Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

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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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important problems at the interface between chemistry, physics, engi- neering, and biology preparing the trainees for careers in academe, national laboratories, and industry. In addition to research, she devotes significant time developing and implementing effective pedagogical approaches in her teaching of undergraduate courses to train engineers who are critical thinkers, problem solvers, and able to understand the societal contexts in which they are working to addressing the grand challenges of the 21st century. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Peer Review and Reflection in Engineering Labs: Writing to Learn and Learning to WriteAbstractClear

Conference Session

Ethical Awareness and Social Responsibility in a Corporate/Team Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natasha D. Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

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conceptspresented in lecture through team-based studios (24 or fewer students). During students’ latteryears in their programs, discipline-specific laboratory and design sequences provide additionalopportunities to enhance teaming knowledge and skills. The three distinct instructional spacesare:Studios. Most of the large-enrollment courses consist of a lecture component supported bysmaller studio sections. During studios, students actively apply concepts and problem-solvingprocedures as they work in teams. The presented tasks are designed as professional engineeringproblems where learners take the role of practitioners working on a team. The orientation ispractice-to-concept, where the tasks require students to use core concepts and practices as toolsin

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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ASEE Board of Directors

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the standalone technical communication courses in the Departments ofChemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Texas at Austin [3]. Finally, rather than using a standalone course to teach writing,a number of engineering departments try to interweave the teaching of writing into a sequence ofengineering courses. Such a course sequence occurs with two upper-level laboratory courses inthe Mechanical Engineering Department of Virginia Tech [4]. However, with recent increases in engineering undergraduate enrollments [5], many suchcourses are stretched. Faculty are asked to teach greater loads, often without additional resources.One such example is Pennsylvania State University

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Toluwalogo Odumosu, University of Virginia; Sean Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Rosalyn W. Berne, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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and sociocultural norms as well as in classic studies of socialization in scientific andtechnical careers, which don’t mention novices’ existing knowledge, skills, or identities (e.g.,[17], [18], [19]). Despite ongoing critiques of this mindset as inaccurate and a barrier to learningand identity formation (e.g., [20], [21], [22]), some academic communities, such as theengineering research laboratory groups that co-author Wylie studies, continue to talk aboutnovices according to this model. This approach does great injustice to newcomers to expertcommunities as well as robs experts of opportunities to learn from “a wisdom of peripherality”([23] p. 216), i.e., the invaluable perspective of outsiders. In ongoing observations and interviewsof

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

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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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postdoctoral research associate at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1988-1990. Cooper’s research interests include optical spectroscopic studies of novel magnetic and superconducting materials at high pressures, high magnetic fields, and low temperatures. Each spring since 2013, Cooper has co-taught (with Celia Elliott) a graduate- level technical writing course, ”Communicating Physics Research,” to physics and engineering graduate students.Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Celia Mathews Elliott is a science writer and technical editor in the Department of Physics at the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been teaching technical communications to upper-level

Conference Session

Imagining and Reimagining Engineering Education as a Dynamic System

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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High school GPA min 3.02 2.70 2.97 High school GPA max 4.00 4.00 4.00 High school GPA average 3.77 3.82 3.93The Engineering Math pilot implementation included a 50-minute lecture section meeting threetimes a week, one 50-minute recitation section a week, and one 110-minute lab section eachweek, consistent with a 4-credit hour class during a 16-week semester. All course activities tookplace in a unique active-learning classroom dedicated to Engineering Math. Students worked inpairs to complete weekly laboratory exercises, with the first pairings determined by studentchoice, and the second and third

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Andre Millard, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Edison’s West Orange laboratory, the rise and fall of the recording industry,and the technological underpinnings of Beatlemania have been used as readings in the secondpart of the course [10, 11, 12]. Dr. Millard joined the project with enthusiasm. In order to get afeel for engineering students and how engineering courses are typically conducted, he sat in on anumber of engineering classes. Noting that group projects and oral presentations are commonrequirements for engineering students, those activities were incorporated into the history classes.Note, however, that because the core distribution classes cannot be specific to any major ordiscipline, the courses are not limited to engineering students. The courses also have noprerequisites.Before

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

environment, science, technology, and health (ESTH). Oerther earned his B.A. in biological sciences and his B.S. in environmental health engineering from Northwestern University (1995), and he earned his M.S. (1998) in environmental health engineering and his Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has completed postgraduate coursework in Microbial Ecology from the Marine Biology Laboratory, Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati, Public Health from The Johns Hopkins University, and Public Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington. Oerther is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE, DC, MO, and OH), Board Certified in Environmental Engineering (BCEE) by the American Academy

Conference Session

Ethical Awareness and Social Responsibility in a Corporate/Team Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Committee. Inthe course, phase behavior, density, viscosity, interfacial tension, and composition of oil, gas,and brine systems are discussed. Course curriculum includes laboratory measurements,interpretation of lab data for engineering applications, flash calculations with k-values andequation of state and an introduction to fluid property software. CSR had previously not beentaught in the course, as it focused on the technical curriculum. In Fall 2016, CSR was introducedto the class through one assignment in which students watched a video about Chevron’s AlderGas Field Project and answered questions about Chevron’s Health, Safety, Security,Environment and Social Responsibility (HSSE-SR) and Sustainable Development practices.Fall 2016 Senior

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Michael Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia; John Kofi Eshirow Jr., University of Virginia; Catherine Claire Pollack, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Joseph A. Levert P.E., University of New Haven; Bijan Karimi, University of New Haven

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across programs [11]. With support from the Davis Educational Foundation, theengineering faculty developed three sets of online instructional resources: one that providesmaterials for a first-year required online course in writing short engineering reports; a secondthat focuses on writing lab reports and is available as an online instructional resource in third-year laboratory courses; and a third that is available to all seniors taking the two-semester longSenior Design Course sequence (see Appendix A). One critical component of PITCH is theintegration of required communication products in designated courses throughout all four yearsof the engineering curriculum, including design proposals, reports, and posters in the SeniorDesign Courses. In

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared David Berezin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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