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Sustainability and Social Responsibility
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Jessica Taylor, Iowa State University; Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
has been limited curriculum development that heavily integrates the SDGs into engineeringproblem-solving.Beyond the SDGs themselves, there is heightened interest in the role of technology andengineering in addressing what has traditionally been considered “social” problems [8], [9],above and beyond simply addressing basic human needs [1]. Engineers may even be moreeffective if they embrace a role as a “bridge” between the stakeholders and the policymakers inimplementing solutions to such challenges [3], or even serve as policymakers themselves indesigning and effecting social change [10]. To effectively take on these nontraditionalengineering roles, engineers themselves must stretch beyond a traditional engineeringbackground. Issues such as
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
partner, in 2012, in the biometric area. He is also the president of a national Technical Committee (CT 136) for information system security standardization, and integrates frequently advice and scientific committees supporting civil, governmental and military organizations in the Information Security subject. During the second semester of 1990, under an ERAS- MUS program, he was teaching at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, where he was recognized as University Academic staff.Prof. Victor F. A, Barros, Science and Education Research Council Prof. Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros is a professor at Brazilian Federation of Library Associations, Institutions and Information Scientists (FEBAB). Currently Barros is
Conference Session
Pedagogies of Making and Design
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; James W. Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
and liberal educationalgoals within the context of engineering education.This paper provides an overview of contemporary work in digital humanities involving makingactivities and the potential of this work to inform engineering education making activities in away that bridges technical and humanistic concerns. It highlights how making practicesthemselves can be understood as a form of inquiry, with modalities drawing on—but distinctfrom—traditional engineering and humanities epistemologies. The paper draws on a largerresearch-and-teaching initiative at Rensselaer titled, “Making as Critical Inquiry,” which iscurrently being integrated into our interdisciplinary undergraduate Programs in Design andInnovation (PDI). PDI has a well-established
Conference Session
Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John Y. Yoritomo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at 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
researchers in both engineering andwriting studies, is an important element of our methodology. Our team includes three members(two faculty and one graduate student research assistant) from the Center for Writing Studies(CSW) and five members from the College of Engineering (three faculty, one academicprofessional, and one graduate student research assistant). CSW is an interdisciplinary academicunit at our university that offers Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) workshops for facultyand graduate teaching assistants; provides one-to-one writing tutorials for undergraduates,graduates, faculty and staff; and supports a cross-disciplinary graduate concentration in writingstudies.Illinois requires all undergraduates to meet a first-year composition and
Conference Session
Imagining Others, Defining Self Through Consideration of Ethical and Social Implications
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Louis S. Nadelson, Colorado Mesa University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart; Katherine L. Youmans, Utah State University; Sarah Lanci, Colorado Mesa University; Adam Lenz, Oregon State University
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Paper ID #21891Exploring Students’ and Instructors’ Perceptions of Engineering: Case Stud-ies of Professionally Focused and Career Exploration CoursesDr. Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University Dr. Villanueva is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and an Adjunct Pro- fessor in the Bioengineering Department in Utah State University. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for un- derrepresented populations has aided her in the design and integration of educational and physiological technologies to research
Conference Session
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katie Barillas, Rowan University; Stephen Fernandez, Rowan University
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
different fields of study [3],[5],[6]. Many times social responsibility inengineering is incorporated into engineering degree programs via service-learning, volunteerism,clubs, etc.; however, sometimes the mark is missed because students do not fully understand the“​inequalities and injustices among those helping and those being helped​” [3].Our​ ​course,​ ​The Sky’s the Limit: Drones for Social Good, ​ was designed to engage engineeringstudents with concepts of social justice integrated into an engineering curriculum. While someengineering classes introduce themes of social awareness, such as ethics, into the curriculum, thepresentation is often done as a discrete class component lasting for a week or so. The inclusion ofsocial justice material in
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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
whatengineering disciplines and careers can be and do in the world. This structural change canreinvigorate higher education and forge new connections and collaborations among high schooltechnology programs or vocational high schools, two-year colleges, and four-year institutions.Curricular and Pedagogical ChangesThese structural changes establishing inclusive infrastructure pathways for EWD and DCIundergird an integrated plan to develop and deploy inclusive engineering curricula andparticipatory learning pedagogies over the next decade (Figure 2).Pre-college curriculum development is at the start of EWD and our pedagogical approach willintegrate the engineering design process,24 design thinking skills,25 and engineering habits ofmind,26 which have proven
Conference Session
Ethical and Global Concerns
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
