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- Governance, Diplomacy, and International Comparisons in Engineering Education
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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology
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Paper ID #33210Science Diplomacy: Results From a Three-Year PilotDr. Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology Professor Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Tech- nology in 2010 as the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering after serving ten years on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he was Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Oerther earned his Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dan’s professional registrations include: PE, BCEE, BCES, CEng, CEnv, CEHS, and DAAS
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- Social Justice: Pedagogy, Curricular Reform, and Activism
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Rachel Koh, Smith College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College
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Diversity
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inengineering education must replace problem sets with question sets.” Failure – or refusal – to sotransform risked engineering educators and their alumni “acced[ing] to the longevity of feignedinnocence” all too familiar in their ancestral line.The myth of objective, neutral “rigor” in engineering education [23] is linked to the myth of themasculine, white engineer who built America [24]. Both have contributed to engineering’sexclusivity and tendency to marginalize those who challenge the myths. As Shaun Harperwarned, an education that avoids engaging with social context and, for example, conversationsabout race, risks graduating “accidental racists” [25, 26]. Amy Slaton has examined how specific“conceptions of engineering talent and rigor” have
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- Professional Formation and Career Experiences
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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jake Walker Lewis; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society