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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology; Meredith Hooper, California Institute of Technology; Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Morgan Hooper, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Paper ID #42612Board 133: Work in Progress - A Pilot Course on Effective and EnduringAdvocacy: Leading with Compassion in STEMJacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology Jacqueline Tawney is a Ph.D. candidate in GALCIT (Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology). Jacque is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and a leader and organizer for many student groups. In the Kornfield group within Caltech’s Chemical Engineering department, Jacque researches associative polymers, their rheological properties, and their potential for agricultural and industrial

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer C. Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Building a Communication-Integrated Curriculum in Materials ScienceAbstractWith the need to meet ABET outcomes around professional skills, such as communication andteamwork, engineering programs have long explored approaches to ensure their graduates areable to participate in the workplace in ways that employers demand. While approaches vary andsuccess depends on a number of factors, research demonstrates that an integrated approach toprofessional skill development is the most impactful for student learning. How can anengineering program build an

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Courtney Van Kirk; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Emily York, James Madison University; Shannon Conley; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Marisa Renee Brandt, Michigan State University; Kathryn Peck

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-Technical IntegrationResearch (STIR) protocol developed by Erik Fisher and team [29]. They developed the STIRprotocol to bring STEM researchers and others, particularly scholars in the humanities and socialsciences, together to explore the broader ethical, political, social, and legal aspects of scientificdecision making in a laboratory context. STIR facilitates “collaborative inquiry betweenembedded humanists or socialscientists and the scientists,engineers and others who host them” Opportunity Elaborations/Alternatives[30].STIR was first adapted for non-laboratory teaching and learningcontexts by Shannon Conley startingin the 2014-2015 academic year.STIR has been used in the classroomfor a variety of group activities

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

: Engineering identity formation is not simply the result of technical knowledgeacquisition, but also that of enculturation. Both processes are intricately linked to the places (i.e.,physical infrastructures) in which they unfold such as laboratories, classrooms, communal areas,and other engineering spaces on a university campus. Places act as a conduit for engineeringenculturation, as it is within these settings that students are inundated with value-laden symbols& representations, participate in engineering activities and rituals, and are expected to adopt andembody dominant engineering mindsets and attitudes towards technical problem solving.Recognizing that the physical infrastructure of a place can serve as a tangible manifestation ofbroader

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna G Burchfield, University of South Florida; April A. Kedrowicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

ethics.This program began with College-wide, dean’s level administration and support. Thecommunication lab and consultations space was centrally located in the main College ofEngineering building. It was in this space that the director, administrative assistant, and graduateteaching fellows also occupied office space. PhD students from the College of Humanities withinterests in instructional communication, writing/composition, and communication across thecurriculum served as strong ambassadors for the importance of disciplinary expertise. In additionto classroom instruction, communication laboratories, and student consultations, the programdirector and graduate teaching fellows offered monthly workshops targeting engineering facultyon topics related

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Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Hall, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads P.E., The Ohio State University; Tyler James Stump, The Ohio State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

considerations are embedded and influence the technicalsolutions. Researchers have been exploring the intersection of these four approaches, intentionalinterventions, unique classroom contexts, and student outcome data to better understand howthese interventions work to support student learning in technical communication and morebroadly their sociotechnical development.The use of student perception data to better understand pedagogical interventions for technicalcommunication learning outcomes has been explored before in contexts such as freshman yearwriting courses [7], design courses [7] and laboratories [8] connecting theoretical lectures tohands-on practice. However, the context provided within this study aligns itself more withpractices and norms

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Fernandez, UMass Amherst; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Ankita Kumar; Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Zoii Arrianna Henry; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

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recognize thatnew ways of thinking and being will likely come from outside the academy and not from withinit [42]. Already, we have found commonality with and taken inspiration from education andresearch exemplars such as the Zapatista movement’s Escuelas Populares [47], the Science Shopmovement [48], Highlander Education and Research Center [21], and the Civic Laboratory forEnvironmental Action Research (CLEAR) [49]. Our goal is to define a set of practices, based onthe methods of these and other successful experiences, in order to help us manifest SE in theworld. As we share our stories, support one another through our weekly trials and triumphs, andparticipate in our own liberatory praxis, we become community to one another. We start to liveout

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James T. McLeskey Jr., Randolph-Macon College; Deonna Woolard

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Minimum Credits Required for Graduation: 110* Math and Science General Education Requirements are met by courses required by the major as are requirementsfor Computing, Experiential, and Capstone Courses.** Students choose a two-course sequence in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies orGeology*** The Non-Western General Education requirement is often satisfied by a course which satisfies another GeneralEducation RequirementIn addition, RMC has small classes with fewer than 25 students each. While Engineering classesare nominally organized in lecture and laboratory formats, the small class sizes allow for lots offlexibility. For instance, faculty employ peer instruction where students can work in groups oftwo or three

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Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

calculations make EA morecredible than other, “softer” forms of moral reasoning, which might be tainted by emotion, bias,or other subjective sources of error. This case for EA is made most assertively by thepsychologist Paul Bloom: Empathy is biased; we are more prone to feel empathy for attractive people and for those who look like us or share our ethnic or national background. And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data… Laboratory studies find that we really do care more about the one than about the mass, so long as we have personal information about the one. In light of these features, our public decisions

