Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; William M. Jordan P.E., Baylor University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Company Culture 8. Work/Life Balance 9. Time Management 6 10. Business Understanding 11. Career Planning – Mentor – Change – Future of Work? 12. Interpersonal Relationships – Superior and subordinate 13. Ethics 14. Communication – Written, Oral, Social Media 15. Processional Societies 16. Service/Outreach 17. Teams/ Leadership 18. Creativity 19. Connections 20. Creating ValueThis list is not exhaustive and might be seen to overlap somewhat with life skills. Being exposedto topics such as these not only prepares

Conference Session

Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to which context ischallenging to account for in engineering problem solving.Surely, as engineering students and practitioners gain increasing levels of expertise, they learn torely less and less on simplifications of real-world problems and learn more and more about thesignificance of many of the assumptions they make. In this way, engineering practiceincreasingly accommodates the complexities of context. But even here, those contextual factorsthat are accounted for tend to revolve around the technical dimensions of engineering problemsolving, with modest attention to financial and legal dimensions of a problem as well. Questionssurrounding users’ experiences, broader social impacts, and ethical implications can all beoverlain onto

Conference Session

Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Cesar Silva de Freitas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Zachary James Beyer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

stakeholders, including the instructors themselves, local personnel, andeven a practicing engineer in the camp. The learning goals assessed on the final projectaddressed evidence-based decision making, engineering ethics, idea fluency, professionalcommunication, problem scoping and solution quality. A complete representation of the finalrubric is presented below.Table 1 – Rubric template used in the final presentation Learning goals Learning Objectives Not submitted (0) Needs improvement (1) Satisfactory (2) Excellent (3) Test prototypes and analyze Team did not test the Team performed a limited Tests and results present Tests and results

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

lecture in these seminar classes, instead designing activities that encourage students todevelop and articulate their own ideas and responses to the texts. Students noted that theseactivities encouraged them to analyze topics more closely and to consider how to support theseobservations by identifying supporting materials and arguments in the course texts. This year’splays all focused on one topic, the building of the atomic bomb, which also allowed for manydiscussions on ethics and decision making in engineering. Some students noted that these typesof discussions made clear the potential for a multiplicity of ethical viewpoints, and by extensionhighlighted the opportunities afforded by multiple approaches to a problem, includingengineering

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

still typicallytaught outside of the STEM major, sending the message to students that writing is not central toSTEM disciplines. To combat this issue, many have argued for writing across the curriculumand taking a discipline-specific view of writing.A challenge, even for these approaches, is engaging students in authentic writing that isfoundational to solving contextual and socially just design problems [2]. Whereas the focus ofmuch core engineering coursework is focused on building technical, disciplinary knowledge,many have argued for approaches that also prepare students to approach engineering problemsmore holistically, considering the ethics and consequences of their work [3]. For instance, instudents struggle to consider the ways their

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

during both the 3-hour research course and 1-hour seminar and were often a majorfocal point in students’ course projects, these issues did not emerge as a major theme across thepost-course concept maps. Some students included vulnerable populations on their concept mapsas something needing attention, and others noted it in their explanations, but its limitedappearance raises new questions for both the research team and the program about strategies tohelp students more effectively integrate these ethical concerns into their conceptualunderstanding. In part, as suggested by the results, concept maps alone may not be a sufficienttool to capture students’ understanding of a domain as complex as DRRM. At the same time, it ispossible that some

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared David Berezin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

isolatedcontext of the classroom, however, a challenge for any intervention will be situating creativeexplanations within the broader landscape of engineering discourse and society. Since metaphorsreflect individual and cultural perspectives and values, emphasizing audience awareness,technical accuracy, and the ethical implications of generating and propagating metaphors will beuseful. A pedagogical intervention could enable a future study in which undergraduate engineersare interviewed about their process of metaphor creation and rhetorical goals. In addition, theeffectiveness of students’ metaphors could be evaluated by surveying their target audience togauge their comprehension of technical content presented with (and without) creativeexplanations.The

