Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

if one looks closely, one will discoverthat engineering faculty are sometimes more critical of what is presented to them than theircolleagues in English. As we look at thesis after thesis and dissertation after dissertation we see amass of red marks, most of which pinpoint writing deficiencies not technical deficiencies. Yes,these are one-on-one encounters with a graduate student and a faculty member and do not reflect thenumbers of students in an undergraduate course, but they do reflect on particular communicationissues that can be mentioned to undergraduates about their own writing. Students listen to theirtechnical faculty and when one says that writing is important, it means a great deal more than whenan English teacher makes the same

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 25.1322.2translated into a local decision to expand the “humanistic-social” program at MIT to eightsubjects, or one course taken during each semester of a student’s career.7From the standpoint of MIT’s history, the most significant consequence of Compton efforts wasthat it placed MIT squarely within the path of the U.S. science mobilization effort during WorldWar II. As recounted on many occasions, MIT garnered a lion’s share of the total OSRD wartimeexpenditures, a significant portion of which was dispersed across the institute.Origins of the SurveyVarious accounts make it clear that sponsored research was on the minds of many faculty atMIT. Still, as an indication of MIT’s vestigial orientation towards being an undergraduateinstitution

Conference Session

Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

when architecture majors enroll in engineering coursesin the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) accredited degree programs. Theproblem deepens when the setting changes from a public institution to a private liberal artsinstitution. In response to these scenarios, the author explored the question, “What is thepersonal nature of the liberal arts in engineering courses and programs from a teacher’sperspective?” To examine this condition, a personal experience narrative was performed todescribe the journey of being a faculty member teaching engineering and architecture courses inABET and NAAB accredited programs, while inside public and private institutions. Theprimary purpose was to explore the nature of liberal arts in engineering

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron D Dempsey, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

SPSU. The institution and faculty have used this component of boundary work as ameans of exercising Gieryn’s concept of expulsion where “boundary work excludes rivals fromwithin by defining them as outsiders.”53 The expertise of “applied” and “hands-on” educationalexperience has allowed the ET programs at SPSU to demonstrate their superiority overengineering. An ET faculty member writes They (ET degrees) train the students for real engineering jobs. They have hands on courses and students also learn computer packages and programs necessary for the jobs. Employers do not need to train the graduates. The graduates have found real engineering jobs because they have learned both theoretical and hands on stuff. The

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Colin M. Gray, Purdue University; Denise McAllister Wilder NCIDQ, Purdue University; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

: A Case StudyThe context of this case study is the development of a technology-focused, transdisciplinaryprogram at a large research-intensive Midwestern university. This program is part of a largerinitiative supported by the university to experiment with new educational approaches. The visionfor this initiative was to prepare students to succeed across their future career—which mayinclude jobs that do not exist today. A group of interested faculty fellows were charged withinvestigating new educational approaches that met the values of: (a) viewing the student as awhole person; (b) welcoming diversity and access for all; (c) student autonomy; (d) risk-takingas an important component to learning; and (e) openness fostered through sharing

Conference Session

Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Joanna Dickert, Carnegie Mellon University; Nisha Shanmugaraj, Carnegie Mellon University ; Kevin G. Monahan, Carnegie Mellon University; Stephanie Wallach, Carnegie Mellon University; Jennifer Keating, Carnegie Mellon University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

skillsets in waysthat would be pertinent for cover letters, personal statements for graduate school, or ininterviews. Prior to the workshop, students were prompted to write a mini professional“snapshot” that summarized their personal and professional skills. In the workshop, studentspracticed delivering their snapshots orally to peers for feedback on novelty and clarity. Theworkshop was led by a faculty member in our college of humanities and social sciences whoteaches a course on strategies for communicating a public, professional ethos.Week 3. Workshop 3. “The Delivery: Novel Research Talks.” This workshop aimed toprepare students for their final “Speak Up!” activity: a public, three-minute research presentation(3MRP)--3 minutes, 3 slides max, 3

