Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking II: Interpretation, Curricular Practices, and Structural Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Donna M Riley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Rosalee A Clawson, Purdue University; Dragan Maksimovic, University of Colorado Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Ivonne Santiago P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Nick A. Stites, University of Colorado Boulder; Jennifer L. Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

example, without beingable to analyze difference, power, and privilege in organizations and interpersonal interactions,as well as take positive action to foster inclusion and interrupt unjust or inequitable dynamics.13DCI considerations are also interwoven in the fabric of the technical research for ASPIRE; wecannot build accessible transportation infrastructure if we do not consider issues like equity andjustice in access along multiple axes of diversity;14 assessing benefits and risks for environmentalhealth;15 and enactment of inclusive and just participatory processes for infrastructure planning.16How do we develop an engineering workforce with these needed capacities?We realize we are not the first, and surely will not be the last group of

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Ware, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that transdisciplinary action research projects are “designed cyclicallyand planned incrementally to allow for unpredicted developments and foster mutual learning,”and that they aim “to define and solve a complex real-life problem sustainably”— a goal thatrequires stakeholders “to handle risks related to crossing borders between scientific and otherfields” [p. 18, emphasis added].Our project team and the wider community of practice identified a set of problems related towriting development and instruction in engineering. We brought together faculty and graduateteaching assistants from several engineering departments with those from the Center for WritingStudies. We have devoted considerable time (meeting weekly during the academic year

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen James Kmiotek P.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

demonstratestheir competencies in five areas: research ability, interdisciplinary andmultidisciplinary perspectives, innovation and entrepreneurship mindset, globaland intercultural competence, and social responsibility. We envision that,ultimately, students will begin creating working portfolios in their first or secondyear to both plan and reflect, and then curate a showcase ePortfolio in their senioryear. As a pilot in the program’s first year, a small cohort of seniors was recruitedto reflect back on their four years and create showcase ePortfolios.In this paper we provide an overview of the importance of reflection andintegrative learning in higher education and the uses and efficacy of ePortfolios tofoster those processes. We explain the core

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Kamil Agi, SensorComm Technologies Inc.; Donna M. Koechner, eNova Solutions, LLC

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

development and project management. Ms. Koechner co-founded the Khoros Group/Khoral Research and was key in the design and implementation of the Khoros software system. She is the founder of eN- ova Solutions, LLC. Ms. Koechner has traveled extensively and has a broad perspective of cultures and insights into societies. She is proactive about the environment, conservation, sustainability and human rights. She was a member of the planning and organizing committees for the www.weef-gedc2018.og world conference where the theme was ”Peace Engineering”. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 How do we frame Peace Engineering education? A complex, but

Conference Session

Social Justice: Pedagogy, Curricular Reform, and Activism

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

critical thinking capacities alongside those of students, we propose here somemodular lesson plans. These plans are designed from the perspective of engineering educators atliberal arts institutions where there may be more precedent for dialogues at the intersection ofengineering, social science, and humanities compared to other institution types. These could beintroduced in the context of “traditional” engineering science plans before or simultaneously withthe deeper work of dismantling and reconceiving knowledge production in engineering andengineering education.Lesson Plan I: Understanding Engineering as PoliticalIn this lesson, students will explore the concept of futurism, think about select historical examplesof technologies that were

Conference Session

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

Authors

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

. The stories shared in the classroom are impactful. Depending on the narrative, aparticular story could convey a message that people of color do not belong in the engineeringfield. In addition, such narratives may create stereotypes that educators continue to perpetuate.WOCSEC provided a safe place for female engineers of color to act as storytellers as they sharedtheir experiences while in college and in their careers. Their stories were impactful and provideda space for counter-narratives that were rich with authentic discussions regarding the realities ofmatriculating as a female of color in engineering.University InitiativeIn 2018, the University of Cincinnati adopted a strategic plan with three major platforms:academic excellence, urban

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ethics in research. Several case studies were introduced to help studentsunderstand the importance of ethical research practices including falsifying data and plagiarism.Students continued working in their groups to develop their study. All of the projects thestudents in this section developed involved collecting data either through observation or survey,so they began to develop their submission for approval of their studies to the InstitutionalReview Board. Students also worked on an assignment that required them to describe in detailtheir plan for data collection and management, clearly identifying who their study participantswould be, how they would be recruited, what methodology would be used to collect data, howthe data would be stored, and

