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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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[1-8], but also widely viewed as deficient [9]. The National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) [4] and National Science Foundation (NSF) [10] have devoted resources andattention to improving the ethics education of students. This includes both microethics, orindividual responsibilities, and macroethics, addressing the “role of engineers in societalimplications about technology” and the broader societal and environmental responsibilities of theprofession [11].Although accreditation requires some degree of ESI education [7,8], the precise nature is notconstrained and seems to be largely at the discretion of individual programs and their faculty.Lattuca and Stark’s Academic Plan Model [12] describes faculty teaching choices. It is similar toother

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Ann Cave, Colorado State University; Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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. He is currently a professor and head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University. He is a fellow of IEEE. A complete vita is available at: http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ ˜aam. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019What Engineering Students Think About How They Learn Professional SkillsTo promote better engineering education within the United States, in 2004, the NationalAcademy of Engineering launched The Engineer of 2020 project [1]. This project ushered in anew era of engineering education by emphasizing not only technical skill development, but alsothe development of critical social skills needed for engineers to be successful in an

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Lidia Herrera-Rocha, University of Texas at El Paso

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. Her experiences as a student and educator contributed to her support of learning settings where students’ diverse backgrounds are valued and included in the curriculum. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate in Literacy/Biliteracy at the University of Texas at El Paso engaging in research on students’ experiences in bilingual programs from their own voices and perspectives. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Latinx Persistence in and Beyond the Degree: Intersections of Gender and Ethnicity Hispanic-serving institutions [HSIs], which enroll almost half of Hispanic studentsattending college [1], HSIs represent less than 6% of

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matti Izora Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University

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police, andadministrators in universities around the country. Since the enactment of Arkansas Act 562,permitting the concealed carrying of handguns on university campuses, little research has beenconducted to investigate students’ perceptions of risk associated with the new law. Therefore, thepurpose of this study is twofold: (1) to investigate whether engineering students’ perceptions ofrisk of an active shooter event occurring on campus and their stated intention to obtain aconcealed-carry license differ from other students on campus, and (2) to determine what factorspredict students’ stated intention to obtain a concealed-carry license. The investigator employeda survey of undergraduate engineering and education students (N = 89) in a four

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Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Cheryl Allendoerfer, Shoreline Community College; Dan Ewert

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from generations past, created spontaneously by events, and fashioned in ourown heads. Regardless of their origin, stories illustrate meaning in our organizations andinteractions. Learning to read the stories around us helps us to uncover the underlying beliefsand assumptions holding back the positive organizational change needed to implement andsustain innovations in engineering education. Anyone who has ever been held back frommaking or sustaining an engineering education innovation because ‘we’ve never done it thatway before’ or ‘it will never get ABET accredited’ or another narrative has experienced storiesused to block progress. This paper builds on The Power of Story [1], where readers learned toidentify stories in their organizations

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Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What’s in the Soup? Reflections from an Engineer, a Physicist, and an English Professor on an Interdisciplinary Summer Grand Challenge ProgramIntroduction to the Summer Grand Challenge ProgramThree professors with common interests and goals piloted in Summer 2013 a program focused onsolving one of the fourteen Grand Challenges of the 21st Century identified by the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE).1 These challenges range from providing energy from fusion toengineering better medicines. The summer program was centered on making solar power cheaperand locally manufacturable in a less developed region. The program purposefully broughttogether humanities, science

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Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

“evidence based”, these reformist strategies do not resolve the underlying problem of narrowepistemological assumptions about what constitutes valid knowledge. If we limit how knowledgecan be produced in our field, we suffer in both intellectual and practical terms, because how weknow and how we act are indeed interconnected.References 1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. 107th Congress Public Law 110. U.S. Government Printing Office, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ110/html/PLAW-107publ110.htm. 2. Cawelti, G. (2006). The Side Effects of NCLB. Educational Leadership, 4(3):4-68. 3. Shank, M. (2000). Striving for educational rigor: Acceptance of masculine privilege. In N. Lesko, Ed. Masculinities at School. Thousand

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The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

growing number of educational institutions and educators have taken up the mission ofproviding young engineers with a liberal education. Lessons learned through integratingengineering with teaching and learning in the liberal arts are routinely shared at the Division ofLiberal Education/Engineering & Society in American Society for Engineering Education andother platforms, such as Union College’s annual symposium on engineering and liberaleducation.1 Publications on the integration of engineering and liberal education focus primarilyon the perspectives of faculty and administrators; few have investigated students’ experiences oflearning engineering in a liberal education environment. Except for the occasional headlinesuccess stories about

