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Engineering Communication I: History and Praxis

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Royce A Francis, George Washington University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rachel Riedner, George Washington University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teaching practices in design education, the

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Julia Nicodemus, Lafayette College; Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

] C. Hill, C. Corbett, & A. St. Rose, Why so Few?: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Washington, D.C: AAUW, 2010.[28] T. Shealy, R. Valdes-Vasquez, L. Klotz, G. Potvin, A. Godwin, J. Cribbs, and Z. Hazari, “Career Outcome Expectations Related to Sustainability among Students Intending to Major in Civil Engineering.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 142(1), 2016. doi:10.1061/(asce)ei.1943-5541.0000253[29] H. Ro and D. Knight, “Gender differences in learning outcomes from the college experiences of engineering students,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 105(3), pp. 478-507, 2016. Doi:10.1002/jee.20125[30] Microsoft, Closing the STEM Gap March

Conference Session

Promoting Communication Skills

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charlie Bennett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Emphasis on Engineering Communication for First-Year Students”, T127, 26486, 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC: ASEE, 2019. 9Didiano, T., Wilkinson, L., Turner, J., Franklin, M., Anderson, J., Bussmann, M., Reeve, D., and Audet, J., “I Have a Ph.D.! Now What? A Program to Prepare Engineering Ph.D.’s and Postdoctoral Fellows for Diverse Career Options”, M328, 26276, 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC: ASEE, 2019.Eggleston, A., and Rabb, R., “Experiential Learning and Communication: iFixit in

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Waugaman, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

’ perception of a learning environment that fails to motivate them[2]. Engineering Ethics lessons are important in the world of increasingly complex issues, asengineers with rigid, mono-cultural perspectives will not be able to see the spectrum of diversehuman experiences within the contemporary complex world [3]. To overcome the hurdles thataspirational, change-making engineers face, universities must nurture a culture that producesengineers who are knowledgeable and passionate about the social justice implications ofdecisions made in their careers. These goals can in part be accomplished by engaging students ina first-year Ethics lesson that helps them to retain the content through interest-elicitinginstructional methods.At the University of

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean M. Eddington, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rucha Joshi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the Brian Lamb School of Communication and the School of Engineering Education (courtesy) at Purdue University. Editor of three books and author of over 150 articles and chapters, her research centers on the intersections of career, gender communication, lead- ership, and resilience. Fellow and past president of the International Communication Association, she has received numerous awards for her research, teaching/mentoring, and engagement. She is working on Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, the Transforming Lives Building Global Commu- nities (TLBGC) team in Ghana through EPICS, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

negotiationson a common topic, namely: agricultural productivity incorporating the use of geneticallymodified organisms, sustainable intensification, and agro ecology. One optional term project (U8) offers students an opportunity to submit an application for a national or internationalfellowship opportunity in the broad area of “science policy” (i.e., Fulbright program, [31]) toallow students an opportunity to explore alternative career paths beyond the traditionalengineering approach of working for a company, consulting firm, or regulatory agency. Andone optional term project (U 9) offers students an opportunity to write a case study of sciencediplomacy on a topic of their choosing using the lessons of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 as aguide [32] to

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

Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Citizen Engineering: Disrupting Expertise in Classroom and CommunityAbstractA new engineering course at a large land-grant university seeks to introduce non

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California - Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #16840Pioneering a Math-Based Grammar Course for Engineering and Other STEMMajorsMr. Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California - Davis Brad Henderson is a faculty in writing for the University Writing Program (UWP) at University of Cali- fornia, Davis. Henderson holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo and a Masters in Professional Writing (MPW) from University of Southern California. Currently focusing his career on engineering communication and professionalism, he has worked as a design engineer and technical education specialist for Parker-Hannifin Aerospace

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Prof. Josh Boyd, Brian Lamb School

