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Accountability and Stewardship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University; Chrystal S Johnson; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University

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in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Chrystal S JohnsonSiddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Project DECIDE: A K12 Civics and Engineering Education Curricular Partnership (Works in Progress)IntroductionMany have expressed concern about ethics and civic-mindedness of engineers and theirreflection on their responsibility and public impact of their work[1]. Universities hope tograduate ethical engineers, but may not have intentionality about the education towards civicresponsibility. Lin and Hess[2] argued that civic responsibility requires special attention inengineering education. Hess and Zola[3] found that few youth

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Mateo F. Rojas, Colorado School of Mines; Sofia Lara Schlezak, Colorado School of Mines; Emma Chapman, Colorado School of Mines

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Education, 2023Beyond Uncritical Blindness: How critical praxis about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and just projectsAbstractThis paper explores how using concepts and frameworks from Science and Technology Studies(STS) to think and practice critically about engineering for community development (ECD) is anecessary precondition and preparation if engineering educators hope to instill sociallyresponsible behavior in our students and social justice in their community projects. With thesignificant surge of community engagement projects in US engineering programs, there is agrowing need for developing critical lenses for engineering students involved in communitydevelopment, so

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Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Korte, The George Washington University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University ; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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of work being maintained. Following the theoreticalframework of an Activity System [16], we organized our analyses based on the components of anactivity system and conducted a thematic analysis of each component—Subjects, Objectives,Tools, Rules, Communities, and Division of Labor (see Figure 2).Subjects of the Study. Participants described occupational and organizational roles and positionsin various activity systems in the organization. We identified two categories of subjects—individual roles and teams/groups. Within those categories we identified five subcategories ofindividuals: engineers (structural, design, plant), systems operator, supervisor of engineeringteams, construction site coordinators (CSC), and project managers (PM). In

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert P. Dalka, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Devyn Shafer; Brianne Gutmann, San José State University

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student success; and (c) cultivate more ethical future scientists and engineers by blending social, political and technological spheres. She prioritizes working on projects that seek to share power with students and orient to stu- dents as partners in educational transformation. She pursues projects that aim to advance social justice in undergraduate STEM programs and she makes these struggles for change a direct focus of her research.Devyn Elizabeth ShaferDr. Brianne Gutmann, San Jos´e State University Brianne Gutmann (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at San Jos´e State University. She does physics education research with expertise in adaptive online learning tools, identity-responsive mentoring and community

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin; Ramakrishna Sai Annaluru, University of Texas, Austin; Christine Julien, University of Texas, Austin; Pedro Enrique Santacruz, University of Texas, Austin

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, equity, andinclusion issue directly and individually to give the best chance at leveling the opportunities foreveryone.The Climate Survey Report for a survey conducted in 2021 and published in 2022 in our Schoolof Engineering calls on members to “Seek out opportunities … to educate yourself about theexperiences of people with backgrounds and experiences different from your own, particularlygroups who are marginalized in engineering,” and for faculty to “Bring diverse perspectives toclass through the examples you use, the practicing engineers and projects you highlight and byallowing students some flexibility in helping you identify some of these examples and topics forreal-life applications of course material” [8]. This project was designed to

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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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intersection of science and/or technology in society, and the theme for our work is “what is good engineering and science.”This is an excerpt from an email that two authors of this paper, Elizabeth Reddy and MarieStettler Kleine, sent out in the summer of 2022. We were excited for the opportunity to invite ourcolleagues to join us in the project of interdisciplinary engineering education, informed byScience and Technology Studies (or STS). This project was an opportunity to stage playfulworkshops and facilitate conversations we did not often get to have, all designed to stimulateinterdisciplinary reflections on what we do and why we do it. We were informed by theories of“trading zones” from STS and theories of the classroom drawn from

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Accountability and Stewardship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact ofengineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts" [1]. Separatefrom ABET accreditation requirements, we wish our graduates to make informed choices duringtheir professional activities, especially if they work in an environment in which they are asked bya direct supervisor to falsify data. Ideally, this ethics training is conducted within engineeringcourses.At Loyola University Chicago (LUC), four social justice case study projects are embedded in thecurriculum. In this study, we hypothesize that the U.S. Senate Hearing social justice case studiesare effective in teaching engineering professional responsibility for several reasons. First, the