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Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Program for Teaching Communication Skills to Summer Undergraduate Researchers1. IntroductionCommunicative competence has long been acknowledged as a critical engineering skill, and isamong the core student learning outcomes for both the ABET and Engineers Canadaaccreditation boards. We know from workplace surveys and ethnographic studies that engineersspend a tremendous amount of time writing and speaking [1], and that the amount of time spentcommunicating increases exponentially as engineers move into middle- and upper-managementpositions. And yet, surveys of hiring managers consistently suggest that the communication skillsof new hires are lacking, that these skills are critical considerations in both hiring and promotion

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University; David J. Terrell, Florida Atlantic University

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discussion pedagogy (Barnes et al.1994). We wish to synergistically combine the two pedagogies and the two learning paradigmsin our program by (1) having faculty members develop multi-disciplinary case studies (perhapswith the aid of MS theses students), (2) using these as scaffolding examples for students in multi-disciplinary teams at the junior level, and (3) measuring the improvement in a student’smetacognition process when the student undertakes a capstone team project in a later semester(Bransford et al, 2000).Theoretical Basis:Conceptualization of active student engagement (ASE) is associated with a critical reflection onknowledge gains including theoretical premises such as motivation; building results-orientedmindset, “learning in context

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Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Mansilla’s to categorizeinterdisciplinary student work by its: Purpose; Disciplinary Grounding; Integration; andThoughtfulness.AAC&U and Carnegie Foundation’s (2004) Statement on Integrative Learning identifiedintegration of learning as a primary outcome of a college education: ‘‘Fostering students’abilities to integrate learning—over time, across courses, and between academic,personal, and community life—is one of the most important goals and challenges ofhigher education” (p. 1). While interdisciplinary or integrative teaching practices (e.g.Kuh, 2008; Nelson Laird, Shoup, Kuh, & Schwarz, 2008) facilitate integrative learningprocesses, they do not guarantee them.A recent study by Barber (2012) analyzed the effectiveness of “integrative

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Biomedical Engineering. He teaches several instrumentation courses and a senior design class. His primary interest is in rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology for people with disabilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 1 A Maker-in-Residence program to build a community of MakersAbstractThe BeAM (Be A Maker) Makerspace at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosts aMaker-in-Residence (MIR) program. Through this program, undergraduate students participatein design-build projects under the guidance of expert Makers who are skilled in a particulartechnology or

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

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

(Governance), and 17 (Partnerships), willinfluence the other goals and aid in their success. It was also foundthat focusing on eliminating poverty (SDG 01), counter-intuitively,worsens poverty, since it inhibits the other goals on which povertydepends on.Keywords: SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, systemsthinking, cross-cutting, cross impact, engineering education,epistemic network, methodologyIntroductionThe United Nation’s (UNs) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), shown in Figure 1,consist of 169 targets and 230 indicators. As described in the resolution adopted by the GeneralAssembly on 25 September 2015, the aim of the SDG framework is to cultivate and expandhumanity’s desire to “do good” while also organizing its ability to do so. The

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Slides from Fall 2011, showing the first version of the “grocery store” prompt presented to the studentsOver time, the lesson plan for the first day has evolved to explicitly include prompts designed toreliably get students to reflect on stakeholders involved in a given design situation and on theirrole and professional ethical responsibility in that context. The lesson plan in Spring 2017 lookedthus: A grocery store is losing customers; annoyed customers are leaving the store because the checkout queues are too long. There isn’t space to simply add more checkout lanes. You are hired as a consultant by the store owner to solve this issue. Individual Brainstorming Spend 3 minutes thinking

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkac, Oregon Institute of Technology

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December 2011 at Portland State University, with research at the confluence of machine learning, information theory, philosophy of science, music information retrieval, and mathematical music theory. His current research areas are engineering education, music information retrieval (DSP and machine learning), music perception, and mathematical music theory. Prior to tenure track (1994 through 2010), Vurkac¸ taught in the following academic settings. 1. The Music Department at Whitman College (Sound Synthesis), 2. The Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at Portland State University (all courses in first- and second-year digital and analog circuits) as an adjunct, 3. Co-teaching as a ”grad mentor” in the University

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Joseph A. Levert P.E., University of New Haven; Bijan Karimi, University of New Haven

