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Trends in Accreditation and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ronald R. Ulseth, Itasca Community College; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College

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information to solve problems, life-long learning, communication, and ethical behavior. At IRE, and its sister program Twin CitiesEngineering (TCE), incoming students are presented with the outcomes during orientation. Asnew, innovative programs recruiting students before being accredited, discussion of theoutcomes and aligning program activities with the outcomes provided external credibility. Thissupported change and student buy-in to program activities that were designed to move themtowards better meeting the outcomes, but that would not be familiar to students in traditionalprograms, such as a professional development plan or metacognitive reflection activities.The IRE and TCE programs were developed as outcomes-based programs. Beginning with

Conference Session

Panel Session: The Grammar Elephant in the Engineering Classroom

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis; Ruth Ann McKinney, The University of North Carolina School of Law; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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experts to publish Core Grammar for En- gineers, a discourse-specific, self-instructional program for engineering students that will be released in 2016-17 (see www.thegrammarproject.com).Dr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assess- ment and Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her research areas include tech- nical communication, assessment, accreditation, and the development of change management strategies for faculty and staff. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, International Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on

Conference Session

Trends in Accreditation and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan M. Hicks, University of Florida; Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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what types ofknowledge, skills or attitudinal sets are needed to become an effective ‘life-long learner.’” (p.105)12 Thus, despite McGourty et al.’s call for operational clarification, 1 outcome (i) still appearsto confound many engineering programs.Our research was guided by the question, “How do engineering programs address ABET studentoutcomes as reported within their program self-study documents?” Our research goal was to helpeducators interpret the breadth and specificity of ABET student outcomes by offering a structuraltechnique to interpret outcomes and to plan, implement, and evaluate curricula. This paperpresents our research process—a curriculum design framework to map the components ofstudent outcomes. To illustrate its

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas - Tyler; Kyle Gullings, University of Texas - Tyler; Catherine Elizabeth Ross Ph.D., University of Texas - Tyler

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an appendix that described thegenesis of the novel, including Flaubert’s development of detailed scenarios for the events of hisnovel in which Flaubert described the setting, characters involved, and outcomes of these events.The level of detail and planning seems remarkable to an engineer; Flaubert even drew a simplemap of the fictional village of Yonville-l’Abbaye in which much of the story takes place. Manypages include cross-outs and marginal notes related to the plot. Faculty in the arts, however, areused to seeing such careful mapping of setting, plot, and characters in imaginative texts,especially in longer works such as novels. Similar plans were made by Charles Dickens andJane Austen for their novels, and by William Wordsworth and

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. The Biomedical Engineering and Software Engineering programs are preparing for accreditation in the next review cycle. Also, a special interdisciplinary General Engineering program is offered that is not accredited. At SJSU, BS Engineering programs are treated as accredited, since all programs are designed with assessment and accreditation in mind. Rationalization for the Course Sequence: The 120 Unit Plan Discussions of reduction in units to earn a baccalaureate degree have occurred within the California State University (CSU) system since the 1990’s. Much progress was made to reduce programs in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. By 2008 approximately 81% of degree programs met the 120-unit

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yupeng Luo, California State University - Fresno; Wei Wu, California State University - Fresno; Zhanna Bagdasarov, California State University - Fresno

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performance mea- surement, decision-making & optimization, service-learning and community engagement. Dr. Luo is a LEED AP BD+C and a CM-BIM holder.Dr. Wei Wu, California State University - Fresno Dr. Wei Wu, LEED AP, CM-BIM, A.M.ASCE, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construc- tion Management of the Lyles College of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. He received the Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering with a focus on Built Environment from Hunan Univer- sity in China, the Master of Science in Environmental Change and Management at University of Oxford in the UK, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Construction and Planning at University of Florida. He is an associate

Conference Session

Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

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(LMSS).The initial interview with each engineer was semi-structured and focused on employmenthistory, career plans and aspirations, family background, experience of engineering coursework,and other similar themes. For those engineers with more than one interview, the interviewsconsisted of learning about the engineer’s current work projects, work environment and closecolleagues; and assessing the engineer’s attitude about his/her work activity and workplace socialenvironment.The analysis was conducted in several steps. First, the interviews were professionally transcribedand then thematically coded by Vinson. From these interviews Vinson was able to reconstructthe work history of each engineer, accounting for why engineers left or returned to