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

planning on taking one or two moresemesters to finish their undergraduate degree (n=5) or were continuing on to graduate school(n=4); these students often did not have concrete ideas of what an ideal career would be. Whilethere was a significant diversity in responses, the researchers identified trends that fit into fourgroups that are distinguished by the degree to which the student described helping people orimproving society as integral to a careers desirability, and whether they expressed this desirebefore or after being asked what would make a career rewarding (Table 2). The types of eachstudent and other demographics are shown in Table 3. For students with internships, theinterview in which they discussed this experience are noted in the

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

following way,“Uh...I did, uh, a little bit of research to just, just give people preface, and that was on theeconomic side, specifically. And then, um, involved in planned discussions, obviously gave input,and also set up the mechanism where people could ask questions via text.” He also helpedmoderate small group discussions which he described as, “[B]asically, uh, just trying to keepanybody from kind of grandstanding within the discussion and being, like I know, that somebodycan even be a professor, as a student we are kind of supposed to tamper them down and allow a lotof different voices to come out, generate questions, compile those questions, and kind of move ahandful to the top.” As a result, even though Way characterized his role as a small

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

contain well-formulated student learning outcomes? • How many of these syllabi articulate a linkage between the course outcomes and the newly established core outcomes? • To what extent do instructors of the core courses identify and carry out a plan to assess the core outcomes in these courses? • How many faculty who teach core courses submit, present, and/or publish papers on assessment? • What percentage of faculty who teach core courses agree that assessment of student learning is useful not just for accreditation purposes, but (a) to have a positive impact on student learning, and (b) for their own professional development as teachers?The results from this pre-/post-intervention

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

yearprogram. Faculty from multiple disciplinary backgrounds stressed the need for students to beexposed to multiple ways of thinking and making meaning, noting that the benefits of liberaleducation far exceed the writing, presentation, and teamwork skills often considered sufficient toaugment technical content in preparing students to work in industry.The group planned to merge pedagogical approaches traditional to the humanities (seminar) andvisual and performing arts and design disciplines (studio). Each of these approaches would beused to help students integrate knowledge from both technical and liberal education domains.Faculty members’ own experience with these models informed our initial vision of the learningexperience. The initial intention

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Newbolds P.E., Benedictine College; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College; Meredith Stoops, Benedictine College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

[15][Bellevue College FG07, as cited in [14]]. This is recommended in theservice-learning literature as well [5]. ii. Intentionally and explicitly connecting reflection to learning outcomesAn observed or suspected obstacle to reflection is the thought that it is irrelevant to the task athand [Cal Poly-SLO FG02, as cited in [14]][12][15][10]. This challenge seems to be addressedby the recommendation found in the literature to establish a clear link between reflection and thelearning or course outcomes. This is in reference both to planning of reflection activities [Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology FG09, as cited in [14]][9][17] and also in making thisconnection explicit to students [14][9]. iii. Practical and cultural

Conference Session

Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katarina Larsen, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology; Johan Gustav Gärdebo, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Studentsare to demonstrate capacity for teamwork, ability to identify lacking analysis andcritically but constructively pursue development of that analysis. The question that Page 26.1586.4faced us was to design course content and activities that supported students indemonstrating the abovementioned skills.In the course SweSoc, teachers‟ have made a tradition of beginning every semesterwith a poll among the students. The poll serves to identify the geographical andeducational background of students attending the course.Most students have theirbackground in city-planning, the second largest category is in information andcommunication technologies while the third

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, all play a role in each case.Case 1: The Peace Bridge is an international border crossing for approximately 6million cars, trucks, and buses a year, connecting the City of Buffalo, NY to FortErie, Ontario over the Niagara River.24 It is owned and operated by the tax-exempt Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority (PBA), which draws itsrevenue primarily from toll charges, duty-free sales, and lease payments on itsproperty.25 For the past 7 years, PBA has been trying to implement a majorexpansion project that would widen the Bridge entry point into the US in order toimprove vehicle access to the 16-lane US customs plaza in the Lower West Side ofBuffalo. PBA’s plans have been met with fierce resistance from residents livingclose to the