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todo so in the proposed ABET criteria revisions [1]. Nationwide, schools of engineering have beenincorporating technical communication into engineering curricula in different ways, includingthe growing trend of embedding communication faculty within colleges of engineering [2]. Thiskind of integration promotes the application of technical communication skills to writing aboutdisciplinary content and, in turn, contributes to thinking and learning about content [3].Additionally, collaboration between writing instructors and engineering faculty affordsopportunities to apply instructional strategies considered “best practices” in writing pedagogydirectly to authentic written communication tasks focused on engineering content.The research base on

Conference Session

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

-being. An overview of mindfulness provided a naturalsubstitute for this particular class. Guest speakers frequently visit this course, so it was notunusual to have someone come in to discuss mindfulness. Based on logistical constraints, theresearcher presented during the 12th week of the course. The presentation given by the researcher included two main sections: (1) mindset and (2)inner engineering. The section on mindset discussed the ideas of growth vs fixed mindset. Themain idea that was communicated is that challenges and failure are a part of life, but anindividual with a growth mindset believes that with effort they can learn and improve, andeventually persevere through these challenges. It also highlighted that simply being a

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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work often emphasizes the technical at the expense ofthe social, and rarely provides students the opportunity to solve open-ended problems. This paperdescribes the rationale and process for developing an instrument to measuring students’perspective changes in sociotechnical thinking. That instrument is motivated by research thatexamines the importance of embedding sociotechnical thinking, or the interplay between relevantsocial and technical factors in the problem to be solved, into the engineering curriculum.IntroductionPracticing engineers often learn to recognize the complex interplays between the social and thetechnical dimensions of the typically open-ended problems that they solve [1]–[3]. Professionalengineers also engage in elaborate

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

Collection

2018 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; Gina Elizabeth Mazzone, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

different engineeringelective courses by bringing their students together for an interdisciplinary, experiential-learningactivity. Educational pedagogy reports the value of incorporating experiential learningopportunities into course work to greater impact student learning [1], [2]. The courses involvedwere a humanities elective on science fiction and a science elective on nanotechnology. Thecrossover activity was built on a common theme, the societal impacts of new technologies, ineach course. It involved the students presenting content from their course’s discipline to studentsin the other course in a face-to-face event. The authors reported previously on how these courseswere integrated [3]. The effects of the crossover activity on students

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Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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ASEE Board of Directors

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clients from diverse backgrounds [1]. Universities have respondedto the demands of industry to prepare engineers to work in groups and team problem solving thatrely upon metacognition and greater self-awareness [2]. In alignment with industry expectations for professionalism, ABET established standards thatspeak to critical thinking, communication, and demonstrate other professional skills. To achievethe ABET standards, some engineering schools require courses that arise from liberal artstraditions and thus, address issues of ethics, professionalization and the broader societal context.Those courses often provide a gateway for a student’s collegiate experience and affect everyincoming student’s sense of belongings in engineering. As many

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Panel: Embedding Writing in Experiential Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Debbie Morrow, Grand Valley State University; Tracy Volz, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University; Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Kenneth Lamb, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; William A. Kitch, Angelo State University

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effectively (Student Outcome g) [1] as part of anengineering program’s accreditation process. The methods in which engineering programsincorporate the writing instruction into their courses varies greatly. Some engineering programsintegrate intensive writing instruction within first year level Introduction to Engineering courses[2], other programs incorporate it into upper-level theoretical courses [3], while others scaffoldmultiple writing topics over a series of classes [4], [5]. A recently published study by Donald etal. [6] describes the requirements of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) toinclude a general education component to engineering degrees that complements the technicalcurriculum and provides students with the broad

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Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico

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ASEE Board of Directors

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National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two- strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Ms. Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico Catherine (Cat) Hubka, MFA, holds dual appointments at the University of New Mexico in the Depart- ments of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and Department of English. For CBE, she is em- bedded in the 300 and 400 labs where she supports

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Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 12

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological University; Lorelle A. Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Kari B. Henquinet, Michigan Technological University; Richard Jason Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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program available to all majors; the program’s scope includes a portfolio of 25 teams, 900 students from 35 majors, 38 faculty involved in advising and instruction, and an annual operating budget of over $1 million. From 2006-2015, Rick worked as the Sponsored Projects Manager for Michigan Tech’s Enterprise and Senior Design Programs, where he was successful in securing more than $6 million in externally-sponsored projects for these programs. Since 2008, Rick has also served as the faculty advisor to Michigan Tech’s Supermileage Systems Enterprise, a multidisciplinary team who develops energy-efficient vehicles for the SAE Supermileage and Shell Eco- marathon vehicle design competitions. c