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Findley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

lives and their careers may be positively impacted by their generalstudies.Throughout the course, students were encouraged to examine art through the lens of engineeringachievement and engineering through the lens of artistic merit. The course aimed to challengestudents to see new opportunities that arise from the effective combination of form and functionin existing objects and in original designs. The course assessment focused most strongly on thefollowing outcomes: First, that students have the ability to recognize the meanings and uses ofform, and second, that students have the ability to use form to create new opportunities forfunction. Measures to explore the success of meeting these outcomes were obtained by astatistical comparison of

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Justin L Hess, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

along with his Master’s of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue’s School of Civil Engineering. Justin is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the STEM Education Research Institute at IUPUI. Justin’s research interests include developing pedagogical strategies to improve STEM students’ ethical reasoning skills; exploring the role of empathy within design, innovation and sustainability; synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making; assessing STEM students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability; and exploring the impact of pre-engineering curriculum on students’ abilities and career trajectories. c American Society for

Conference Session

Identity, Culture, and Socialization

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

endeavors. However, examining vocation can provide a frameof reference for individuals that seek to live their authentic selves while engaging in a particulartrade or profession, including those outside of religious settings. Vocational decisions involvenot only thinking about a career, but also about the community, discourses, values, andrelationships that encompass the quest for meaning and purpose in life. Thus, the integration ofvocational education in engineering curricula can be very transformative for students as itencourages them to reflect on, and even reconcile, their values and their engineering identity.Research indicates that certain aspects of engineering education curricula, such as thedepoliticization of engineering and the myth of

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

implementation wassuccessful in achieving the desired outcomes. Further, while the authors leveraged institutionaladvantages, the methods and content should be transferable to other types of institutions.IntroductionIn our experience, engineering is often viewed as a discipline for people who “don’t want to reador write much.” This has been particularly true of a sub-set of undergraduate students who seeengineering as a career path in which they can leverage their aptitude for math and science into astable, well-paying career. In this worldview, engineers are technical experts who are recipientsof problem definitions and apply scientific and mathematical principles to solve the problems ina technically elegant and efficient manner. This caricature of

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education at Virginia Tech. She is currently serving a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary faculty members and graduate students in engineering and science, with engineering education as a specific case. Dr. Borrego holds U.S. NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards for her engineering education research. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engi- neering education research methods and assessment from 2005-2010. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of the Engineering Profession in the United States, 1893-1920. Men and Masculinities, 6(4): 383-403.36. Lohan, M. and Faulker, W. (2004). Masculinities and Technologies. Some Introductory Remarks. Men and Masculinities, 6(4): 319 329 (see entire special issue).37. Martin, J. (2009) CAREER: Influence of Social Capital on Under-represented Engineering Students’ Academic and Career Decisions. National Science Foundation Award # EEC-690652.38. Strutz, M.L., Orr, M.K., and Ohland, M.W. (2011). The Voices of Low-Socioeconomic Status Students in Engineering: Access, Interest, and Influence. In Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and Beyond, C. Baillie, A.L. Pawley and D.Riley, eds. West Lafayette, IN; Purdue University

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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

Engineering Education, 2012Reel Engineers: Portrayal of Engineers and Engineering Profession in the Feature FilmsAbstractPortrayal of certain professions in the popular media has a deep and lasting effect not only ongeneral public's understanding of these professions (with all potential misconceptions andattitudes), but also has an impact on future career choices of adolescents (teens and tweens).While movie screens and television shows put a spotlight on lawyers, doctors and policemen(and occasionally also on forensic scientists), they rarely (if at all) pick engineers as thecharacters of interest.This brief study has reviewed a selected number of known and available portrayals of engineersin feature films (with an effort to

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering is and how it contributes to economic development, quality of life, national security, and health—information that could be conveyed through effective messaging. (p. 19-20)Fifth, it limits the size of the engineering labor market: Women, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and some Asian American groups are significantly underrepresented in engineering, based on their proportions in the population at large…In the future…the engineering profession will have to draw more heavily on underrepresented groups for the country to maintain, let alone increase, its technological capability. Thus messages that effectively encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to consider careers

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

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Bob Schaffer, Mission College