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

this theatre course forengineers we introduce participants to theatre and performance as they analyze and performselected plays about science. While the course is allocated as a Humanities and Social Sciences(HSS) credit, it is led by faculty from the Engineering Communication Program [ECP]. Thisservice unit within the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering [FASE] supports curriculumdevelopment and delivery in communication and design across all departments. As a result,alongside our work in this course we work with engineering colleagues in core technical coursesand plan standalone communication courses, giving us insight into content and modes ofinstruction from the engineering discipline. With this background, we can challenge our

Conference Session

Creating a Supportive and Nurturing Academic Culture

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph F. Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Allyson Jo Barlow, University of Nevada, Reno; Evan Ko, 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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ways, frequency, and we didn't... I mean, we made a plan in our type of communication proposal of, like, how we will mentor and that occurred. work together, and, like, we did that. We Challenges had our meetings, but with the combination of leaving and having a grad student that had a lot of trouble, I think that it just wasn't... I don't know what we could have done

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Hejia Pan, Mississippi State University

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to our upcoming research investigation into the use oftechnology to facilitate WTLTP in the technology-rich environment of an introductory pro-gramming course. The purpose of our future research direction is to thoroughly investigate howWTLTP can help students learn to program. We focus on understanding the impact of WTLTPinstruction on students’ programming development in comparison to students educated by tradi-tional programming pedagogy. We also plan to investigate how WTLTP may impact students’development as writers. Finally, we have planned data collection that will offer insight into “bestpractices” for effectively integrating WTLTP in classrooms. All of our research is driven by theoverarching research question: How can intermingled

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Critical Responses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ellen Foster, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Justice(SURJ), Organizing White Men for Collective Liberation (OWMCL), The National Associationof Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA), ASEE’s Committee onr DiversityEquity & Inclusion (CDEI), and the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Wereached out to groups and people for getting involved in the week of action via Twitter,LinkedIn, through various Listservs, as well as via personal communication.Organizing for the Week of Action: Successes, Failures, and FindingsIn the 7 months leading up to the proposed week of action, participants met regularly (about twotimes per month), to discuss planning events at various campuses; developing and sharingresources and promotional materials; framing the initiative and its

Conference Session

Flexible Engineering Curricula

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Henrique Dinis Santos, University of Minho; Victor F. A, Barros, Science and Education Research Council

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

World Council on System Engineering and Information Technology (WCSEIT), Vice President of Safety Health and Envi- ronment Research Organization (SHERO) and Vice President of World Council on Communication and Arts (WCCA). He is Chairman of Working Group ”Ingenieurp¨adagogik im Internationalen Kontext” since 2002, Member of International Monitoring Committee in IGIP since 2004, Member of Strategic Plan- ning Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE- EdSoc) since 2009, Board Member of ”Global Council on Manufacturing and Management” (GCMM) since 2004 and Director of Brazilian Network of Engineering (RBE) since 1998. He is also Member of Board of Governors

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

perceived divisions between STEM andthe liberal arts by linking those perspectives and assignments to broader habits of mind that arenecessary for engineers and designers. We then describe our strategies for integrating a richdesign experience into the course and consider how that integration alters typical approaches todesign projects. Finally, we discuss our plan to implement assessments that account for bothstudents’ technical abilities and their application of course theories and concepts.Course development was supported at the Institution by a summer course development grant thatencouraged faculty to partner across disciplines to create unique course offerings. Thepartnership between the Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) and the

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

experience of teaching it for the first time during the 2017-2018 academic year, and plans for the future.IntroductionIn 1997, ABET rolled out the Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000), which introduced for the firsttime an understanding of social context as a requirement for engineering education. This is anacknowledgement that engineering practice does not occur in a vacuum, but must be responsiveto the various economic, political, and cultural forces around it. In the years since EC2000,many engineering programs have struggled to meet this criteria in a meaningful way [1]. Thereasons are primarily two-fold. First, the addition of so-called “soft skills” into the curriculum inno way reduces the amount of technical content that is also necessary to

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

collaborative project. 5. Apply common workplace practices, tools and software in a semester long team project, including: project planning tools, team management tools, tools to generate solution alternatives, decision analysis methods, risk analysis methods, and value proposition analysis / baseline comparison. 6. Communicate, pitch, and justify your design decisions in a variety of formats. 7. Use field sketching to communicate ideas visually to colleagues and stakeholders and to develop ideas through iteration. 8. Use standardized engineering graphics conventions as applied to technical sketching and computer-aided design/solid modeling software to communicate formalized design ideas.Students are divided into 5