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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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projects. Future efforts focuson more consistently scaffolding writing throughout the full materials science program andengaging a larger set of faculty around these areas. The paper will share findings of how theseefforts have supported student learning and explore how faculty can address areas that still needsupport. Overall, this collaboration has not only allowed the materials science program to fullymeet ABET outcomes but also understand the ways communication support enables graduates todevelop engineering identities and move into the next phase with the skills they need to besuccessful.IntroductionDriven by ABET Student Outcomes and industry needs, engineering programs aim to providestudents the opportunity to develop communication and

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Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University; Bryanne Peterson; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl; Cassandra J. McCall, Utah State University; Desen Sevi Özkan, Tufts University

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National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career trajectories, student motivation, and learning. Sreyoshi has been recognized as a Fellow at the Academy for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech (VTGrATE) and a Fellow at the Global Perspectives Program (GPP) and was inducted to the Yale Bouchet Honor Society during her time at Virginia Tech. She has also been honored as an Engaged Ad- vocate in 2022 and an Emerging Leader in Technology (New ELiTE) in 2021 by the Society of Women Engineers. Views expressed in this paper are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of organizations she is associated with. Learn more about Sreyoshi’s impact

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Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eunjeong Ma, Pohang University of Science and Technology

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-called Western countries as a reference point to emulate. And the governments had heavilyrelied on human resources trained in Western countries, in particular the United States, whoserved as the main engine of production and dissemination of advanced scientific knowledgeand technology (Choi 1999). ICT fields from infrastructure to human resources were a focusof development policy for the future (Ko and Kang 2014). Viewing that the IT infrastructure,the industry, and human resources had had a tremendous success in terms of quantitativeexpansion, in 2010 the government launched a project to cultivate “IT Elites” or “IT Talents”at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It was a 10-year-long educational program aimed atcultivating global leaders in

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Nicewonger, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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transdisciplinary, undergraduate curriculum at a largeresearch university in the U.S. The research conducted for this evaluation led to several insightson how students in this program are being socialized to carry out cross-disciplinary, team-centered learning projects. As part of the non-academic partnerships, this includes participatingin learning activities that train students to employ methodological tools and schematics forconducting research on complex problems that are borrowed from business and industry. Suchpractices are viewed by the faculty and administrators of this program as curricular pathways fortraining the next generation of transdisciplinary thinkers and innovators, which, in addition tolarge funding gifts, is one of the reasons why this

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Department at Georgia Tech.Ms. Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Isabel recently graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville earning her Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering with Honors. She has assisted with several qualitative and mixed-methods research projects centered around diversity and inclusion in engineering. She will begin a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Engineering Education at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Fall 2024.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her

Conference Session

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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communication [14,15].The challenges of adequately preparing students for this demand in sociotechnical skillsets hasbeen studied by researchers both for general capstone design courses for engineers only and forthose that are multidisciplinary beyond engineering disciplines [9,16,17]. The “2015 Survey ofCapstone Design” [16] not only highlighted the ever-growing focus on technicalcommunications within capstone courses, but also outlined the ubiquitous challenge ofintentionally modeling capstone design courses to prepare students. In the survey however, theconcept of multidisciplinary is one that refers to the diverse kinds of engineering majors and howthey interplay with one another in capstone projects but does not include capstone design modelsthat

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Naqaa Abbas, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Reza Tafreshi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Patrick Linke; Mary Queen, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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East region and examines the initial impact of the team’sreorganization of a required Technical Professional Writing course on engineering students'educational experience as they learn effective and relevant professional communication skills inthe field of engineering; as they network with mentors from various industries; and as they trainto be effective writers and competitive candidates in their engineering fields.We hypothesize that the significant collaboration between English and Engineering faculty indeveloping assignments, providing feedback to students throughout their projects, and assessingstudents’ final products, as well as the partnership with various partner industries, considerablyimproves our students’ writing journey at TAMUQ

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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level is not, in and of itself novel. A simple Google Scholar search willgenerate over 24,000 citations elaborating upon such efforts. Peer-reviewed research on thistopic can be summarized into categories of innovation and specialized project development -including industry involvement (Goldberg, Cariapa, Corliss, et. al., 2014); professionalpreparation, and attribute/competency development (Hotaling, Fasse, Bost, et. al., 2012); andcapstone best-practices, pedagogy and assessment approaches (Newell, Doty, & Klein, 1990;Behdinan, Pop-Iliev, & Foster, 2014). Noticeably, however, the presence of recent innovativescholarship in this area appears scant.Looking back however to 1990, Newell, Doty, and Klein suggested that anecdotally, there