, to do good for humankind” [5]. Much of the curriculum is hands-on and projectbased; many of the courses are co-taught by interdisciplinary teams and much of the content isintegrated across disciplines. Olin also emphasizes teamwork, design, and student autonomy,positioning students as co-creators of their own educational experiences. In addition, all studentscomplete an Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences concentration alongside their engineering major,and essential outcomes of a liberal education, per the Association of American Colleges andUniversities, are integrated throughout the curriculum [6], [7].Olin President Richard K. Miller brought this philosophy to GCSP as one of the three foundersof the nationwide program. Olin was one of the
Conference Session
Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
George D. Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
the present work with a call for an integration of the skill of listening and of stopping orat least slowing down in the teaching of engineering. I have offered one idea or path as to howsuch a skill might be included in a specific course, that being, an undergraduate fluid mechanicscourse in a bioengineering curriculum. The approach will include frequent and constantintegration of meditation and other described techniques as well as a conscious effort to makeconnections among the subject matter and in this case, the fluid mechanics of living systems. Aresearch question is offered as is a theoretical foundation and methodology. If successful, that is,understanding is increased and can be documented; I shall integrate the contemplative
Conference Session
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Ngan T.T. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible P.E., Texas Tech University; Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
currently facilitates an interdisciplinary project entitled ”Developing Reflective Engineers through Artful Methods.” His scholarly interests include both teaching and research in engineering education, art in engineering, social justice in engineering, care ethics in engineering, humanitarian engineering, engineering ethics, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Ms. Ngan T.T. Nguyen, Texas Tech University Ngan Nguyen is a research assistant and doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruc- tion at Texas Tech University. Her research is focused on fostering the learning experiences of Asian international graduate students in higher education.Dr. Roman Taraban, Texas Tech
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Linking Engineering and Liberal Education
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
unquestionably accept the results. It is difficult todetermine if an answer obtained in this way is reasonable unless a parallel modeling method isavailable or a significant level of experience with the systems being modeled has been obtained.The more complicated the system, the more difficult it becomes to identify a possible error in themodel.The recognition that some system variables exhibit unpredictable or random variation in valueshas led to the incorporation of statistical modeling into some areas of the curriculum. Stochasticmodels can aid in predicting system behavior in situations where a specific state may not beknown, but average behaviors based on assumptions about variability can help to understand andpredict future states. In mechanical
Conference Session
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines; Alyssa Miranda Boll, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Engineering ProblemsStudents expressed perspectives on the relationship between social and technical dimensions ofengineering problems – an extension from Theme 1 in Spring 2018 – on two axes, as shown inFigure 5. In this visualization, the horizontal axis ranges from technical-social dualism on the leftto sociotechnical integration on the right, and the vertical axis represents how muchresponsibility engineers have over the social and technical dimensions of engineering problems.Illustrative quotes are provided for each case. By sorting student perspectives into these fourquadrants (I-IV), our team can better represent patterns in students’ perspectives, attempt tounderstand whether any resistance to sociotechnical integration is a result of dualism
Conference Session
Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Catherine Talbot; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
from Dickinson College.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah E. Zappe is Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State University. In her current position, Dr. Zappe is re- sponsible for supporting curricular assessment and developing instructional support programs for faculty in the College of Engineering. In her research role, Dr. Zappe is interested in the integration of creativity into the engineering curriculum, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Zappe holds a doctorate in edu- cational psychology specializing in applied testing and measurement. Her measurement interests include the
Conference Session
Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rose M. Marra Ph.D., University of Missouri; So Mi Kim, University of Missouri; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah; Shann Bossaller, University of Missouri
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
success in engineering practice (ABET, Inc., 2016)1. Metacognitionis key to the development of life-long learning, yet is rarely directly addressed in engineeringeducation. Metacognition, defined as “knowledge and cognition about cognitive phenomena”(Flavell, 1979, p. 906), is a higher-order thinking skill and provides the key to developing life-long learning skills necessary for ABET and for an effective work career. This paper will reporton the authors’ study of the development of metacognition and life-long learning skills ofgraduates of the Iron Range Engineering (IRE) program, an innovative problem-based learningprogram that integrates metacognition instruction with engineering content. The IRE programoffers a unique setting for studying
Conference Session
Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State Unviersity; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado Boulder; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