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; David J. Adams, Technical Communications Consultant; Amanda Simson, The University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

robot to be used in the class Planning and project status. The project involves the manufacturing floor simulation. Program Development – construction and programming of robots robot using LabVIEW. Report out weekly Freshman, Fall to simulate a manufacturing floor. via oral presentations and at project end via a technical memo. EASC 1112: Methods 3 technical memos reporting on projects Calculate hydrogen storage and flow for a of Engineering done in course. Projects involve fuel cell powered vehicle. Analysis – Freshman, developing a computer solution for an Design optimal pipe

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tatiana Teslenko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

British Columbia,and Engineering Communication Program at Simon Fraser University. This course would createan opportunity to address our own standards, disciplinary values and pedagogical practices. Thegoal was to promote a more inclusive use of communication that enables engineering students todraw upon their interest in engineering and their own communicative resources.The plan was to vertically integrate the two courses, APSC 176 and APSC 201, by movingintroductory modules and assignments from the second-year course to the first-year course. Thisintegration would lay a solid foundation for continuous instruction in communication throughoutthe four years of studies for the Bachelor of Applied Science degree. It is now offered as a three-credit

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Shari E. Miller, University of Georgia ; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

25.622.6To facilitate empathic communication skills among engineering students, a series of moduleswas designed. The modules employ theory and methods utilized in social work education, andare modified to fit the educative objectives in the professional development of engineers. Theengineering educator and the social work educator work collaboratively to facilitate thesemodules, and modules are designed and timed to fit with the course outline and student projectassignments. Four modules were developed and are matched to the course plan as follows.Module 1: Focuses on effective communication including talking, listening, and observing.Students are asked to talk with two to three other students in the class who they do not know welland to gather

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

narrative analysis[22, 23] of student reflections written by eachstudent after participating in multiple reflective activities over the course of one semester. In theinitial research design we planned to conduct an interpretive, phenomenological study in whichwe planned to code the students’ process reflections as emotions and triggers. However, after thefirst iteration of coding the data as emotions and triggers in NVivo (a qualitative researchsoftware that allows for highlighting and coding text electronically) the researchers noticedsomething unexpected. In the students’ process reflections the students described their emotionsthrough telling a story. Their emotions were often described as changing through the course of aproject or a specific

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

reluctance among the engineering faculty to opening up their courses to studentsfrom outside of engineering – itself representing a potent example of the technical core ofengineering being insulated from perceived outside incursions. In fact, only one elective programin the College wanted to have its courses recognized as part of the core curriculum, which meantthe Associate Dean was eager get a class like Discovering Engineering on the books for allstudents at Purdue. Given such factors, my department head and I agreed that the time was rightto take over the effort, and the Associate Dean replied in kind by partially funding one of mygraduate students to help design and teach the next iteration of the course.We planned to offer the course again in

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Katie Snyder, University of Michigan

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

positive effects on students’ ability to plan and assess theirown work and to reduce student anxiety and uncertainty about how grades are determined(Panadero & Jonsson, 2013), and these beneficial effects are compounded when students aregiven the opportunity to review and discuss the rubrics with instructors in advance of completingan assignment (Reddy & Andrade, 2010).Our course: Introduction to EngineeringOur course, Introduction to Engineering, is a team-based, project-based engineeringcommunication course that serves as both the introductory engineering course and the first-yearwriting course for incoming engineering students. Ours is only one of between 12-15 sections ofthe course regularly offered each semester, each with a different

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

amount of ambiguity, necessary collaboration, sociotechnical complexity, andpersuasion needed: Many [of the interviewed engineers] felt frustrated because they did not think that their jobs provided them with enough technical challenges. Others felt frustrated because they thought that a different career choice might have led to a job that would enable them to make more use of the advanced technical subjects they had studied in their university courses. Many of them were actually planning to leave their career in engineering. In our research, we found that more experienced engineers, those who had stuck with it for a decade or more, had mostly realized that the real intellectual challenges in engineering

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

future generations from doing so as environment.” well.”Multi-Structural “Sustainability is the concept of “Providing for the needs of the using materials and energy in a way present while maintaining the that will not affect the population of environment and resources for the the future.” needs of the future.”Relational “Responsible planning and use of “The use of resources in a way that natural and economic resources enhances the current situation with long-term survival and economically, environmentally