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

in engineering educationresearch on underrepresentation. We find it important to remind the engineering educationresearch community of the theoretical and methodological limitations of homogenous reliance onone metaphor to guide research studies. This paper critically explores the discourse of “pipeline”as an aim to (re)introduce to engineering education researchers both the method of discourseanalysis as well as alternative metaphorical frameworks. We use empirical data collected forADVANCE Purdue’s Academic Career Pathways study using oral history and participatoryresearch methods to explore the consequences of pipeline metaphor’s predominance. These dataare the academic stories of STEM faculty and help us explore: 1) what theoretical

Conference Session

Ethical and Global Concerns

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert S. Emmett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natasha B. Watts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

careers, as engineering educators we must also concern ourselves with how studentslearn to see themselves in a global context. Students increasingly seek out short-term globalexperiences, with a majority of U.S. students now participating in programs less than 8 weeks induration [10], a trend that has sparked a corresponding focus in the international educationliterature. A short-term study abroad experience linked to a global engineering course at our owninstitution has become the fastest-growing and largest faculty-led program. Research on theRising Sophomore Abroad Program (RSAP) has accelerated in the last three years and informedcourse redesign. Rapid growth and ongoing assessment research has created an opportunity whencombined with new

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 22.776.12various. They ranged from students, particularly those from the working classes, whovalued courses in communications and speech training to those who pursued the arts forthe sake of becoming a more balanced human being. That said a curriculum by itselfcannot cause a person to become liberally educated. Whether or not they do is a functionof many things of which the person is the centre. What can be done, as with any learning,is to provide an environment in which such learning can take place. So how was theenvironment of the CATs perceived?The environmentIf schools influence the institution of destination of their students the CATs were at adisadvantage. Headmasters, careers masters, and science teachers perceived the CATs tobe

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #7610The T-shaped Engineer: Connecting the STEM to the TOPProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Joe Tranquillo was the second faculty member in the new Biomedical Engineering Program at Bucknell University and helped build an accredited department with seven faculty and 60 undergraduate students. His teaching interests are in biomedical signals and systems, neural and cardiac electrophysiology, and medical device design. Nationally Tranquillo has published or presented over 50 peer reviewed or invited works in the field of engineering education. In 2012 he was a founding faculty member of the KEEN Winter

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jonathan Seth Krones, Boston College; Jenna A. Tonn, Boston College; Russell C. Powell, Boston College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of People and Culture at Hopelab). Over 150people attended our MMW conference via Zoom. The panels of judges, BC faculty, staff, andparents, and students provided enthusiastic feedback about the event. While it would have beenfabulous to hold this conference in person, we acknowledge that the remote environment didallow for family members and friends outside of Boston to fully participate.Experimenting with reflection. Weekly evening reflection sessions provided students anopportunity to integrate course content into peer-led discussions about their own moral andethical development. We developed a curriculum that translates Ignatian reflection activities (e.g.the Examen) to a Zoom format. We also adopted BC’s innovative PODs (Purposeful

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #8602Engineering Education Outside the Classroom: Informal Learning Environ-ments as Settings for Engineering Education for both the Public and Engi-neersCanek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette Canek Phillips is a graduate student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University-West Lafayette and works as a graduate assistant in Dr. Alice Pawley’s Research in Feminist Engineering Lab. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. His research is focused on how people relate knowledge in engineering

Conference Session

Social Justice: Pedagogy, Curricular Reform, and Activism

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachel Koh, Smith College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

identities, social locations, and values are relevant to thiswork.First author (RSK) is an early-career contingent faculty member at Smith College, a privateliberal arts women’s college with one engineering degree program. They are a white-passing transperson of Chinese and European descent who lives and works on unceded Nipmuc and Pocumtucterritory. They approach this paper from the perspective of a new engineering educator whoseformal training is in mechanical engineering and who aspires to teach towards principles ofcollective liberation from systems of oppression and domination.Second author (JSR) approached this research from the perspective of an engineering educatorwho places a premium on interdisciplinarity and inclusion. She has taught