design Development and Manufacturing for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She works extensively with students in the mul- tidisciplinary engineering capstone design course and other project based elective courses, incorporating

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern UniversityElizabeth Marie Spingola Elizabeth is a junior at Ohio Northern University. She is the Project Manager of an organization at school that is designing and fabricating a model Mars Rover for a local museum. She is, also, has leadership roles in Phi Sigma Rho, the engineering sorority at ONU. Other organizations she belongs to include SWE, ASME, Flute Choir, JEC, and more. Page 23.238.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Bachelor of Science in Engineering Education: Differentiating from Traditional

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

success. The major does not require any writing coursesbeyond the general university requirements. However, classes for the major include manywriting assignments: lab reports, essays about issues in the profession, various structure or sitedescriptions (e.g. visiting and describing a bridge for a bridge engineering class), design reports,proposals, tech memos, and numerous other writing tasks. In their capstone design course,students work on a design project for a real client with whom they meet. Some other coursesinvent client contexts for writing – for example, framing a homework analysis problem as aclient’s request for an investigation, with the results presented in a tech memo written to theclient.Ten engineering consulting firms in the

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Pryce Davis, University of Nottingham; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

different levels of emphasis on experiential learning. Those schoolswith less experiential learning courses tended to feature more courses where students learnedconcepts and demonstrated competence through traditional exercises like problem sets andexams. Engineering educators have steadily incorporated problem-based learning exercises,projects and capstone experiences into undergraduate engineering education. Problem-basedLearning (PBL) has been one technique introduced in order to bring ‘real life’ problems into theclassroom. Those educational exercises, particularly PBL, emphasize information-seeking as askill that will be developed through participation in the exercise. What we may see in these datais the payoff of those activities, but as one

Conference Session

Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mania Orand, University of Washington ; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that wouldplace fewer burdens on educators, while helping engineering students take the time to understandthe lessons that are afforded by engineering courses through reflective activities.To address these issues, a few researchers in engineering education have successfully designedor developed new methods and tools to support student reflection. For example, Chen et al.combined the use of weblogs and wikis with the creation of portfolios (Folio Thinking) tosupport learning and reflection in an introductory freshman seminar on design engineering atStanford University. Chen et al. indicate that a challenge in project-based design courses is thatstudents “see what they have produced but they do not see what they have learned.” They reportthat

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the curriculum with social context Architectural Civil Environmental Mechanical First year First-year projects: some sections S-L, some community context, some little/no social context AR/CV Intro (2-cr) EV Intro (1-cr) Second year Engineering Geology* Fund Environmental Eng Professional Sustainability Principles Issues Third year Intro to Fund Environmental Eng Env Microbiology Construction Intro to Construction Air Pollution Control Fourth year Capstone

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

between the multiple perspectives shared in ourclassroom activities, and the possibility for multiple approaches to engineering and designchallenges in her other courses. Later in the interview she noted that she had been encouragingher group for a capstone project to look beyond the most obvious ‘engineering’ problems andsolutions to uncover latent issues and non-obvious approaches. Her experience in this coursecontributed to this student’s epistemological development in both disciplines, as she haddeveloped an understanding and acceptance of multiple perspectives.DiscussionThere are a few recurring themes that standout in written responses to the Performing Engineerassignment and the interviews. First, students noted that they discovered the

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Ian Linville, University of Virginia; Angielyn Campo, University of Virginia; Suk Jun Kim, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

’ strategies in action as the basis for future studies and educational interventions. Wylieobserved and interviewed pairs of graduate and undergraduate students who worked together infour engineering research laboratories at a mid-sized public research university in the UnitedStates in 2017-2018. The labs were in the disciplines of electrical engineering, materials science(two labs), and systems engineering. The overall project compares the labs across disciplines,numbers of people in a lab, and levels of representation of students from marginalized groups inengineering (Table 1). Pseudonym Field # of group Women Underrepresented members