in thispaper.Design courses, which can provide many opportunities for sociotechnical integration, aredeprioritized in most engineering programs, as are courses in the humanities and social sciences[15], [16]. Through choices in curriculum and content, we see that engineering education oftenreinforces the false divide between the social and technical in engineering [17]. Thoughuncommon, sociotechnical integration has been attempted within the context of specific courses.These include Andrade and Tomblin’s inclusion of social context in the course Engineering forSustainability [18], [19], sociotechnical engineering taught in an introductory course [20], ateam-taught, community-engaged engineering projects course [21], and a controls system
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
student sustainability knowledge. By applying the taxonomy to studentsustainability definitions constructed by a cohort of seniors enrolled in a CEE capstone designcourse at Georgia Tech, the following conclusions were reached.1. A majority of students demonstrated a uni-structural or multi-structural understanding of sustainability, which suggests that additional integration of sustainability into the curriculum may aid students in developing more expert-like knowledge.2. Students in CEE most captured aspects of environmental sustainability and intergenerational equity in their sustainability definitions, which is similar to other engineering and non- engineering students.3. The SOLO taxonomy, when used with an a priori coding scheme, is
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Kirk St.Amant, Louisiana Tech University
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering
, interdisciplinary REUs can help students understand how to transfer thesoft- and hard-skills they learn across other courses and experiences beyond the classroom.Achieving this objective is a matter of configuring REUs to help students see and applyconnections across different learning experiences within the REU context. This paper presents apilot study that assesses how an interdisciplinary summer REU program provided STEMstudents with professional development training. The objective of this experimental programwas to provide educational experiences that allowed participants to integrate soft and technicalskills in an overall biomedical engineering context
Conference Session
A Challenge to Engineering Educators
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Harold R Underwood, Messiah College
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Page 23.1344.3that address practices inherent to an array of differing engineering concentrations.Background on Use of the Portfolio Approach and Multi-year Project CurriculumThe engineering department at this institution has been using portfolios to assess projectwork since 2007, when the multi-year engineering project curriculum was firstimplemented. This Integrated Projects Curriculum “builds on service-learningpedagogy…it embodies the three modes […] required for service-learning: content,engagement, and reflection.”16 The IPC intersects with, and is further resourced by theCollaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research, where engineeringstudents interact with students in other disciplines.17 Messiah College is currently
Conference Session
Engineering as a Professional Calling
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mel Chua, Purdue University; Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Purdue University
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Paper ID #9903Engineering and Engineering Education as Spiritual VocationsMs. Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Julia Thompson is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her current research is focused on service-learning partnerships in engineering education. She also does extensive research in global engineering education, and has an interest in how to integrate Quaker process in engineering design. Julia received her undergraduate BS in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley, and worked as a energy consultant for a few years before starting her doctoral studies.Mel Chua, Purdue
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Writing and Communication I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
required sequence of laboratory courses, wherethey compose lab reports, usually evaluated by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), many ofwhom speak English as a second language. Historically, engineering GTAs have not beentrained in evaluating student writing using formative assessment to help students improve theirtechnical communication skills.This paper provides an overview of a comprehensive research study of a GTA training programimplemented in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at MichiganTechnological University, with more than 1300 undergraduate students enrolled in the major.Situated within the field of Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines, theprogram was developed to meet the unique needs
Conference Session
Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering
, University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He works in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 1996).April A Kedrowicz, University of Utah April A. Kedrowicz is the Director of the CLEAR Program at the University of Utah, an interdisciplinary collaboration between Humanities and Engineering. This college-wide program integrates communi- cation and teamwork instruction into the core, undergraduate engineering curriculum. Dr. Kedrowicz received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Utah and is the founding director of this innovative program
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Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10
Collection
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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
one of theways the difference in frames used to tell the story of faculty tenure and promotion impactedthe department culture: We had been hiring on the basis of this [innovative] vision. We had hired a couple of people. We had set up our unit bylaws so that teaching was an integral part of promotion and tenure, which was different than everybody else at [our university]. And so, we were very focused on delivering the best undergraduate education program we could and we went from that sort of very tightly-knit sort of esoteric-- and we called ourselves the hippies. From that sort of environment to a much more traditional-- the faculty that were merged into the program had much
Conference Session
Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas - Tyler; Kyle Gullings, University of Texas - Tyler; Catherine Elizabeth Ross Ph.D., University of Texas - Tyler
