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Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John William Lynch, University of Cincinnati; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

and project management. Her focus was on students’ professional development and support for underrepresented groups in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Initial investigations into the link between spatial and technical communication skillsAbstract:ABET requires that all engineering graduates are able to effectively communicate technicalinformation; however, industry leaders often lament the technical communication skills of ourengineering student graduates. Despite years of concerted effort, at a national level, the situationdoes not appear to be improving. In contrast, the spatial skills of engineering students aretypically well above

Conference Session

Equity and Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Catherine Chase Corry, Colorado School of Mines; Julianne Stevens, Colorado School of Mines

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26 30–60–minutequalitative interviews during the 2023 Fall semester to understand the students’ institution–specific experiences of inclusion and exclusion. Additional interviews with students, faculty andadministrators will be conducted during the 2024-25 school year.During this project, five student research assistants conducted semi-structured interviews withtheir fellow students. The interview data collected was analyzed and used to help createsuggestions for practices that might lead to a diverse and inclusive culture in our newmakerspace. By discovering what individual students and stakeholder groups value and expect ofan inclusive makerspace the research team was able provide guidance to campus leaders and themakerspace director to

Conference Session

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)

positive impacts of diverse thinking in STEM and how to negotiatediversity to the benefit of a team, project, or product. The same students may then be instructedto use number-based peer-assessment tools that compare team member task completion to thedetails of the team contract. The expectation is that such assessment will address team discord,despite the students never being expressly taught about conflict types, resolution strategies, orthe constructive aspects of well-managed conflict in communication and team settings. Such anapproach invites well-organized complaining based on a narrowly structured and poorlyunderstood team contract from students who may have little to no understanding of or patiencefor perspectives and ways of being that

Conference Session

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

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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’ perception of Community Engaged Learning pedagogy in 2020 at North Dakota State University. Over my final undergraduate years, I created a Humanitarian Engineering lab on OSU’s campus. The lab served over 125 students when I graduated in May 2022. I currently attend Colorado School of Mines to study Humanitarian Engineering and Science. At Mines, I am a teaching assistant for the Engineering With Community Design Studio. It consists of eight capstone projects applying engineering for social good. After Mines, I want to become a lecturer for general engineering courses and Humanitarian Engineering.Dr. Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines Dean Nieusma is Department Head of Engineering, Design, and Society at Colorado

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lara K. Schubert, UCLA; Cal State Los Angeles; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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ofNorthern California) but now is part of a nationally coordinated effort (through NCSEA,National Council of Structural Engineers Associations) with many chapters in many differentstates. To learn more about this work and to glimpse the strengths and weaknesses of theinitiative, I interviewed past and current leaders of SE3 from SEAONC, reviewed materialsavailable on their website, and looked at some internal resources that were shared with me. Iinterviewed ten people between April 2022 and August 2022 via zoom. I have kept theirquotations anonymous and sent a draft for their review, to be sure that no unwanted identifyingmarkers remained. Prior to this work, I contacted the UCLA Institutional Board of Review aboutthis project, explained my research

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Carrell, Texas Tech University; Joshua M. Cruz; Andrew Mark Herbert; Iris V. Rivero; Emily Lazarus; Erika Nuñez, Texas Tech University; Nafisha Tabassum; Xueni Fan, Texas Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

(HDSTEM) curriculum uses a humanities format as a context todiscuss science and engineering advancement. The foundation of an HDSTEM curriculum is thatit would reassert the importance of humans and human impact in science and engineering, whilerecognizing the social, political, and cultural catalysts and outcomes of technological innovation.Therefore, we hypothesize that through an HDSTEM curriculum, students will not only developtechnically accurate solutions to problems posed in an engineering curriculum but will alsoquestion their ideas' impact on society. For this project, we draw on the case of an HDSTEMcourse, “World War II and Technology,” taught at Texas Tech University (TTU) and RochesterInstitute of Technology (RIT). Specifically, we

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

professors at Triune University, developed an introductorymechanical engineering design course that attempted to integrate themes from Frankenstein intorobot design projects [3]. The principle aim of the course was to provide a vehicle for students“to experiment with connecting engineering and the humanities” [3]. To facilitate thisconnection, students were tasked to develop designs for robots that related to themes in MaryShelley’s Frankenstein. As they read the novel, students reflected on certain passages theythought could serve as thematic inspiration for robot design concepts. In their reflections,students included a sketch of the concept design along with an explanation of its connection to aparticular theme in the novel. After analyzing the