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, Page 22.1015.9simultaneously, through matters of professional jurisdiction that goes back to the complexprofessional configuration of engineering. Whether in response to the ascent of the managerialprofession during the 1920s; or efforts, amidst postwar “physics envy,” to differentiateengineering from science by embracing a new ethic of professional responsibility (even asengineers turned, simultaneously, to science to compete more directly with physicists); or yetagain, during the late 60s and the 1970s, to lay claim to even broader claims of socialresponsibility through direct utilization of liberal knowledge, liberal education has served as apreferred means for the “reconversion strategies” of engineers, at least among those committedto the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cole Hatfield Joslyn, University of Texas at El Paso; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engagement with others in particular sociocultural contexts. Performative autoethnography views the personal as inherently political, focuses on bodies-in-context as co-performative agents in interpreting knowledge, and holds aesthetic crafting of research as an ethical imperative of representation. (loc. 21019)Developed by Victor and Edith Turner, and Edward Bruner in the 1980s, performanceethnography (and by extension, performance autoethnography) is an inquiry strategy that haspolitical purposes for inciting others to action and strengthening commitment to performativecitizenship, a kind of civic-minded discourse [6]. Performance brings with it a way of knowingin an embodied act of interpretation [6], the active part of the

Conference Session

Flexible Engineering Curricula

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Dua Chaker, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan has led the multi-university TeachEngineering digital library project, now serving over 3.3M unique users (mostly teachers) annually, since its inception. She is founding co-director of the design-focused Engineering Plus degree program and CU Teach Engineering initiative in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. With the intent of transforming en- gineering to broaden participation, Sullivan spearheaded design and launch of the Engineering

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; David Reeping, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

],worldview, ethical considerations, researcher bias [6], validity threats [6], and research quality[7] all broach on the complex underpinnings of positionality for engineering education research.However, the primary difference that appears is the consideration of the actual personal rootsthat a researcher has for the type of research conducted and its “quality”, and the peoplesresearched. Beyond initial considerations, this rooting of thought in relation to another’s lifeexperience surpasses reflexivity, which can be confused as being bound to the beginning and endof a study. The consideration of the rooting and internal exploration that exists in positionality isa continual consideration that spans beyond the work of research studies to explore a

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Critical Responses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

” which supports immigrant students and theirfamilies [16]. She currently works on a campaign that targets egregious misconducts in privacycurrently occurring as school police officers’ reports are being made available to federal lawenforcement. We also tweeted about an alternative job fair organized by students at RennselaerPolytechnic Institute during Engineering Week (E-Week), the week prior to our own week ofaction. For this event, organizers invited companies committed to ethical practices onto thecampus, giving students an opportunity to find alternative pathways in engineering that alignbetter with their equity and justice commitments.We pointed to and promoted events that happened specifically in response to the#EngineersShowUp call as

Conference Session

Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan H. Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Daniel F. Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kimberly Karen Osberg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

intelligence skills are on the decline and, as a result, may lead to higherdropout rates. He is also a strong proponent of using emotional intelligence as a tool to increasethe communication skills of engineering students [23], [24]. Brackett makes the case thatemotional intelligence is a valuable tool that can be used to facilitate positive growth within theindividual, setting them up for success in the workplace [25]. Strobel and Walther [26], [27]reason that empathy, one of the measured values in trait emotional intelligence, is vital andshould be cultivated in the engineering field.Cech [28] shows that as a student progresses through their engineering education, the importanceof Ethical and Social issues decreases, as reported by students, thus

Conference Session

Revealing the Invisible: Engineering Course Activities that Address Privilege, -Isms, and Power Relations (Interactive Session)

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

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Design in Engineering Education, International, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

conversations about equity anddiversity in the classroom. The engineering curriculum is not neutral, and knowledge is producedwithin a power-driven social and cultural system [3, 4]. ABET student outcomes are not entirelytechnical and include that students must have an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility, the broad education necessary to understand engineering impacts in a global andsocietal context, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Nevertheless, discussing the societaland ethical implications of engineering and technology is often a daunting task for bothengineering students and instructors [5].At our university, as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Revolutionizing Engineeringand Computer Science Departments (RED

Conference Session

Trends in Accreditation and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of its commitment to the scientific and experimental nature of engineering by rejecting the special place accorded to testing by TF-3.  A new focus on engineering judgment and professional judgment; a restored emphasis on professional responsibility, including the graduate’s ability to make informed, ethical decisions based on the global, economic, environmental, and societal impact of engineering.  The reintroduction of lifelong learning, but as operationalized to facilitate reliable assessment.  Also, the reintroduction of a more robust set of constraints on the engineering design process, but as handled as definitions placed in an expanded introduction.  Likewise, the introduction of a