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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city. Everyone wanted to contribute to the communal effort. Acutestress is known to have a bonding effect on affected people, and this was no different.44Most of us planned in anticipation of the spring. We tracked the intermittent campus updatesfrom the administration, which apprised us of the recovery efforts. We planned not only for thespring semester, but, even more basically, for the times when we could simply retrieve ourpossessions that we stowed away in the dorm rooms before the evacuation. At the same time, itwas important to remain cognizant of the fact that, as inconvenient as it may have been for someof the students, there were countless other students native to New Orleans in much starkersituations. In many cases, they had lost

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Janice L. Hall, Virginia Tech

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. Itshould be noted that Algiers is located in the West Bank district of New Orleans and was one ofthe less-impacted areas after Katrina, an “Immediate Opportunity Area”a as it would later becalled in the action plan set forth by the Urban Planning committee for the Bring New OrleansBack Commission.23 The vice president and Algiers legislators presented the proposal for thenew charter schools to an invitation only group on October 5, 2005 without informing theOPSB.21 The vice president for Algiers schools emailed the proposal to board members the nightbefore the scheduled OPSB meeting, which was held on October 7, 2005. It was announced atthe OPSB meeting by New Orleans Governor Kathleen Blanco that charter schools were to bebuilt in New Orleans and

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Avi Kaplan, Temple University

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that purpose. A third component is beliefs – knowledge and conceptions that arestated as being true about the world or about a domain, such as engineering. The fourthcomponent is action possibilities – plans, intentions, strategies, and behaviors that the individualfeels are possible or impossible in the role. These four components emerge continuously throughsocial interactions in different contexts, and interact in a dynamic fashion among themselves, andwith analogous components that belong to other important roles of the person. The four components interact dynamically to form the basis for motivated decisionmaking and action in the role. For example, a student might have a particular set of beliefs aboutthe field of engineering such

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bernadette Longo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Dave M. Kmiec, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #16271From Workplace to Classroom - Document Workflow and Engineering Com-munication PedagogyDr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assess- ment and Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her research areas include tech- nical communication, assessment, accreditation, and the development of change management strategies for faculty and staff. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, International Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University

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ethics in research. Several case studies were introduced to help studentsunderstand the importance of ethical research practices including falsifying data and plagiarism.Students continued working in their groups to develop their study. All of the projects thestudents in this section developed involved collecting data either through observation or survey,so they began to develop their submission for approval of their studies to the InstitutionalReview Board. Students also worked on an assignment that required them to describe in detailtheir plan for data collection and management, clearly identifying who their study participantswould be, how they would be recruited, what methodology would be used to collect data, howthe data would be stored, and

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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this theatre course forengineers we introduce participants to theatre and performance as they analyze and performselected plays about science. While the course is allocated as a Humanities and Social Sciences(HSS) credit, it is led by faculty from the Engineering Communication Program [ECP]. Thisservice unit within the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering [FASE] supports curriculumdevelopment and delivery in communication and design across all departments. As a result,alongside our work in this course we work with engineering colleagues in core technical coursesand plan standalone communication courses, giving us insight into content and modes ofinstruction from the engineering discipline. With this background, we can challenge our

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; David J. Adams, Technical Communications Consultant; Amanda Simson, The University of New Haven

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robot to be used in the class Planning and project status. The project involves the manufacturing floor simulation. Program Development – construction and programming of robots robot using LabVIEW. Report out weekly Freshman, Fall to simulate a manufacturing floor. via oral presentations and at project end via a technical memo. EASC 1112: Methods 3 technical memos reporting on projects Calculate hydrogen storage and flow for a of Engineering done in course. Projects involve fuel cell powered vehicle. Analysis – Freshman, developing a computer solution for an Design optimal pipe

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Sandra Soto-Cabán, Muskingum University

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problem.Iterations and revisions of the student work are required. Each update report requires the teams tobuild upon the content included in their initial design plan. The final report requires the teams tobuild upon the midterm report by including a results section that provides information for each ofthe steps included in the design plan. The process of returning to the same core of informationfor each of the reports and presentations encouraged the students to reflect upon the feedbackand evaluation given on the previous report and address problematic issues in the current reportor presentation they were working on. This allows students to build on learning as they applytheir engineering skills to solve the problem. Besides writing reports, students