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
in Tyler, TX, with his wife Terra and their dog Ollie.Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Ross Ph.D., University of Texas - Tyler PhD. University of Texas at Austin, 1998 Associate Professor of English, University of Texas as Tyler 1998 to the present c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 SEEKING NEW PERSPECTIVES: ENGINEERS EXPERIENCING DESIGN THROUGH CREATIVE ARTSAbstractThe engineering curriculum of necessity focuses heavily on technical subjects—mathematics,chemistry, physics, and the large body of discipline-specific material. The arts are frequentlypresent only in vestigial form and are regarded as tangential at best to the real engineeringcurriculum. However, an
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Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael L. Jones, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
obstacles to their Page 24.871.2intended activity.   1  An overview of project-based learning in engineering education Problem-based learning pedagogy has a long history in medical education, wherePBL has increasingly been integrated into core curriculum, even in more conservativeeducational institutions [2, 10]. Medical PBL encourages collaborative investigation ofmedical cases, where students take the lead on case research and resolution and facultyplay an expert advisor role. Meta-analysis of PBL effectiveness studies suggests themove to PBL has shown weak
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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
coursethat ought to be part of the core curriculum at a liberal arts college, or at a comprehensiveuniversity? Many aspects of this course suggest a potential for success in such a role. Thecourse presents a variety of topics that attempt to integrate perspectives from multipledisciplines, which is a common charge for many core curricula. An increase in the diversity (byacademic discipline) of students enrolled in the course would also likely help to better integratethe course perspectives. As such, the next challenge in course development may be to take thecourse to a broader audience to see if results similar to those described in this paper can beachieved.Another possible area of study for the course outcomes is to break the students down by
Conference Session
Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Laura R. Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christina Matta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Technical Communication Program
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
courses. The modules, which include learningobjectives, instructional videos, interactive quizzes with feedback, and sample grading rubrics,can assist faculty in clarifying their communication expectations and, in turn, emphasize tostudents the importance of skills transfer between communication and engineering contentcourses by providing a consistent message across the curriculum. Our paper, therefore, willdemonstrate our modules and share assessment strategies with a broader audience of engineeringfaculty who may face similar challenges, both with integrating communication skills intoengineering courses and with developing consistent expectations for student work. We believeour online modules offer teaching materials and direct assessment tools
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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
sports projectiles. She is the co-author of an innovative textbook integrating solid and fluid mechanics for undergraduates.Dr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford Bernhardt is Chair of the Engineering Studies Program and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infras- tructure management and transportation systems. She teaches a variety of courses including sustainability of built systems, transportation systems, transportation planning, civil infrastructure management, and Lafayette’s introductory first year engineering course. Dr. Sanford Bernhardt serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers
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Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Isabel Simões de Carvalho P.E., ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal; Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
AC 2011-1145: COLLABORATING TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THEGLOBAL WORKPLACEIsabel Simes de Carvalho, ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal Isabel S. Carvalho received a Licenciatura in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Lis- bon. She received her M.S. and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1990 and 1996, respectively. Following a year in the aeronautics industry in France (aero engine manufacturer) she is, since 1999, an Associate Professor at the Military Institute and also lectures at the Mechanical Engineering Department at ISEL. Research interests include energy production and efficiency and active and collaborative and blended (online) teaching and learning in
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Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
strictly “social” or “technical.” In this paper, we briefly reviewapproaches taken to teach energy in engineering. We then examine CSPs and make the case forhow they might be used within engineering. We discuss our preliminary ideas for the course itself.The goal of this paper is to stimulate discussion within the ASEE community to improve courseeffectiveness in enhancing student learning. This project is part of a larger overall effort at theUniversity of San Diego to integrate social justice themes across the curriculum of a new generalengineering department. This paper will present our progress towards instantiating in theclassroom the broader vision laid out for our program. 1IntroductionThere is
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Identity, Culture, and Socialization
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
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
Paper ID #29862Engineering as a challenging vocation: How students align personalvalues to the dominant engineering discourseDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. His research has contributed to the integration of critical theoretical frame- works and Chicano Cultural Studies to investigate and analyze existing deficit models in engineering education. Dr. Mejia’s work also examines how asset-based models impact the validation and recognition of students and communities of color