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communicating cross-culturally or identifying problems within their team. The same holds true for visual literacy:Students rated their mechanistic skills like image editing or labeling higher than theirstrategic/critical ones. We assume that most of the students have edited or labeled photos beforeentering college because of their use of social media, so they are familiar with those activities. Incomparison, at each university students reported they were not confident in legal restrictions onuses of visual media. A discussion of these restrictions and proper citations for images can easilybe included either in professional communication courses or in the wide range of ethics coursesthat are already embedded in engineering programs.DiscussionThese

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

twelve credit experience.Table 1- Course Objectives for the Summer Grand Challenge ProgramRH330 • Analyzing contexts, audiences, and genres to determine how they influence communication • Crafting documents to meet the demands and constraints of professional situations • Integrating all stages of the writing process, ethically and persuasively, to respond to technical contexts and audiences—from planning, researching and drafting to designing, revising and editing • Collaborating effectively within and across teams with overlapping interestsME497 • Provide strategies and practice for design development • Applying a systems approach

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren A. Sepp, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Reflection in Software Engineering." ASEE Annual Conference. Amerian Society of Engineering Education , 2012. 13. Koch, Daphene C. "Construct Costa Rica: International Service Learning." ASEE Annual Conference . American Society of Engineering Education , 2012. 14. Hatipkarasulu, Yilmaz and Suat Gunhan. "A Classoom Discussion of Applied Ethics." ASEE Annual Conference. American Society of Engineering Education , 2012. Page 26.1196.12 15. Sochnacka, Nicola, et al. "Paper ID #6555 Faculty Reflections on a STEAM-Inspired Interdisciplinary Studio Course." ASEE Annual Conference. American Society

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; William A. Kitch, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; John V. Tocco J.D., Lawrence Technological University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering, civil engineering projectmanagement, ethics, and the capstone design course. Class sizes ranged from 12 to 70.The next section summarizes results for each assessment category. We also analyzed results foreach course, but no patterned differences were found.5.2 ResultsThe quantitative assessment measures consistently show improvements in student writing (Table2). Every statistical measure was significant. Below we discuss a few noteworthy aspects of theassessment.Table 2. Summary of Quantitative Assessment Results No. of courses Assessment Category Quantitative Results (and levels)1 Genre Analysis (Field 4 courses

Conference Session

Panel: Embedding Writing in Experiential Learning

Collection

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

coursewith a focus on technical writing embedded in a real-work context. Additionally, the academiccontent is delivered entirely online, requiring attention to standards and best practices for onlineinstruction, while also allowing for the best practices of writing instruction, such as peerreviewing and revising. The rationales for undertaking the design, development, approvals,piloting, revising, and rollout of this course are closely aligned with the LiberalEducation/Engineering & Society divisional engagement with "emphasizing the connectednessbetween the technical and non-technical dimensions of engineering learning and work … [Anddedication to] helping engineers develop professional skills in areas such as communication,teamwork, ethical

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia Helen Carlson P.E., Merrimack College; Catherine Woodworth Wong, Merrimack College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

concepts again; there are multiple group projects and researchprojects in their time at our school, as well as courses on ethics and professionalism. However,introducing these concepts in their first semester prepares students for future courses, and helpsthem understand that engineering is not just problem sets and robotics.Background: The College and the CourseEngineers often do not arrive at college with an appreciation for the importance of professionalresearch and communication skills [1]. These skills are necessary not only for their successfulundergraduate career, but also for a successful engineering career. Engineering students areoften unaware of the number of reports and presentations they will be expected to deliver, or theamount of

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebecca Balakrishnan, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Priya Subra Mani

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Career Supports Integrated into Design 1). Concurrently, I am working on mymaster’s in Counselling Psychology. The first year of the study described herein comprises mythesis research. I am also a Research Assistant (R.A.) to the second author of this paper for thebroader, longitudinal study in which this paper sits. 3.5 EthicsThis study has received approval from the University of Manitoba’s Research Ethics Board.Student work were not collected and interviews were not conducted until the grade appeal periodfor the course was over. Course instructors have no knowledge of who participates in the study. 3.6 Career Supports Integrated into Design 1All students who took the biosystems Design 1 course in Fall 2019 engaged in careerdevelopment