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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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applications. She is passionate about creating positive change within her communities and being a compassionate scientist and leader.Meredith Hooper, California Institute of Technology Meredith Hooper is an Aeronautics PhD student studying under Professor Mory Gharib and Co-Director of the Caltech Project for Effective Teaching (CPET). Her PhD research uses a combination of machine learning and experimental techniques to investigate optimal modes of propulsion, spanning interests in both bioinspired propulsion and classical aviation. In her role as Co-Director of CPET, Meredith works closely with the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach to coordinate and lead a variety of workshops, speakers, discussions, and more

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Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline Polmear, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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through language and behavior rather than biological markers[21]. Central to social constructionist approaches is the notion that the experience and expressionof emotion are dependent on cultural norms and are therefore not universal. In the past twodecades, there has been growing research in education using social constructionism. However,the aforementioned review of literature on emotions in engineering education indicates a lack ofstudies with a cultural and sociological focus, and the authors call for broader engagement withsocio-cultural perspectives in engineering education [13].MethodsProject ContextThe present study is part of a larger project that is exploring macroethical development in civiland architectural engineering among

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Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth L Thompson P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Silvana McCormick, Redwood Consulting Collective; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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described here explores these current or baseline faculty attitudes as capturedby a survey sent to both department and college of engineering faculty members.The survey includes validated instruments on culturally responsive teaching, department climateand culture, psychological safety, climate for innovation, and feelings of community as it relatesto the goals and activities of the department transformation project, and perspectives, specificallyfrom computer engineering department faculty, on their personal alignment with andcommitment to the department vision, perceived and anticipated barriers to departmentaltransformation, and current priorities within the context of the project goals. This survey is partof a larger mixed method approach to

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey T Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Courtney Burris

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research involves examining different types of homework problems in undergraduate engineering science courses, the intersection of affect and engineering identity, and improving the teaching of engineering courses.Courtney Burris ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Addressing Engineers and Stakeholders Social and Institutional Power in a Human-Centered Design Capstone CourseIntroductionAs trained professionals, engineers have well recognized areas of expertise. Such expertise oftentranslates into expert power in their professional practice. Expert power can be defined as theability to influence other people, decision-making, and project planning and/or project outcomesbased on the

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Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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YiXiang Shawn Sun, National Taiwan University; Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Jongmin Lee, University of Science and Technology; Sean Michael Ferguson, CSUCI

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Engineering & Society, University of Virginia. Before joining UVA. she was a research fellow at National Institutes of Health, and worked for Drexel University as assistant research professor.Dr. Jongmin Lee, University of Science and TechnologyDr. Sean Michael Ferguson, CSUCI This paper is a joint project of Drs. Sean Ferguson, Sharon Ku, Jongmin Lee, and our amazing RA Yixiang Sun. Sean Ferguson was Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Society’s Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Program at the University of Virginia from 2014-2022. He currently has been working with a team at NYCU in Taiwan and UST in Korea to run a global virtual classroom. In addition, with collaborators at California State

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Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University; Sepehr Vakil, Northwestern University

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over recent decades, theyhave rarely been taken up. Only a select set of observers has imagined that critical attention tosuch roles is a necessary part of responsibly preparing professional engineering personnel; weinclude among these observers some communities within the ASEE and the InternationalNetwork for Engineering Studies (INES) and notably, the international organization,Engineering, Social Justice and Peace (ESJP). We support the thorough incorporation ofgeopolitical understandings into engineering training and focus here on one element of thiscritical engagement: experiences of national identity among engineering students, as part of bothhegemonic state-making projects and projects of resistance or revolution.The complex historical

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ’4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM education with col- leagues from Notre Dame, Xavier University and St. Mary’s College. His research focuses on wicked problems that arise at the intersection of society and technology. Rider holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability from Arizona State University, and a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from Harvard Uni- versity and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from University of New Hampshire. Before earning his doctorate, he has worked for a decade in consulting and emergency response for Triumvirate Environmental Inc.Andrew LiRebecca Jun, University of Virginia

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Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Choi, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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projects [4]. Additionally, ABET recommends in Criterion 3, whichfocuses on student outcomes, that colleges have an important role in preparing students to enterthe workforce through preparation in different areas such as teamwork, communication, andworking towards specific needs of communities through their work [5]. Practicing andrecognizing mental wellness is another skill that should be considered in the classroom as wellwhich will allow students to learn how to better self-regulate, and manage their stress to preparethem for future challenges they will face working in a professional field.We have chosen to use the term mental wellness since we are focusing on the context of studentmental well-being rather than coming from a clinical health

