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Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Tonn, Boston College; Avneet Hira, Boston College

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category of engineering as conflict in courses we teach. Our backgroundsin different scholarly traditions inform the ways in which we approach engineering education,which we find are often in conflict, leading to a productive tension which we hope to unpack inthis piece.Jenna Tonn: I am a historian of science and technology and I co-designed and co-teach Makingthe Modern World: Design, Ethics, and Engineering (MMW) with an industrial systemsengineer. MMW is a 6-credit course for first-year students that integrates the modern history oftechnology and engineering as it relates to equity and justice with an introduction to engineeringfundamentals and engineering design. MMW fulfills a number of requirements for engineers andnon-engineers. For all

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 2: Identity, Professionalization, and Belonging I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brooks Michael Leftwich, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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path to follow are some of life’s biggest.Further, decisions about where and who to work for are value-laden. Especially for soon-to-beengineering graduates, job choices can have distinct social and ethical pressures from oneself,friends, family, and society given that engineering work can conflict with societal beliefs aboutwhat is “good” (i.e., manufacturing weapons for the military, mining for precious metals, drillingfor oil, etc.). Although what is “good” may differ from person to person, the engineeringprofession has a duty to society often referred to as social responsibility. Social responsibility ishighlighted by professional societies and academic bodies as a key engineering principle [1], [2][3], and several Bodies of Knowledge (BOK

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 10: Institutions and Structures

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Wood, University of Michigan; Berenice Alejandra Cabrera, University of Michigan; Hayley N. Nielsen, University of Michigan; Amber N Williams, University of Michigan; Lu Zhou, Tsinghua University; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

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principles for equity-centered engineering education are therefore instructional infocus and address the development of equitable classroom environments, including equitableassessment strategies, and the need for assessment of equity content. To date, most publications on equity-centered engineering course implementationsdescribe efforts in engineering design or ethics courses and modules. This may suggest that anequity lens is only or most relevant in those courses; however, if the goal is to promote students’capacity for equity-minded engineering practice, educators must center equity in a variety ofimpactful courses across students’ academic paths [17]. Indeed, Leydens and Lucena [18] arguethat engineering science courses are perhaps the

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy Mackenzie, The Aula Fellowship; Leslie Salgado, University of Calgary; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl; Victoria Kuketz, Catalyst ; Solenne Savoia, Mila-Quebec AI Institute; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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student, she focuses on the intersection of Responsible AI, public narratives, policy, and ethics. Her research interests revolve around public trust in AI systems, technology co-design practices with end-users and interdisciplinary approaches to AI literacy. Critical and feminist approaches to science and technology studies inspire her investigative stance. Leslie holds certifications in AI Ethics (LSE), Responsible AI and Human Rights (University of Montreal-MILA), and AI Policy (CADIP). As a consultant for a Global Partnership in AI project, Leslie contributed to research on equality and inclusion within the AI ecosystem. As an educator, she is interested in encouraging critical conversations on technology and

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Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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illustrate the importance of technical details andsocial, cultural, political, economic, etc. issues throughout the design process, ideologies ofdepoliticization [8] and technical-social dualisms [9]-[11] raise important questions about how andwhere engineers get opportunities to meaningfully engage in sociotechnical thinking in design.Indeed, there are growing concerns that as more engineering designs result in novel solutions andsystems, engineers will struggle to take a sufficiently broad view of their social, ethical, andfinancial responsibilities [1]-[4]. Nonetheless, many engineers do engage in sociotechnicalthinking in practice [12], [13], suggesting that engineers do eventually gain competence with thiskind of thinking. However, how they

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Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Hladik, University of Manitoba

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respond to the complex ethical, social, political, andenvironmental challenges of today, they may begin to eschew traditional case studies that portrayengineering as objective and apolitical. In this way, they may begin to “transgress” againstdominant views of engineering that can limit students’ critical thinking and engagement withsocio-political issues within engineering contexts. Liberatory pedagogy also disrupts the statusquo of power dynamics and practices in the postsecondary classroom, opening up space for newclassroom activities and assessments that create a more collaborative and equitable learningenvironment [1].In this paper, I explore the redesign of an undergraduate engineering technology and societycourse in relation to the idea of

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 5: Decoloniality and Indigenous Knowledges

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Robert Bruce, University of Ottawa

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curriculum frameworks thatemphasize systems thinking, ecological literacy, and holistic problem-solving approaches [2]. Byintegrating sustainability principles across technical disciplines, universities can cultivate a newgeneration of engineers who are not only technically proficient but also ethically conscious andenvironmentally responsive. This paradigm shift requires ongoing pedagogical innovation andinstitutional commitment to reimagining engineering's societal role.Realist review, or a realist synthesis, is a method for studying complex interventions in responseto the limitations of conventional systematic review methodology as it examines the differences,intended or unintended, between contexts, mechanisms and outcomes for individual