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 9

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Jenna Pack Sheffield, University of New Haven

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skills over time. In particular, this exploratory studyaimed to identify persistent errors, lingering misconceptions, and challenges engineering studentsfaced when they attempted to apply their knowledge and skills in new contexts. Communicationskills are critically important for engineers. Strong writing skills empower engineers to makevisible the complexities of their work to a wide range of audiences. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology [1] identifies “the ability to communicate effectively” as a keystudent learning outcome [2]. Yet, despite its importance, technical communication oftencompetes for time with engineering content in the typically “crowded” undergraduateengineering curricula [3].Approaches that integrate

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago

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creating social-scientific experts outside ofengineering [1].Upon this foundation, the challenge of adding social justice to the engineering curriculum beganto be discussed. In 2008, the National Science Foundation sponsored a workshop on SocialJustice, Sustainable Community Development and Engineering at the National Academy ofEngineering, which included a session titled “Implications for Engineering Education” [2]. Inreflecting on the workshop, lead workshop organizer, Rachelle Hollander, noted that “thequestion of engineering and social justice was a hotly contested topic at the meeting, whilehumanitarianism and engineering or engineering and social responsibility was not. Someengineers did not think social justice (whatever it was) was an

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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technical problem solvers anddesigners. For example, the National Academy of Engineering envisions engineers who “willremain well grounded in the basics of mathematics and science, and who will expand their visionof design through a solid grounding in the humanities, social sciences, and economics” and whowill “rapidly embrace the potentialities offered by creativity, invention, and cross disciplinaryfertilization to create and accommodate new fields of endeavor, including those that requireopenness to interdisciplinary efforts with nonengineering disciplines such as science, socialscience, and business” [1]. The American Society of Civil Engineers suggests that “civilengineers will serve as master builders, environmental stewards, innovators and

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Christopher Zobel, Virginia Tech; Margaret Cowell, Virginia Tech; Jennifer L. Irish, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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transferrable transdisciplinary graduate education and researchprogram to produce the next generation of researchers, educators, and decision makers focusedon dynamic collaborations across not only academic disciplines, but also among stakeholders.We are particularly interested in bringing together researchers, policy makers, and communitystakeholders in ways that foster mutual respect and value, and that adhere to the needs, goals,and engagement of the individuals most impacted by disasters.Previous work on disaster resilience demonstrates the importance of interdisciplinary teams indeveloping resilient solutions and effectively managing risk [1]. Disasters are complex problemsthat require solutions and collaboration from a wide-range of disciplines

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Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianna Sun Ge, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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students might ‘take thepain’ for the sake of growth (Godfrey & Parker, 2010), psychologists know that prolongeddurations of unmanaged stress rarely lead to positive development. Based on a series of studiesstarted by O'Leary and Ickovics in 1995, people’s response to high-stress situations (which theylabel ‘adverse events’) follows a normal distribution with four outcomes: thriving, resilience,survival, or succumbing. According to their model in Figure 1, the majority of people recoverand return to their previous level of functioning after experiencing a highly stressful adverseevent. At one tail of the normal distribution, some people grow to a state of thriving with betterfunctioning than before they experienced the adverse event. Similarly

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Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared David Berezin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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instances of technical concepts that were nottranslated, and six of the fifteen presentations contained no metaphorical explanations oftechnical content. This suggests an opportunity for pedagogical guidance on ways to generateaccessible metaphors while preserving technical accuracy. Educating undergraduate engineers tobecome effective and creative translators for diverse audiences could help improve students’readiness for the workplace, as well as strengthen future scientific literacy among the public.1. IntroductionIn the article, “The Desire to Tell a Story,” author and educator Roger Rosenblatt begins with thefollowing claim: “Horses run, beavers build dams, people tell stories” [1]. Rosenblatt’s tripletemploys the rhetorical device of implicit

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Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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ASEE Board of Directors

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). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018    Using Undergraduate Mentors to Scale the Teaching of Engineering Writing    Many engineering colleges have standalone courses to teach writing to engineeringundergraduates. Often, these courses reside in departments of English. For example, such acourse with multiple instructors teaching several sections each semester can be found in theEnglish Department at Rose-Hulman [1]. In other colleges, the standalone courses reside in thecollege of engineering itself with a prominent example being at the University of Wisconsin–Madison [2]. Still, in other colleges, the courses reside in the engineering departments. Anexample here would be