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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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Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Giacomo Nannicini, SUTD; Roland Bouffanais, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Elica Kyoseva, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Jean Wan Hong Yong, SUTD; Dario Poletti, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Robert E Simpson; Aditya Prasad Mathur

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integrated 2D Design in the Curriculum: Effectiveness of Cross- Subject Engineering ChallengesAbstractMultidisciplinary engineering design is difficult in the undergraduate years. It is particularlyso in the early Freshman and Sophomore years, since the students have not enrolled in abreadth of subjects. Multidisciplinary problems are often left to latter years, thereby leavingthe students with an incomplete picture of how course subject matters relate and fit in alarger view of engineering and design. A novel approach to multi-disciplinary engineeringeducation was instituted in the Freshman and Sophomore years at the Singapore Universityof Technology and Design

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald S Harichandran, University of New Haven; David J Adams, Technical Communications Consultant; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Amy Thompson, University of New Haven

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need to have strong technicalcommunication skills. However, many colleges are struggling to provide this extra trainingeffectively and still meet the ever-growing demands of an engineering curriculum. At the Page 24.169.2University of New Haven an $185,500, three-year grant from the Davis Educational Foundationis funding a new program to provide students with strong technical communication skills.!!Through the grant the university is establishing a PITCH (Project to Integrate TechnicalCommunication Habits) initiative that began in fall 2012 and follows students through all fouryears of college in seven ABET accredited engineering and computer

Conference Session

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

theNational Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges and exploring ways to integrate thechallenges into coursework. Unlike Borrego and Newswander’s findings where typical cross-disciplinary collaborators often seek-out experts in another field with a specific purpose of a pre-conceived idea, this collaboration began more “by chance.” As Kirkpatrick stated, “A group had been developed in previous years with an interest in the grand challenges. I was jealous, the grand challenges sound cool and I want to do them. So I walked over to that group. I was slightly surprised to find the group being represented by Humanities and Social Sciences faculty (but not too much-- I had friends who had degrees in English that could turn a wrench far better

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, by making it to the final round the program received positive television, radio, printmedia and public forum exposure, and once again, the program director and the program wererecognized for reaching outside the E&T stereotype. Engineering participation in the festival hasbeen widely recognized as expanding the broad perspectives that the organizers strive for, andthe director has already been asked to consider submitting a proposal for a session for the 2014festival.ConclusionsMany experts feel that study of the liberal arts is an important part of any education, includingengineering. Many collegiate engineering programs are incorporating classes from outside ofengineering, and in some cases are trying new ways to integrate these into

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dara R. Fisher, Harvard University; Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sanjay E. Sarma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

- neering and a Masters degree in Advanced Digital Communication Systems from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, Katerina Bagiati was in 2008 one of the first graduate students to join the pioneer School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. In 2011 she acquired her Doctorate in Engineer- ing Education, and is currently working as a post-doctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Bagiati’s research interests are in the areas of developmental engineering, early engineering, STEM curriculum development, and teacher trainingProf. Sanjay E. Sarma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

because it fails to value ways ofknowing outside positivist empiricism.Biesta26 further argues that Dewey’s theory of knowing can provide an alternative epistemologyfor education research, because it is not based on a dualism between mind and materiality.Instead of separating the self from the knowable world, Dewey conceived an action-theoreticalframework in which ways of knowing are active – they are ways of doing. Biesta notes that forDewey, knowledge is not prescriptive, and research would not dictate practice: “no conclusion ofscientific research can be converted into an immediate rule of educational art” (19).29 Reflexivity(a practice of reflection that is critical of its own power relations) requires integrating knowledgewith reflection and

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Marietta Energy Systems, and later GE Superabrasives. Cindy is active in assessment and accreditation activities at MSOE and has been exploring ways to include on-line education in her classes.Mr. James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering Director and Curator, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering Adjunct Professor, Visual Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 24.784.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integration of Art and Engineering: Creating Connections between Engineering Curricula and an Art

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

position of my new course as an elective that still lives on the edges of the curriculum.Discussing efforts to bring a broader range of skills into engineering curriculum – like design,teamwork, interdisciplinary, and global competencies – Miller even goes so far as to argue that“developing independent new courses in these topics that are separate from the technical coresubjects in engineering is not likely to provide an effective mechanism of integration. Instead, ifthe new subjects are not viewed by students (and faculty) as an integral part of learning tobecome an engineer, they are not likely to be taken as seriously.”17 Following a similar line ofreasoning, Downey adds: “Elective courses supporting the international education of engineersfall

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Les Kinsler, Kansas State University, Salina; Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Doug Carroll, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

State University’s Salina campus. A Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) and a Certified Enterprise Integrator (CEI), she teaches lecture and laboratory courses in the areas of computer- aided design, manufacturing, and automation. Ms. Morse earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Auburn University, where she also worked with Auburn Industrial Extension Service. Her work in industry in- cludes engineering experience in quality control, industrial engineering, and design and development functions for automotive parts manufacturers in North Carolina and Germany.Dr. Doug Carroll, Missouri University of Science and