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Diversity

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

resource was through a volunteer program that was also created within SCU. TheSociety of Women Engineers (SWE) chapter had recently created the cleverly named SWE++program where members of SWE teach programming to local 7th grade girls who had notpreviously been exposed to computers or the world of programming. This outreach puts femalecollege students in teaching positions in front of their younger counterparts. This works to shiftimplicit gendered stereotypes that can hinder a pathway to a STEM-related career [6]. SWE++transitioned to online in Spring 2020 and hosted weekly Zoom sessions. Students from theSTEM Outreach class supported these SWE++ lessons by joining the virtual sessions and goinginto Zoom breakout rooms to work with smaller

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

thedevelopment of the projects. The second program is the IDEAS Learning Community thatengages about 25 first-year students yearly in a one-semester partnership with an outreachprogram from Indianapolis, Indiana which is about an hour from campus. The central classcombines career exploration and integration into the university with discussions and experiencesaround diversity. The engagement with the outreach program provides a context and activitiesthat enhance the learning goals and provides experiences to bring the class together. Thedeliverables are activities for K12 students both at the outreach center and for an annual visit tocampus.EPICS ResultsEPICS is large and complex, with many stakeholders. We first examined the three commonstakeholders of

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

[9,14]. Isolation also has important career consequences: those who are not well-integrated socially among their classmates and co-workers are more likely to miss out on2 This definition, and my operationalization below, includes under the “disability” umbrella people who themselvesmight not identify as having a disability (e.g., someone with leukemia). The case for doing so is the sharedexperiences of socially- and environmentally- produced exclusions that persons within that umbrella often share[15].3 Per National Center on Disability and Journalism guidelines (https://ncdj.org/style-guide/), I use person-firstlanguage (i.e., “persons with disabilities” rather than “disabled persons”) when talking about individuals withphysical and/or

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

want inthe engineering graduates they employ; and (3) the non-technical skills are recognized asessential to career success in engineering. As the title of this paper indicates, the historical narrative presented here is provisional.Nonetheless, it provides a high-level view and the beginnings of an understanding of thefactors that contributed to increased use of the terminology “soft skills.” The documentaryevidence cited here is deserving of deeper analysis. It should be possible to identify the authorsand publications that have been important in the discourse on “soft skills.” Additionally, thispaper has skirted both the debate over what should replace the hard-soft distinction and therelationship between the scholarly and popular

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

infuse faith in a brighter future through hard work and perseverance. Peaceengineering is a tool to get humans to be motivated and excited to implement theelements of a well-detailed plan to address multi-faceted problems. Proper applications ofa well-designed plan will almost guarantee the reduction of tension and conflict.Bibliography[1] Harris, C.E., Pritchard, M.S., and Rabins, M.J., James, R., Englehardt, E. (2018). “Engineering Ethics: Concepts & Cases,” 6th Edition, Wadsworth, CENGAGE Learning.[2] humanitarian.mines.edu.[3] www.dhedartmouth.org.[4] osuhe.engineering.osu.edu.[5] Vesilind, P.A., and Bowen, W.R. (2013). “Peace Engineering: When Personal Values and Engineering Careers Converge,” 2nd Edition, Lakeshore

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Carvill, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

rhetorical analysis. In aprior paper, we provided a rhetorical analysis of Donald Trump’s twitter feed during three timeperiods: while he was campaigning for the primary nomination, after he received it and wasPresident-elect, and once he became president [5].Using short examples of rhetorical devices can foreground classical rhetoric used in public waysin an attempt to influence policy. Throughout their career at Rose-Hulman (and later during theircareers as engineers, scientists, and mathematicians), students serve on numerous teamsproposing solutions to problems. As part of their analysis, they must also use the same lessonson a larger scale. What change will this project effect? What audiences are you addressing andwhat attitudes, biases, and