Conference Session

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

learned here in Fairbanks] to those buildings out there.After this successful building project, stories about the affordability and efficacy of theintegrated truss system spread. By the time we began collecting data on housing issues inNorthern Alaska, over 20 homes had been built in the region using the method. Stories andidiomatic references to the system emerged early in our research, and most emphasized the valueof this system, including how it might be extended to other settings. One plan was to develop anintegrated truss plant in Bethel, a hub community for the larger Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region(YK Delta) in western Alaska.Example 2: Economic revitalizationThe plan to develop integrated truss manufacturing in the center of the YK

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Huang; Nava Bozorgmehri; Alexander Broome; Peyton Elise Carter; Hayoung Cho; Jaxen Farrell; Jane Ginley; William Kaeul Gotanda; Margaret Hynes; Charles Patrick Neill; Owen Pett; Will Purnell; Eliana Jean Razzino; Olivia Lane Remcho; Vanessa Rigoglioso; Cyrus Rosen; Ellen Ryan; Mary Katherine Serpe; William Sweeney; Avneet Hira, Boston College; Gabriella Maria Bachiochi

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, whicharguably have more daily use than their calculus or physics skills which might not appear to have as muchuse in daily life. Reflection.The next idea that was covered was reflection. The individuals that chose to shareabout this idea had fairly similar comments. Reflection gave people time to think about “how am Ipositively contributing to society and how can I use engineering to positively contribute to society(Skipping Orange).” An example of the most notable projects being a wind turbine project that was givenas an assignment in a reflection session and again during a class. In the first case, students were asked todetermine which areas on a plot would be the most ethical to place an anchor to not disturb thecommunity, and then the second

Conference Session

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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. Sociotechnical thinking inengineering is discussed using a range of lenses and approaches within engineering education, andI will attempt to synthesize some of the cutting-edge research.One major effort has been out of the Colorado School of Mines. Here, researchers explored a widerange of factors related to sociotechnical thinking in undergraduate engineering programs. Theyexamined the perceptions and experiences of both students and faculty regarding sociotechnicalintegration and its impact on sociotechnical habits of mind [2], [12]–[14]. This work wasconducted across a range of engineering curricular settings which included design as well asengineering science courses. One of their major research projects entails exploring student andfaculty

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xueni Fan, Texas Tech University; Joshua M. Cruz, Texas Tech University; John Carrell, Texas Tech University; Michael Scott Laver, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Department of History at the Rochester Institute of Technology and has taught at RIT for 15 years. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024WIP: Navigating Epistemological Borders: Considerations for Team Teaching at the Intersection of Humanities and STEM This paper is a part of a larger project designed to better equip engineering students withempathetic attitudes. While our larger project focuses on the student experience and measuringempathy levels, this paper focuses on the teaching of such a course. Specifically, this paperexamines what we are terming two humanities-driven STEM (HDSTEM) courses taught at twodifferent institutions (Texas Tech University and Rochester Institute of

Conference Session

AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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andpractice were present in this particular educational environment. More specifically, I wanted toexamine the relations of design and explore how students ethically negotiated these relations asthey completed their design work. This project comprised my doctoral research [1].During the 2015 and 2017 Fall semesters and the 2018 Spring semester, I attended each twice-weekly class meeting either in a classroom or at the course’s community partner’s facilities.During the two-hours and twenty-minute classroom meetings, both the students and theirinstructor, who had warmly accepted my request to be a participant observer in her course,welcomed my active participation in discussions about course content and our sharedexperiences working with the community

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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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

/technical dualism have included revising stand-alone ethicscourses and adding more social components to previously purely technical courses, such asdesign courses [6-9].Research in this space is still identifying what to expect of students and how to support deeperengagement in sociotechnical topics. This is being investigated through, for example, analyzingstudent interviews and focus groups [10-13], in class whole-group discussion [7, 14], andstudents’ written work [15]. Here, we build on this research base by looking at small group in-class discussions.This study is part of an NSF-funded research project to implement and study integratingsociotechnical components throughout a first-year computing for engineers course. In oneiteration of the

Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Frankenstein myth contributes to public discourse and debateabout controversial technologies such as genetically modified foods, embryo research,technologies of de-extinction, artificial intelligence, and weapons of mass destruction.The major writing project in the course is not an essay on Frankenstein, the kind of which mightbe assigned in a course in British literature; instead, it is a research paper in which studentsanalyze polarized public responses to an emerging technology of their choosing that intereststhem. To frame their argument, students draw on an essay by Martijntje Smits that uses monstertheory to explain why some people dread, while others welcome, certain controversial newtechnologies [8]. Drawing on the work of anthropologist Mary

Conference Session

Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Stephanie Nicole Bartholomew, University of Southern California

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metacognition and self-regulation. She developed and continues to work on Engineering Moment, a co-curricular podcast project about the social role of engineering, and Vision Venture, a video series exploring students’ engineering identities, agency, and purpose after graduation.Stephanie Nicole Bartholomew, University of Southern California Stephanie Bartholomew is a student at the University of Southern California, majoring in Chemical Engineering with a focus on Biological and Pharmaceutical applications. With a keen interest in the intersection of engineering and healthcare, she aspires to make a difference in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Beyond academics, Stephanie is deeply involved in campus leadership

Conference Session

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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important mechanism of cultural reproduction inengineering education is what education scholars call “the hidden curriculum”, which can bedefined as “the set of structured learning experiences or conditions that occur beyond designintent and apart from the explicit curriculum” [1]. Engineering education scholars have exploreddifferent ways the hidden curriculum manifests and impacts student experiences [2] [3], givingspecial attention to impacts on underrepresented and marginalized student groups [4] [5].This paper derives from a larger project exploring cultural reproduction in engineering with afocus on how engineering students and recent graduates think about individual and professionalethics [6]. That project has considered some of the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MC Forelle, University of Virginia; Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia; Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Paper ID #39174Applying STS to Engineering Education: A Comparative Study of STS Mi-norsProf. MC Forelle, University of Virginia MC Forelle is an assistant professor, teaching track, in Engineering & Society at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Their work examines the intersection of law, technology, and culture, with particular interests in materiality, sustainability, and practices of resistance and change. Currently, they are developing a a book project that studies the technological challenges faced by users, tinkerers, and repair communities working to repair, maintain, and

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacey Sexton; Amanda Menier, SageFox Consulting Group; Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group

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Paper ID #39243Transgender and Nonbinary Computing and Engineering Education: AWorkshop Experience ReportStacey SextonAmanda Menier, SageFox Consulting GroupRebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group Rebecca Zarch is an evaluator and a director of SageFox Consulting Group. She has spent almost 20 years evaluating and researching STEM education projects from K-12 through graduate programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Transgender and Nonbinary Computing and Engineering Education: A Workshop Experience ReportExisting gender diversity Broadening

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elana Goldenkoff, University of Michigan; Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

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public, are recognizing the critical need for the ethical production andmanagement of AI. As a result, society is placing immense trust in engineering undergraduateand graduate programs to train future developers of AI in their ethical and public welfareresponsibilities.In this paper, we investigate whether engineering master’s students believe they receive thetraining they need from their educational curricula to negotiate this complex ethical landscape.The goal of the broader project is to understand how engineering students become public welfare“watchdogs”; i.e., how they learn to recognize and respond to their public welfareresponsibilities. As part of this project, we conducted in-depth interviews with 62 electrical andcomputer engineering

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)

can be a catalyst for systemic change.II. The Mann Report: What It Does and Why It Is Worth Our Attention TodayAs mentioned earlier, Mann was the chief investigator for the Joint Committee on EngineeringEducation of the National Engineering Societies. This committee was formed in 1907 at theinitiative of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (SPEE) with collaborationfrom the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society of MechanicalEngineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical Engineers (now IEEE), American Chemical Society,American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and American Institute of MiningEngineers. A few years into the project, the Joint Committee recognized that they needed “someone trained in

Conference Session

Writing and Technical Communications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lance R Curtis, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

wasessentially an attendance grade. Students had weekly homework assignments. Homework wascompleted by hand and submitted on paper, which the instructor graded as well as annotated withfeedback. As the semester progressed and became increasingly busy, time constraints influencedthe annotated feedback to appear less frequently. Students in the control group also completedthree exams, a final group project which included a written report, and a final exam as part of thecourse. Although the final project includes a writing aspect, the grade students receive isessentially for completion (i.e., students who meet the requirements receive full credit). BecauseHCC does not employ a +/- grading system, all grades assigned are straight letter grades where A= 90