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Andrea Chan, University of Toronto; Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto; Saskia van Beers, University of Toronto; Sasha-Ann Eleanor Nixon, University of Toronto

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the University of Toronto. Her research interests include engineering culture, engineering careers in the public sector, and ethics and equity in STEM. Dimpho has several years of experience in thDr. Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto Emily Moore is the Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead) at the University of Toronto. Emily spent 20 years as a professional engineer, first as an R&D engineer in a Fortune 500 company, and then leadingDr. Andrea Chan, University of Toronto Andrea Chan is a Senior Research Associate at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering | University of TorontoMs. Emily Macdonald-Roach, University of Toronto

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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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University Channel Islands and Virginia tech he explores community empowerment for environmental justice, global engineering ethics, critical pedagogy coupled to STS, He specializes in sustainable technology, social movements, and community engagement stemming from a background in Science and Technology Studies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Cultivating “global competency” in a divided world Cultivating “global competency” in a divided world: A collaborative autoethnography of the cross-border, dialogue-based curriculum designINTRODUCTIONBACKGROUNDAmid the pandemic and geopolitical conflicts, the world and local communities are facingsupply chain

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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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problem-solving around technology infrastructure. This tension shapesmembers’ expectations of each other and creates ethical dilemmas where they have to choosebetween pursuing collective collaborative goals versus niche innovative goals. We conclude witha discussion on how the sociomaterial outcomes of technology infrastructure are driven by itsunpredictable complexity rather than specific functionality. 2COLLABORATION PRACTICES AROUND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IntroductionResearch on collaboration technologies often focuses on the design and use of technologiescreated specifically for purposes of

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Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of California, Santa Cruz; William Charles Sobolewski, University of California, Santa Cruz

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complex, technical information. 3) Revise documents for content, organization, and writing style. 4) Using library research skills and knowledge of citation practices, conduct self-directed inquiry to identify, critically evaluate, and cite relevant literature. 5) Provide feedback to others on their writing, speaking, and teamwork abilities. 6) Demonstrate ability to work in teams and manage team projects. 7) Design and deliver effective oral presentations. 8) Understand ethics and sustainability in engineering.The students completed four major assignments where they used our scaffolded approach torevision: Job Documents, Research Poster, Lab Protocol, and Technical Report. (Detaileddescriptions of all major assignments are

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Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Figard, Arizona State University; Abimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University; Marcus Melo de Lyra, The Ohio State University

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., 2022Challenges with Intervention Throughout the articles, authors discussed seven main challenges when integratingequitable design concepts into their workshops, courses, or programs: (1) curriculum integration,(2) faculty development, (3) assessment and evaluation, (4) student engagement and motivation,(5) prior experience, (6) long-term impact, and (7) addressing societal challenges (Table 4).During curriculum integration, faculty encountered challenges incorporating new,interdisciplinary concepts into their existing curricula, namely topics on ethics, social justice,accessibility, and sustainability (Forbes et al., 2022; Hoople et al., 2020; Letaw et al., 2022;Motti & Dura, 2021; Rossmann et al., 2020). Engineering education has continued

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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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Student Outcomes requirement(elaborated below). As a strong STEM-focused institution, Mines has a long history ofmaintaining high standards surrounding technical engineering coursework, which all DE studentsmust satisfy along with students in traditional disciplinary engineering programs. Alongside thetraditional technical engineering coursework offered by the disciplinary engineering programs,the Design Engineering program weaves our design-spine, providing an avenue for exploring thecontext of engineering design applications, with a strong focus on user experience and social,ethical, and environmental responsibility. Our program has evolved to a place where the designcoursework brings about critical transformations through a deep commitment to

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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personal insights, emotions, and experiences through poetry writing. 5. Fostering Interdisciplinary Connections: Explore the intersection of engineering and other disciplines, such as literature and art, to foster interdisciplinary thinking and broaden students' perspectives on their field of study. 6. Stimulating Critical Thinking: Challenge students to analyze and interpret poetry written by others, including poems related to engineering themes, to develop critical thinking skills and appreciate diverse perspectives. 7. Promoting Empathy and Ethical Awareness: Encourage students to consider the societal, environmental, and ethical implications of engineering projects through poetry that explores