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Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Amol Agrawal; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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inequities in student success; and (c) cultivate more ethical future scientists and engineers by blending social, political and technological spheres. She prioritizes working on projects that seek to share power with students and orient to stu- dents as partners in educational transformation. She pursues projects that aim to advance social justice in undergraduate STEM programs and she makes these struggles for change a direct focus of her research.Dr. David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park David is the director of the Science, Technology and Society program at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. He works with STEM majors on the ethical and social dimensions of science and technology. David also does

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Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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dimensions of engineering practice. This frameworkhelps to clarify how “sociotechnical integration” is in fact a high bar for engineering designpractice (or, for that matter, any formalized inquiry practice). The following section provides anoverview and justification of our Design Engineering program’s curricular structure, built as it isaround a “design spine”—that is, open-ended project-based design every semester—alongsidemore traditional engineering curricular requirements. After reviewing our curriculum, we turnattention to the design of our program’s ABET assessment infrastructure and how we have usedABET requirements to ensure we hold ourselves accountable to a high-bar of sociotechnicalintegration across our design spine. Before concluding

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Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan M Adams, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Ashley Rea, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Brian Roth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Katrina Marie Robertson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Trey Thomas Talko, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Riddle Aeronautical UniversityKatrina Robertson, Embry Riddle Aeronautical UniversityTrey Talko, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Small Shifts: New Methods for Improving Communication Experiences for Women in Early Engineering Courses Abstract: This paper outlines methods and initial data from an educational intervention based on previous research published at ASEE. Students in introductory engineering courses face challenges communicating and integrating their ideas in team projects. Often these challenges with team communication fall along gendered lines, where women students experience marginalization in team settings. This paper builds from previous research in the field of engineering education which integrated

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Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University; Samantha Fried; Beth J. Rosenberg

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to toxic silica dust, amineral that slices the lung like shards of glass” (Lancianese, 2019, par. 5). The National ParkServices cite 764 as the death toll, in which the majority of these deaths were Black men (NPS,n.d.). Following congressional hearings and the public outcry about the working conditions atGauley Bridge, the Walsh Healy Act was passed in 1936, which was the first federal governmentintervention in worker safety and health (Bingham, 1980). This act only applied to contractorsworking on government-funded projects, which stipulated minimum wages, overtime wages, andsome health and safety requirements. Part of the act was to mandate the use of respirators,another way to shift the responsibility from the company to the workers

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarvnaz Lotfi, Loyola University, Maryland; Raenita A. Fenner, Loyola University, Maryland

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Society (STS) joined forces with the Chair of the Engineering Department atLoyola University Maryland (LUM) to radically transform the university’s introductoryengineering course. The former contributor arrived at the project having spent several yearsexperimenting in the classroom with various pedagogical strategies intended to historicize forengineering students the political, social, and economic context in which they (and those whocame before them) have lived, learned, and worked. That the complementary interests and skillsof a recent STS PhD and a seasoned Electrical Engineer would converge on the same problem(i.e., How to place engineering in context?) and at the same moment in time (i.e., mid-2022) maybe fortuitous. More likely, though, it

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Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lichao Ma, Tsinghua University; Xiaofeng Tang, Tsinghua University

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unfamiliar organizational context and negotiatereal world engineering projects with escalating complexities and uncertainties. Career resilienceplays an important role in early career engineers’ identify transition from students to professionals,yet current literature examining the career resilience of engineers is rather limited, and the samplesof resilience studies were largely confined to engineers in North America. Based on interviewswith 16 early career engineers in China, this paper presents a grounded theory analysis of thedevelopment of career resilience for recent engineering graduates at the workplace. The studyfound that perceived mini-crises, supporting resources, and positive adaptation are the threeladders of career resilience for

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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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in Environmental Engineering. Her participatory research on environmental risks in rural Colombia was conducted under the NSF-supported ”Responsible Mining, Resilient Communities” project. Gibson earned dual B.S./B.A. degrees in Biological-Agricultural Engineering and Spanish Language from the University of Arkansas and served as a Fulbright scholar in Mexico.Dr. David A. Butler, National Academy of Engineering David A. Butler, PhD, is the J. Herbert Hollomon Scholar of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and is the Founding Director of NAE’s Cultural, Ethical, Social, and Environmental Responsibility in Engineering program. Before joining