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Felse, Northwestern University; Igor Kourkine

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Department of Defense. A number of state governments, universities, non-profitorganizations, and for-profit institutions have also played an important role in enablingtechnology commercialization by offering guidance and assistance to entrepreneurs2. Theseefforts have helped many new technologies to come to fruition, including life-saving drugs andmedical devices, consumer products, communication devices, clean energy, and safe foodproducts3.In order to succeed, technology commercialization must involve properly trained scientists andengineers not only at the birth of a technology but also during the subsequent phases of itscommercialization. The importance of incorporating elements of entrepreneurship andtechnology commercialization in engineering

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #10651Developing curriculum to prepare student engineers to engage with problemsfaced by underserved communities globallyDr. Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University Bhavna Hariharan is a Social Science Research Associate at the Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. Her field of inquiry is Engineering Education Research (EER) with a focus on engineering design for and with underserved communities around the world. For the last nine years, she has worked on designing, implementing and managing environments for interdisciplinary, geographically distributed

Conference Session

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

as well as in academic writing, and a critical inquiry class taught by theHSA faculty. The critical inquiry class has multiple sessions taught by different instructors. Eachsession focuses on a topic that is related to the instructor’s specialty, yet all the sessions have acommon component: for the first few weeks, students and instructors engage in a discussion ofthe meaning of liberal arts education and its implications for HMC. In addition to completing theCommon Core, every student at HMC is required to take at least ten courses in HSA, with atleast four courses in an area of concentration. The engineering curriculum at HMC consists ofthree stems: design, engineering sciences, and system. The design stem includes three

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Vurkaç, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

that makes a good point), or as a form of entertainment, as manymusic courses, for example, may be viewed as by students and by engineering faculty. On thecontrary, HSS must be “integrated in the curriculum as branches with all the weight that othersubjects have” (Ibid.). The justification for this claim is that although it is “possible to profitfrom technology without understanding anything about it [just as] it is quite possible to live a lifewithout any real understanding” (Ibid.), and while we can survive as human beings in either case,the former is not a characteristic acceptable in an engineer, just as the latter is not a characteristicof an educated human being. The key point here, stated more explicitly in a number of otherarticles

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Elaine Catherine McCormick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alisha A.W. Waller, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #9632Engineering habits of the mind - an undergraduate course that asks: ”Whatis it that makes someone an engineer?” and ”What distinguishes engineersfrom other professionals?”Prof. Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology Joe Le Doux is the Executive Director for Learning and Student Experience in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He has also previously served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies for the Department. Dr. Le Doux’s research interests in engineering education focus on problem-solving, diagrammatic reasoning, and on the socio-cognitive

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William E. Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #8655Student Made Video Projects in a Computer Technology CourseMr. William E Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina William Genereux is an Associate Professor of Computer & Digital Media Technology at Kansas State University at Salina. He is also a K-State doctoral student in curriculum and instruction, with research interests in media literacy and the educational use of digital media technology. He has been working with computers and technology for the past 25 years. Page 24.1130.1

Conference Session

Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Caroline Carvill, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

on how effectively they havecommunicated their ideas or not, particularly when an EWB-RHIT member has to ask forclarification. Furthermore, EWB-RHIT members frequently ask the technical communicationstudents how they would persuade the community of Gomoa Gyaman of their ideas to whichthere may be some resistance, reminding them that communication is an integral part ofengineering. As part of our presentation at ASEE 2014, we will share the assignments,evaluations, and other materials that have been produced through this approach. Approach 4--Grand Challenges After-School ProjectLike the Engineers Without Borders Project, the Grand Challenges After-School Project ensuresthat students see their communication work in a real world context. The

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jian Yuan, Beihang University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

improving the practical effectiveness of engineering ethics that draws on theories in hermeneutics, practical philosophy, and discourse ethics has recently been awarded the ”Outstanding Dissertation Award” in Liaoning Province, China.Prof. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Assistant Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

isequivalent to one 50 minute lecture period or a 30 minute lab) shared between all complementarystudies. Our accreditation board acknowledges the need for interpretation and judgement whiledistributing these units across the range of topics covered by this category, noting: While considerable latitude is provided in the choice of suitable content for the complementary studies component of the curriculum, some areas of study are essential in the education of an engineer. Accordingly, the curriculum must include studies in the following: a. Engineering economics b. The impact of technology on society c. Subject matter that deals with central issues, methodologies, and thought