Conference Session

Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Ban; Lordina Odeibea Mensah; Matthew Whitwer; Lucy Elizabeth Hargis; Courtney Janaye Wright, University of Kentucky; Joseph H Hammer; Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky

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Diversity

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been discussionin the literature on the lack of flexibility or empathy from engineering faculty [12], there has beenlittle else on the influence that faculty and staff might have on student’s beliefs about seeking helpfor their mental health. Therefore, this work highlights how both explicit and implicit messagingfrom engineering faculty and staff influence student beliefs about seeking help for their mentalhealth.MethodsData reported in the present manuscript are derived from a larger mixed-methods project that usedthe integrated behavioral model to explore undergraduate engineering students’ mental healthrelated help-seeking beliefs [11].Recruitment and ParticipantsAs part of a comprehensive study on engineering undergraduate mental health

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines

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. She also earned a graduate certificate in human-centered design (HCD) from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program at Virginia Tech. Marie’s interest in values and engagement in professional cultures also extends to innovation and its experts.With Matthew Wisnioski and Eric Hintz, Marie co-editedDoes America Need More Innova- tors?(MIT Press, 2019). This project engages innovation’s champions, critics, and reformers in critical participation.Dr. Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines Aubrey Wigner is an assistant professor at the Colorado School of Mines where he teaches engineering design, entrepreneurship, and systems design.Dr. Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines Dean Nieusma is Department

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Sean M. Eddington, Kansas State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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. Eddington, Kansas State University Sean Eddington (Ph.D., Purdue University) is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Kansas State University. Sean’s primary research interests exist at the intersections of organizational communi- cation, new media, gender, and organizing.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Elmore Family School of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and (by courtesy) the School of Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Pur- due. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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problemsthrough human action. Proponents of this Current focus on citizenship at both the local andglobal level, and use strategies like community projects, debates and action plans that actuallyencourage students to stand up for what is just. Educators may have concerns about exposingtheir ideology and political leanings in the classroom, creating some tension with respect to thisCurrent.STSE-Relevant Practices in Engineering educationIn reflecting on the nature of STSE as described above, and considering the integration withengineering, we might start with exploring the nature of the engineering profession, and how thattranslates to the engineering education context. In a critique of engineering education, Pawley(2019) suggested that engineering

Conference Session

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

) includingengineering drawing, CAD, descriptive statistics, physical prototyping and design research skillsgrounded in humanistic inquiry. For the 8-week design project in the course, students work withour project partners - a school that supports individuals with extensive support needs, to designassistive technologies. I also teach Innovation through Design Thinking, a first year course thatfulfills students “introduction to design” engineering requirement and an open-ended projectbased engineering analysis lab for students in their second year.Debates about sociotechnical integration in engineering educationOne way in which we are conceptualizing engineering as conflict as a generative analyticalcategory is to connect it to ongoing debates about the social

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Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Hladik, University of Manitoba

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interdisciplinary backgrounds and commitmentsto critical pedagogy made space for new possibilities beyond traditional engineering approaches.Our redesigned course had a new structure. After an introductory week, Mondays were reservedfor lectures, Wednesdays for small group discussions, and Fridays for activities. Assignmentsincluded three reflections (15%), two discussion preparation assignments (10%), three debates(15%), a team project (20%), and a final examination (40%). I elaborate further on the coursestructure and assignments in the following sections of this paper. Overall, the course redesignaligned with four ideas from Teaching to Transgress: creating a community of learning,transgressing against objectivity and apoliticism in engineering

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Polmear, King's College London

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

• Empathy and communication compassion activities Collaborating: social skills • Communication • Design project in skills group • Co-creation skills • Labs with partner • Inclusive mindset • Seminar activities in and intercultural groups competence • Inclusive design, • Trust bias in design

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary A. Armstrong, Lafayette College

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education is understood to beinherently valuable, institutions continue to inadequately center the inclusion, retention, andthriving of engineering students from historically minoritized groups. The intentionaldevelopment of critical consciousness in engineering students may be one important tool foradvancing this greater project. Holly [10] proposes that “CC presents itself as a useful concept tobetter understand why these efforts have not been successful in transforming the quality ofexperiences and statistical representation of people [from] groups that have been marginalized inengineering throughout history.” The elusive goal of “broadening participation in engineering”may in fact be strongly supported by the development of critical