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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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intention to major, which reinforces theimportance of curricular structures that enable students to experience a sense of community andconnection.” While the National Academy of Engineering in [14] states the system to educateengineers should include several elements including “the economic, political, ethical, and socialconstraints as boundary conditions that define the possible range of solutions for engineeringproblems and demand the interaction of engineers with the public.[14, p. 18]” The NationalAcademy also stated that surveys of pre-college students consistently demonstrate an interest incareers where “helping-others” is a key aspect and that it would be “particularly helpful if theengineering community could successfully communicate the

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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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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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promote a movement toward Solidarity Engineering that contributes to an ethic of care,love, equity, and justice among people and planet.Keywords: Solidarity Engineering, Ethics of Care, Love, Social Justice, Equity, Sustainability,Capitalism, Militarism, Collaborative Inquiry, Engineering PathwaysIntroduction “We live in a world in which a tree is worth more, financially, dead than alive, in a world in which a whale is worth more dead than alive. For so long as our economy works in that way and corporations go unregulated, they're going to continue to destroy trees, to kill whales, to mine the earth, and to continue to pull oil out of the ground, even though we know it is destroying the planet and we know that

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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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Kari Zacharias, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Chantal Rodier; Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus; Renato B. Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Ken Tallman, University of Toronto

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Engineering, English,Communication, Rhetoric, Theatre, Visual Art and Design, Science and Technology Studies, andEngineering Education. Our teaching responsibilities run the gamut of transdisciplinaryinstruction, including communication, science and society, professionalism, team skills,leadership and ethics, and responsibilities as an artist-in-residence, with instruction andsupervision at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our research interests reflect theseactivities and our career stages span from graduate school to near retirement. We are united by acommon interest in how engineering students develop mindsets that enable effective humanisticpractice, and we share common values in supporting our students’ development of

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 4: Sociotechnical Integration

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Alan Chong, University of Toronto

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how particular humanities opportunities lead to particular outcomes isexactly what is needed to make evidence-based arguments about the importance of this teaching.The Engineering and Humanities Intersections study responds to this gap by observing studentexperiences as they learn across disciplines to better understand how these learning experienceswork to support the outcomes that are associated with a liberal arts education, namely enablingtransdisciplinary competencies—communication, teamwork, project management,professionalism—and broadening mindsets—an ability to understand alternate epistemologiesand others’ perspectives, an appreciation of the social and environmental context of engineeringwork, self-awareness and ethical reasoning

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Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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the FTX collapse as a case study through which students can deliberate onthese issues.IntroductionWhen I started following the rapid collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in November2022, I was already considering the possibility of a case study for my engineering students.Students at my institution (and, I suspect, elsewhere) had been enthusiastic about investments incryptocurrency, even forming an official school club. I thought that studying a spectacular failurein crypto might leverage students’ interests in the manner of other case studies in engineeringethics and communication, such as the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle tragedies. I oftendevelop lessons out of such news stories when they lead with an obvious ethical lapse

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Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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, invokes a context inwhich “societal actors and innovators become mutually responsive to each other with a view onthe (ethical) acceptability, sustainability, and societal desirability of the innovation process andits marketable products” (Von Schomberg quoted by Schwartz-Plaschg, p. 149). In other words,the language of RRI assumes a very different kind of relationship between actors than does thelanguage of regulation. An awareness of the power of analogies can heighten our sensibilitiesregarding the linguistic choices we habitually make.Where analogical imagination refers to the context evoked by a particular choice of words,analogical reasoning is a form of critical thinking in which we make an implicit comparisonexplicit and explore how the

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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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Paper ID #42156The Power of Place: A Critical Examination of Engineering Enculturation &Identity FormationDr. Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College ParkDr. David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park David is the director of the Science, Technology and Society program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He works with STEM majors on the ethical and social dimensions of science and technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Power of Place: A Critical Examination of Engineering Enculturation and Identity FormationAbstract

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Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kylee Shiekh, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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contradictions that arise in students’education surrounding ethics, including how engineering instructors often allude to theimportance of ethics in engineering practice but then avoid explicit discussion of ethical mattersthat arise in the context of students’ coursework. This type of contradiction served as a catalystfor our thinking about some of the other ways in which engineering students receive and copewith conflicting messaging across their educational experience, especially where implicitpractices regularly contravene explicit messages. As with the hidden curriculum scholarship inengineering education generally, we are interested in how implicit messaging undermines effortsto create more inclusive, more authentic educational experiences

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Accountability and Stewardship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Zacharias, University of Manitoba; Renato B. Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Paula Rodrigues Affonso Alves, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba