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan; Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, facilitating career advancement, fostering connections, and providing leadership development opportunities. Heidi served as the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Diversity in the College of Engineering at Montana State University from 2001-2012. She also served as the Director of EMPower, the engineering minority program. Heidi earned her PhD in Educational Leadership from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014. She studied developmental relationships in higher education and investigated the processes through which higher education leadership is fostered including mentoring, coaching, role-modeling, sponsoring, and networking. c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

today’s workplace and should be viewed as an investment. Instructional strategies andmethods can be applied in the classroom to enhance critical skills needed by industry.Implementing an experiential, corporate-led, technical writing project reinforced the applicationof technical writing principles and authentic document creation, while also highlighting forstudents the importance of professional communication. Using a real-world project drivesstudent engagement, as they become invested in the projects, reinforcing the idea that studentsmust continually strive to update their skills throughout their careers. Incorporating morematerial in an engineering curriculum is not easy, but programs should realize the benefits ofcoordination with non

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-marie Nickel, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer Kelso Farrell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Alicia Domack, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

wereevaluated using pre-established rubrics by a nanotechnology expert on campus, who is notconnected to the course. This project was approved by the authors’ Institutional Review Boardin April of 2015.ConclusionAlthough the specific details of this assignment may be challenging to duplicate at otherinstitutions due to a variety of difference, there exist common themes in courses that engineeringstudents study. The authors believe that creating interactions between courses with overlappingthemes can enhance student learning. As we educate engineers and citizens, it is critical for ourstudents to consider how their careers and personal lives will be impacted by new technologicaladvances. By involving students in both classes to engage in discussions

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Morris, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

participation in class discussions in US graduate seminars.”Given Lee, English for Specific Purposes 28 (2009) 142–156“Crossing the Distance: Adjustment of Taiwanese Graduate Students in the United States”.4Michelle A. Swagler and Michael V. Ellis. Journal of Counseling Psychology. (2003), Vol. 50, No. 4, 420 – 4375 “Why Keep Silent? The Classroom Participation Experiences of Non-Native-English-speaking Students”. SibelTatar, Language and Intercultural Communication, (2005) 5:3-4, 284-293, DOI: 10.1080/147084705086689026 Bakker et al. (2010), “The Role of Personality in the Job Demands-Resources Model: A study of Australianacademic staff”. Career Development International, Vol. 15 No. 7, 2010, pp. 622-6367 “Correlates of Deficiencies in a First-Quarter

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Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

andengineering. One study explored the relationship between mindfulness and innovation inengineering and found that dispositional mindfulness significantly correlated with innovationself-efficacy among students (Rieken et al, 2017). This study defined innovation self-efficacy asone’s confidence in their ability to innovate. There was another study that demonstratedmindfulness correlated with business skills self-efficacy (i.e. students’ confidence in performingbusiness skills) and the intent to pursue a career in a start-up or entrepreneurship (Rieken, Schar,and Sheppard, 2016). The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether engineering studentswould be receptive to potentially integrating contemplative practices such as mindfulnessmeditation to

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Marie Aippersbach, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #5691How Slide Design Affects a Student Presenter’s Understanding of the Con-tentMs. Shannon Marie Aippersbach, Pennsylvania State University Shannon Aippersbach is going into her fourth year majoring in Bioengineering at the Pennsylvania State University. She is originally from Pittsburgh, Pa. After graduation, Aippersbach hopes to pursue a career in the medical device field or research.Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Penn State. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer, 2013) and

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pete Hylton, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wendy Otoupal-Hylton, IUPUI

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in common.”2 Page 24.516.2Snow and his colleagues interviewed over 30,000 engineers and scientists, nearly 25% of thetotal members of those careers in the United Kingdom at that time. He referred to be “shaken”by how little non-technical reading the technical experts did. He was concerned that they viewedpopular and easily readable authors such as Dickens as “esoteric, tangled, and dubiouslyrewarding.” On the other hand, he found his literary compatriots unable or unwilling to relate tosuch simple scientific concepts as mass, acceleration or entropy, which he considered equivalentto an engineer refusing to try to read Shakespeare.2 His “two