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R.F.A. Hamilton, Siena Heights University

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supplemented with case studies and student research on real world design processes. The course could be divided into modules, with each module focused on one project. Forexample, a module could be centered on building a toothpick bridge. At the beginning of theunit students could be given a set of design criteria for a bridge they must construct. The criteriacan include weight and size constraints, material constraints, how much load it must handle, orany number of other requirements. As students plan their solution, different bridge designs canbe introduced such as suspension bridges, truss bridges, or arch bridges. Case studies of thedesigns of famous bridges can be used. This can include bridges which work are lauded forinnovation and those

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Cibele V. Falkenberg, Auburn University

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groups’ ensemble-based experimental planning. Yet the classensemble did indeed learn “correct” things about pendulums, along with firsthand knowledge ofthe process by which we generate knowledge through empirical means.Dr. Gross’s experience illustrates several themes that came up among our intervieweesconcerning accepting and building on offers in a STEM paradigm.1. A generous initial offer from the instructor.An offer that serves only to test or evaluate members of an ensemble is rarely a generous offer.Generous offers help the ensemble to succeed together. When offering prompts for activelearning, a certain generosity helps the activity to be educational and satisfying. As Dr. Grossremarked, “If your goal is ‘I want this set of undergraduate

Conference Session

Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Najla Mouchrek, Virginia Tech ; Liesl M Baum, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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research professor in instructionaldesign, had designed and taught the course for five previous semesters. In addition, a graduatestudent in human-centered design was present in each of the classes as well as in planningsessions with the instructors to observe and offer additional support. As the course also aimed toget students to engage in cross-disciplinary discussions, it was critical to offer a variety ofperspectives and areas of expertise. As such, the instructors created a list of guest speakers toperiodically visit class. These guests included representation from industry (strategy planning,user experience, design, marketing) as well as other departments (industrial design, business,library science).To help move through the design process

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Qin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haishao Pang, Beijing Institute of Technology

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Surrounding IEEE’s 1974 Codeof Ethics.” ASEE Annual Conference.18 Burr, W. H. 1893. “The Ideal Engineering Education.” Engineering Education 1, 17-49, quoted in Bucciarelli, L.2011. “Bachelor of Arts in Engineering.” Op. cit.19 Kabo, J., Tang, X., Nieusma, D., Currie, J., Hu, W., and Baille, C. 2012. “Visions of Social Competence: ACross-cultural Comparison of Engineering Education Accreditation in Australia, China, Sweden, and the UnitedStates.” OP. cit.20 Li, M. and Shi, H. 2013. “The Impacts of Liberal Arts Education on Undergraduate Programs: Fulfillment orFrustration?.” Op. cit.21 Hu, X. and Cao, L. 2013. “Meaning and Methods: Some Thoughts on the Role of General Education andCurriculum Design.” Op. cit.22 “Educational Plan for Prominent

Conference Session

Trends in Accreditation and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech

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Conference Session

Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba

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cycle with the two codebooks. Two researchers then reviewed the analysis tocorroborate its trustworthiness20. Plans to expand this work include potential quantitative analysisusing frequency counts25, and expansion of data analysis using multiple coders24. TABLE 2: Aggregate codebook using Deakin Crick Et al.’s seven Dimensions of Learning Power 6 and emergent categories • Circle bullet Indicates preliminary definition Ø Arrow bullet Indicates emerging definition 1. Change and Learning (as opposed to stuck & static) • The extent to which students see themselves grow as learners Ø Take steps to expand their repertoire of learning skills 2. Meaning Making (as opposed to data accumulation) • Links to prior learning (what

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geetanjali R. Date, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

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on Pahl and Beitz as depicted by Dubberly.54 According to this process model, “In principle, the planning and design process proceeds from the planning and clarification of the task, through the identification of the required functions, the elaboration of principle solutions, the construction of modular structures, to the final documentationFig. 1: Engineering design process of the complete product.”.53Many models55 of design