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contexts from both literature and practice, the word stewardshiprefers to the generational knowledge of taking care of the land and community. Thisknowledge is expressed through practical skills such as hunting, trapping, and gathering, andthrough the values of responsibility and reciprocity. Stewardship in this context means to giveback to nature all that nature gives to us and to take only what we need [29].H. R. Anderson, one of the founding directors of the Native American TheologicalAssociation, noted that the communities he engaged with had an ethic of generosity thatdiffered from the dominant culture. In the dominant culture, the status in community wasacquired by having; in Indigenous communities, status was acquired by giving and sharing

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Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd E. Nicewonger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Stacey Anne Fritz; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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differences draws attention to how engineered systems become part of moraleconomies in various contexts. As Arctic scholar Frank Sejersen writes, the introduction of neweconomies of practice will not only generate “new moral expectations between people but [...]also create new agencies, resource conceptualizations, imagined communities, conflicts andproblems” (2022: 164). Consequently, describing the design of integrated trusses as beingembedded in wider moral debates allows researchers to attend to the plasticity through whichknowledge on home construction in this region is currently emerging in response to wider socio-economic and environmental factors (Biehl and Locke 2017).Returning to the larger question about ethics in engineering, particularly

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 6: LEES Works in Progress

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leanne Dawson, University of Calgary; Ayah Metwali, University of Calgary

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instructor to broaden my skillsetto hopefully fill in some of the gaps that I found during my undergraduate internship. I originallydid not see the benefit of leadership activities in my undergraduate degree, similar to theparticipants in [14]. These experiences changed my perception of myself, as I found that Ienjoyed the teaching and service work that I did more than the technical work that I did for myresearch. This led me to pursue an academic career as a teaching-focused faculty member. In myteaching, I try to incorporate non-traditional engineering topics, like sustainability, ethics andaccessibility, and professional skills, like communication and reflective practices, into theclassroom, to introduce them to a different side of engineering

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Matt Parsons, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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attention to diverse stakeholders, • creating more reflexive and ethical engineers, and • preparing engineers to collaborate better across disciplinary and cultural differences.Interest in these promises often derives from sociopolitical critiques of engineering, whichrespond to engineering’s close alignment with contemporary configurations of capital andmilitarism [10, 11, 12], interrogate the distribution of agency and responsibility withinengineering [13, 14], and produce engineering educational spaces that can reproduce inequitieswhile purportedly operating as “unbiased,” “apolitical,” and “rigorous” [15]—all while animatedby particular environmental, social, and technical conditions constraining the world in whichengineers hope to

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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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crucialmechanism by which U.S. engineering education settings have grappled with unwanted politicalsensibilities is through silencing. There is an enduring sense that rigorous, respectableengineering training, as well as engineering in action, from the technical classroom, at the labbench, or on the factory floor must exclude the subjectivities we know as “politics.” This isdespite the concession by some that value systems known as “ethics” or “rigor” may (must) bebolstered [26], [27]. Across many technical subdisciplines, so-named ethics and other liabilitysystems are today seen to represent the universe of Engineers’ moral responsibilities in itsentirety. We are prompted to ask, then: How precisely does such apparent depoliticization ofEngineering

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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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pm. The data collection and analysis for this research was consideredexempt by the school’s institutional review board, and all necessary protocols were followed forstudent data protections.Theoretical Framework: This activity is inspired by Nel Nodding’s theory of Ethics of Carewhere it is suggested that caring is a universal human attribute and caring is ethically basic tohumans [14]. This theory supports the message that educators are responsible for caring for theirstudents and believing in their success outside of the classroom [15]. The theory can beextended to say that the goal of an engineering educator is to ensure that engineering students areable to leave the degree program as not only successful engineers but also as successful

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 2: Identity, Professionalization, and Belonging I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Amanda Katz, Utah State University

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Paper ID #47998From Railroads to Electrified Roadways: How Lessons from United StatesEngineering Education Can Power Tomorrow’s InfrastructureLazlo Stepback, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Lazlo Stepback is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University and Adjunct Faculty at Ivy Tech Community College. His current research interests focus on engineering ethics and how students ethically develop as engineers. He also works with the ASPIRE engineering research center looking into engineering workforce development for electrified roadways. He earned a B.S. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the

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Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Fatima Rahman, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Proceedings of the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.[7] Gupta, A. (2017, June). A practitioner account of integrating macro-ethics discussion in an engineering design class. In 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[8] Hess, J. L., & Fore, G. (2018). A systematic literature review of US engineering ethics interventions. Science and engineering ethics, 24, 551-583.[9] Winiecki, D., & Salzman, N. (2019, January). Analyzing and Working-Out Ways of Addressing Problems of Social-Justice in an Engineering or Computer-Science Context. In 2019 NSF REDCON (Revolutionizing Engineering & Computer Science Department CONference), Arlington, VA.[10] Gupta, A., Turpen, C., Philip, T., & Elby, A