Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Leslie, New York University Tandon School of Engineering ; Lindsay Anderberg, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

students unstructured information, which they had tosynthesize, encouraged them to start thinking about the process of invention.Top “likes” for the students were the feeling that they had gained insight into the past, or theprofession, and the physical handling of original documents. For example, one student explained,“I felt like a real archaeologist/researcher. Mainly I felt I received an experience that placed meinto the context of a historical analysis of the progression of technology.” Another studentcommented that exploring an inventor’s papers aided his or her understanding of the process ofinvention. “It was interesting to see a successful inventor’s first hand notes of what failed andwhat didn’t.” As we have seen in other classes

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her