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

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appear in search results and keyword analyses of the abstracts and complete texts of relevant articles. These could be applied not only within ASEE but in the wide range of scholarly publications that treat topics that are relevant to engineering communication and its teaching.    • Organize a National Science Foundation workshop that would allow the participants to extend and deepen the analysis presented in this paper by (a) identifying issues of common concern and (b) planning research to advance knowledge and understanding. In addition to establishing direction for research that would meet the needs of teachers and practitioners of engineering communication, such a workshop would also assist the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California - Davis

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things—on one side of the card jot down briefly why the students wanted to take a collegegrammar course, in general; and on the other side of the card, list three favorite nouns (persons,places, or things). I asked question one to get a better sense of my audience and to make sure thesyllabus of activities I had planned would be sufficient for the group. I asked question two as anicebreaker and fun factor.Out of the 58 students initially present, 23 indicated they were there to take a grammar course tolearn grammar theory; 22 indicated they were there principally to learn applied grammar, that is,common grammar mistakes and how to spot them and fix them in documents; and 3 studentsindicated they wanted to learn more about the history of English

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne-marie Nickel, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer Kelso Farrell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Alicia Domack, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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. Throughout the evolutionof the interdisciplinary teaching strategies, the authors gained knowledge, experience andconvictions that guided future experimentation. This article aims to share these experiences anddescribe future plans to measure the impact on learning. A subsequent article will discussattempts to measure changes in students’ learning.The theme of the interdisciplinary, experiential learning in the two courses is the societal impactsof new technologies. The courses are elective courses from different departments; Nanoscienceand Nanotechnology, a science elective, and Science Fiction, a general studies elective, areintegrated with three activities focused around this theme. In the nanotechnology course, societalimpacts of nanotechnology

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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written in advance by the instructors, andin other cases the students participate in developing the rubrics).Table 1- Course Objectives for the Summer Grand Challenge Program RH330 • Analyzing contexts, audiences, and genres to determine how they Technical influence communication and • Crafting documents to meet the demands and constraints of professional Professional situations Communication • 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

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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date.Conclusions and Future DirectionsAs these efforts progress and the authors expand their understanding of the influence of liberaleducation on engineering curriculum, we plan to continue to explore the means by which thesetwo areas are more closely integrated and are then less viewed as separate areas but more as twosides of the same issue. While the course discussed here is only a small start, looking to the workof others, there are opportunities for greater integration of topics such as ethics, sustainability, andsocial justice into core engineering courses. 7 Students at this institution currently have access to achapter of Engineers Without Borders USA. However, it is not clear whether participation in sucha group achieves the desired effect on

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Shari E. Miller, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Michael Alvin Brewer jr., University of Georgia

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stakeholders and other professionals. In developing a portfolio of initiatives toaddress the overarching project goals, the City Council has identified an opportunity to utilize avacant city block in a low-income area with an ethnically and racially diverse population todevelop and construct an urban natural enclave, including walking trails and community foodgarden spaces. As the project engineer you plan to approach this initiative by forming a projectadvisory team comprising a variety of community stakeholders and a range of interdisciplinaryprofessionals. After your initial round of interviews, you have invited some of the stakeholders toa group meeting. Your goals in facilitating this first meeting are: 1) through the group discussionyou want to

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Annemarie Galeucia, Louisiana State University; Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University

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course content inmore depth because of the communication assignments. While C-I course faculty indicated thatchanging their course objectives and lesson plans to include more work on communication skillshad initially increased time spent on course preparation, they also indicated that because of thedual benefits of improved communication skills and improved understanding of engineeringconcepts, the extra work was worth the effort.At this time, the culture of the College of Engineering was beginning to value and embrace theseprogrammatic changes. The program grew because of successful efforts at faculty buy-in, aswell as positive assessments of the program by students. The program was built from faculty'sgrass-roots perceptions of student needs

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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stakeholders.The final deliverable from the role-playing exercise was an oil and gas development plan for thenation that would win the approval of all of the identified stakeholders.The assigned readings, videos, and guest speakers were interspersed with the role-playingexercise to provide background knowledge and context. These assignments expanded the waysin which students viewed oil and gas development in general, as well as the individual peopleand groups the development may affect. Furthermore these assignments demonstrated some ofthe ways engineers and corporations address the social aspects of projects.To gauge how students’ views changed (or did not change) as a result of the activities, we askedstudents to write their responses to an identical