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Douglass Klein, Union College

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

and future of the human-technology relationship. Thiscourse is part of a college-wide program that develops students’ critical reading, writing anddiscussion skills. The expectation is that exploring the relationship between technology andsociety will engage both engineering and liberal arts students. From the classical myth of Prometheus to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to IBM’s Watsoncomputer and beyond, the course explores the relationship between technology and progress,technology and happiness, and technology and human freedom, offering students contrastingviews of what drives technology and how best to cope with its uncertainties. Students examinethe social context in which technology operates, ethical considerations related to

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

into their courses smoothly, without depending on supplementalinstruction from CxC staff. In a previous paper, we reported on the results of a survey of facultymembers teaching C-I courses.19 We found that faculty members believed that students learnedthe technical content in more detail when the course was taught in a C-I format. Rather than Page 22.131.9merely teaching rhetorical concepts as important tools for the students’ futures, we are able touse communications to further students’ critical thinking regarding topics that are vital toprospective engineers, like ethics, teamwork, and lifelong learning.We believe that there is an opportunity

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Wilcox , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

to demonstrate a rudimentary ability to move beyond “opinions” towards informed judgment that is based in facts, sound reasoning, and active Page 24.929.2 reflection. 3) Demonstrated progress in the basic technical proficiencies of higher education, including reading, writing, oral and visual presentation, independent study, teamwork, and seminar-style conversation. 4) Clear evidence of thoughtful reflections about your own learning process as related to your transition to college.In terms of course content, in the year in which assessment data was collected, the course beganwith a focus on environmental ethics

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitch Cieminski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #27310Queer(y)-ing Technical Practice: Queer Experiences in Student Theater Pro-ductions at a Technical UniversityMitch Cieminski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mitch Cieminski received a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA in 2017. They are currently pursuing a PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, studying the intersections of engineering cultures, peace and ethics, educational power structures, and the experiences of disabled, queer, and trans engineers. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Communication I: History and Praxis

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcy Bloom Milhomme, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Lori B. Miraldi, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-likeresponsibilities such as attending class, grading key assignments like visual aids, running studenthelp sessions, and performing their own presentations as examples. The student mentors arerecommended by instructors based on exemplary work ethic that was demonstrated as a studentof the course. They receive payment as employees of the university. Student mentors are acritical part of the course as they provide a student point of view. Through this experience, thestudent mentors continue to develop more communication skills through mentorships.Lead Instructor Another way of managing quality across sections is the investment in and appointment ofa lead instructor who acts as a liaison between the Communication Arts and SciencesDepartment and the

Conference Session

Identity, Culture, and Socialization

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas A. De Pree, Bucknell University; Rafael Julián Burgos-Mirabal, University of Massachusetts- Amherst

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ecology goes back to C. Everett Hughes [13], symbolicinteractionists, and the theories advanced by the Chicago School of Sociology. Within the historyand sociology of science, derivative ideas about the ecology of knowledge and its organizationalimplications may be found in the works of Charles Rosenberg [14] and Susan Leigh Star [15].See also [16].to their specific situation. Given the absence of a unified professional vision, engineeringeducators may also need to remain cognizant of the moral and ethical dimensions of their work,and pursue change initiatives aligned with the needs of their own student body, and other locallydefined interests.2. The Epistemic culture3 of engineers, and how this influences their educational reformsIf the

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

broader community, both in the U.S. and worldwide. In addition to the assignments in this course, engineering faculty in the disciplines created linked activities in the senior project courses that allow application of these concepts to the students’ engineering disciplines. This class takes a case study approach so that students might appreciate the social, ethical and cultural perspectives of engineering. Over the course of the year, there are case studies that specifically address each student learning objective (SLO) in Areas S and V. In the pilot year (2013-2014), the GE faculty created a structure for the modules so that additional faculty members could create new case studies in the future, so that the course is

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

assignments Unpacking clarity Discussed terms like clarity and conciseness, trying to 5 (guest speaker) articulate what they mean Assignment design 6 workshop Workshopped assignments the participants brought in, discussed alignment with goals and ways to incorporate writing Assignment design process and scaffolding into the assignments 7 workshop Reviewed legal, ethical, pedagogical and research perspectives. Source use, citation 8 Did activities reflecting on multiple norms and the complexity and plagiarism of rephrasing technical