Conference Session

Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, Brasilia, and its shining new university.13This vision was largely upheld by Kubitschek’s more conservative successor, Jânio Quadros. Onthe other hand, higher education remained an elite institution in Brazil. While more broadlyprogressive ideals animated the vision for the University of Brasilia, at other Brazilianuniversities the governing vision remained that of changes designed to add to Brazil’s reputationand national identity. Keller first received an invitation from the Dean of the Faculty (equivalentto Provost) at one of the established national universities, the University of Sao Paulo, to helpmodernize the university’s Psychology Department and curriculum. Unfortunately for Keller, bythe time he arrived the dean had been ousted as a

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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wenjuan wang, Beihang University ; Ming Li, Beihang University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Jian Yuan, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

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being “xunhuan xiangji yiweiyong” (“being integrated without any barriers”). Because engineering is comprehensive,involves complexity, and attempts to meet human needs, it seems potentially well-aligned withthis way of organizing knowledge, which promotes coherence and convergence betweenscientific and humanistic knowledge in engineering education. Yet based on establishment of “arational engineering curriculum system,” engineering students were required to take compulsorycourses related to specialized technical topics in order to avoid achieving breadth withoutsufficient depth.11 This approach was consistent with a traditional Chinese view that “naturalsciences cannot be isolated. And if it was separated from humanities, it would be looked

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhihui Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in China” .“Red andExpert” as an educational objective was put forward by Mao Zedong. Being redmeans obeying the leadership of the Communist Party, unconditionally subscribing tothe communist ideology, and being loyal to all levels of party members and cadres.Under the party rule, the party’s wills were equivalent to the nation’s benefit; hence“red engineers” were considered as patriots. The cultivation of “experts” focused ontraining specialized senior personnel. The excessive emphasis on specializationseparated science education from engineering education; humanities education wasseen even less relevant and largely eliminated from engineering curriculum, exceptfor a few courses in political education. This idea was imported from

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University; Cary David Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

demonstrate non-technical student outcomes, including those pertaining to ethics,global issues, economics, and understanding of environmental and societal contexts.2When the objective is to improve student writing skills (“learning to write”), an integrated, orwriting across the curriculum (WAC) approach to teaching technical writing is consideredfavorable over the alternative of isolated, stand-alone communication courses that oftendecontextualize writing.3-4 In the integrated approach, communication instruction and practice isdistributed throughout the curriculum and embedded in technical courses, well beyond thestandard inclusion of laboratory reports in laboratory classes. Such an approach also maximallyleverages the writing process towards the

Conference Session

Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Existing programs are often uniquelydesigned for their host institutions and may be difficult to adapt and replicate. In aiding manyschools in overcoming these barriers, several options exist. For example, entirely digital coursesor regional collaborations with co-taught components are possible.Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a national network built upon relatively autonomousindividual chapters. Because of this, we chose to focus our responses on a hybrid of physicalclasses that are asynchronously connected to shared curriculum content, community, andprofessional expertise. An asynchronous approach allows greater scale by avoiding the need toschedule several classes simultaneously. Our overall response is titled the Wicked Problems

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kamarza Mulia, Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia; Elsa Krisanti, Chemical Engineering Department, Universitas Indonesia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

multidisciplinaryteam as one of its undergraduate curriculum learning outcomes, listed in Appendix B.Communication skills are considered an important component within engineering curricula,either as stand-alone classes or integrated into a program curriculum along with otherimportant process skills. In the integrated approach, all of these skills are coveredprogressively in a series of courses. Examples of the integrated approach are those at theVirginia Tech's Materials Science and Engineering Department3 and the University ofQueensland’s Project Centred Curriculum in Chemical Engineering for the third and fourthyear students4.The communication skills course in our program is a stand-alone class, nevertheless, it hasbeen developed as part of our effort to

Conference Session

Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Engineering as a Professional Calling

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Conference Session

Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jodi F. Prosise, St. Ambrose University; Hank Yochum, Sweet Briar College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

every-otheryear at one institution, enrolling 20-25 students in the course, and every year at the otherinstitution with 10-15 students. It has been suggested that early incorporation ofmultidisciplinary teamwork into the curriculum is a more effective strategy than waiting forsenior design7, supporting the effectiveness of our inclusion of PATU into sophomore andjunior-level courses. In addition, the integration of engineering and non-engineering students incollaborative virtual teams has proven to be an effective learning strategy in multidisciplinaryteamwork8. These projects provide students practice in the engineering design process and withcommunication techniques.One of the key components of the program, and one reason the co-institutional

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jean L. Coco, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mehdi Miri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert W. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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: A Four Course StudyAbstractOne measure of continuous improvement in the Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment (ECE) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is survey feedback fromalumni on their workplace readiness. In a recent survey, alumni highlighted oral communicationas an area of weakness in the curriculum. When a group of faculty teaching design courseslearned about the University’s Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC) program, theyformed a pilot team to focus on improving student oral presentation skills in the design courses.The CAC program focuses on the oral and written communication as playing an integral role inteaching students reasoning, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. And as