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Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Tran, Utah State University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Academic OutcomesAt its core, mindfulness is a practice that involves enhancing awareness of the present moment,which can significantly improve skills necessary for successful academic outcomes such assustained focus, increased open-mindedness and innovation, and time management. Sustainedfocus is crucial for engineering students who must master complex concepts and problem-solving skills. Mindfulness practices help train the mind to resist distractions and redirectattention to the task [30]. By regularly engaging in mindfulness practices, engineering studentscan develop the mental discipline to stay focused during lectures, laboratory work, and studysessions. In addition to improving concentration, mindfulness promotes a non-judgmental andopen

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nandini Sharma, The University of Texas at Austin; Jeffrey W. Treem, University of Texas at Austin; Megan Kenny Feister, CSUCI

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

infrastructure, we ask the following research question:RQ: How do technology infrastructures shape problem-solving practices in STEM labs? MethodsWe collected data from three interdisciplinary STEM laboratories from three differentuniversities in North America. Over a period of 16 months, we conducted 27 interviews (19Zoom interviews and 8 on-site in-person interviews), attended 26 lab meetings, and shadowedthree lab members in-person. Remote interviews and meeting observations began in thebeginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in Spring 2020. However, we also conducted in-personinterviews and observations in October 2023 when travel was considered relatively safe with

Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University, Chicago; Matt Miller, Loyola University, Chicago

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

. Between her graduate degrees, she worked as a loop transmission systems engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories. She then spent 13 years in the medical device industry conducting medical device research and managing research and product development at five companies. In her last industry position, Dr. Baura was Vice President, Research and Chief Scientist at CardioDynamics. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).Prof. Matt Miller, Loyola University, Chicago Matt Miller is Professor of Counseling Psychology at Loyola University Chicago where he directs the Race, Culture, and Health Equity Lab. His scholarship represents the intersection of multicultural and social

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LIBED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johanna Bodenhamer, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis ; Robert Weissbach, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Corinne C. Renguette, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Brandon Sorge, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Annwesa Dasgupta; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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, "Characterising collaboration: Reflflecting on a partnership between academic support staff and lecturers to help university students learn how to write for the discipline of chemistry," Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 41-53, 2021.Using Tutor-led Support to Enhance Engineering Student Writing for All[11] K. Riegel, "A Scaffolded Approach to Laboratory Report Writing for Non-Major and Introductory Physics Classes," Physics Teacher, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 488-490, 2021.[12] H. Zhang and Y. Li, "Integrating active learning activities and metacognition into STEM writing courses," Advances in Physiology Education, vol. 45, no. 4, p. 902–907, 2021.[13] S. Dinitz and S. Harrington, "The Role of

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rich Dionne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

engineering today.He extends his argument in a critique of the common practice of blaming teachers and facilitiesfor the apparent inadequacies of high school physics instruction and focuses instead on thesystem that allows colleges to dictate curricular design in high schools through entrance exams.The cure, he argues, is not “better prepared teachers, better laboratory facilities, better apparatus,and an attendant who is mechanically inclined” [p. 545]. A much better remedy is “knowingboys, understanding schools, and having some idea of what a problem in education looks likeand of how to go about to solve it” [p. 545]. He also emphasizes the role of enthusiasm andmotivation in education: “when enthusiasm and right motive precede, not only is the

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

laboratory projects in the middle years [27]–[29].Engineering teams offer a mode for interdisciplinarity and task delegation so students can finishlarge and complicated projects within the span of a course. What is not often taught, however,are the various skills necessary in the social processes that make teaming effective:communication, delegation, and conflict resolution, to name a few [30]–[32]. The socialcircumstances in which these skills become relevant can reveal hidden epistemologies that guidethe teaming process, especially when gender differences and dynamics are considered [21].Within engineering, these epistemologies are woven into the culture of engineering learningenvironments and often the engineering field itself [18]. Therefore, we

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Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; David A. Butler, National Academy of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

in Ghana and Kenya. Her expertiseinforms national scientific policy as a member of President Biden’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology. Moreover, Hammond is one of only 33 people to have been elected toall three National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [57].A third symposium speaker was Rory Cooper, Assistant Vice Chancellor and DistinguishedProfessor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburg (Pitt); as wellas Founding Director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories [40, pp. 66–68], [58] andwheelchair-marathon champion. Having sustained an injury during his U.S. Army service,Cooper has utilized a wheelchair since, turning unexpected challenges into opportunities toinspire

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Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julianna Gesun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Rachel Eve Gail Swan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

. Her prior work experiences include product management, consulting, tutoring, marketing, and information technology.Rachel Eve Gail Swan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Rachel Swan is an undergraduate student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Since 2022 she has been an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the ERAU Wireless Devices and Electromagnetics Laboratory (WiDE Lab). She has also been an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the ERAU Biologically Inspired Design-for-Resilience (BID4R) Lab since 2023. Her research projects and interests include hardware security for RF applications and machine learning. She is a recipient of the ERAU’s 2023 Outstanding Electrical Engineering Undergraduate

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, California State University, Channel Islands; Andrew Li; Rebecca Jun, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)