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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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Engineering Education, 2024 Meta-Activity Theory as a Conceptual Toolfor Supporting Transdisciplinary Curricular Experimentation in Undergraduate Learning ContextsWhen it comes to carrying out external evaluations of academic plans in higher education, LisaR. Lattuca and Joan S. Stark’s text, Shaping the College Curriculum: Academic Plans inContext, has provided a critical resource (Lattuca and Stark, 2011). The text lays out aframework for analyzing the social aspects of curricular plans, which often involves examininghow the intended curricular design of an academic program compares to the actual livedexperiences of students and faculty who are involved in the curriculum. By drawing on Lattucaand Stark’s framework, external

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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students having to create plans that completely redesignedexisting structures that were owned by the organizations. The courses’ scope did not extend toactual construction although the students’ final designs were given to the organizations in thehope that the designs could be leveraged in future grant applications to fund construction.The instructor, who was a professional architect, reported that she had organized the classroomas if it were an architectural firm. This setup led to multiple intersecting conversations in eachclass period between peers as they navigated the desires of their “clients,” as well as thechallenges of utilizing new design software and building codes to complete their designs. Thelogic of designing the class as if it were

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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, the authors present the back story that led to the creation ofthe new major, the design of the curriculum, the articulation with the liberal arts, the difficultiesfaced in implementation, the student outcomes and benefits to Randolph-Macon, and the goalsand plans for the future.History of Engineering Physics at Randolph-Macon CollegeAt the encouragement of a local practicing civil engineer, Randolph-Macon first consideredadding a new department of engineering during the 1980s. During that time, the President of theCollege and the local engineer visited Swarthmore College [13] to learn more about theirprogram. The conclusion at the time was that beginning an engineering program would require afinancial investment far beyond the ability of RMC

Conference Session

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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commonfirst-year educational pathway that every beginning engineering student must go through beforedeclaring their engineering professional program (i.e. Civil engineering, mechanical engineering,multidisciplinary engineering, etc.). Students are selected in the late spring term of the first yearbased on self-selected interest, achieving a minimum 2.5 GPA in FYE coursework, and passing aformal portfolio screening process conducted by the theatre department within the College ofLiberal Arts. Once accepted into the MDE program theatre engineering cohort, all studentsfollow an established plan of study (Appendix 1.) designed specifically to incorporate the 3-yearcapstone design pedagogy, and culminating in a senior capstone design experience.Three

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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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,corporate sustainability), or a mixture of both fields (e.g., energy studies, water security).The individualized focus area attracts the greatest number of students, since many of our studentsdesire the flexibility to choose courses about which they are passionate and in areas they seethemselves pursuing in their careers. Product design and project management are two areas thatmany students pursue with their individualized course plans, and while there may be overlapbetween students’ course choices for a product-design-oriented individualized focus, we tend tosee customized curricula for each student. This customization demands close coordinationbetween students and their faculty advisors to ensure student success and protect againstmeandering by

Conference Session

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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workers (division of labor) to collaboratively Figure 2: Example of an engineering activity produce the components of the power grid. They do system in this study this work using specialized tools (computers, plans, knowledge, and skills) according to existing rules(regulations, norms, ‘best practices’) to achieve their objectives and ultimately deliver theoutcome, that is power service to customers (see Figure 2).Data AnalysisThe interviews were transcribed and analyzed using a thematic analysis approach [17], in whichthe data were analyzed to find patterns and themes in the texts. Braun and Clarke formulated athematic analysis process comprised of six general phases: 1

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Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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. When we formulated the structure of the workshop, wetherefore built the topic of intersectionality into our plans, and attempted to live out thoseprinciples in our design.Workshop GoalsWith this in mind, we sought to bring together experts across a range of computing, engineering,and related technical and data-based disciplines as well as experts from other fields in the socialsciences, including education and the learning sciences, to build an agenda for inclusive policy,practices, and research for TNB computing students. Our specific goals were to: ● Define near- and long-term agenda items for intersectional research about the inclusion of TNB learners in computing for the Computing Education Research (CER) community ● Advance

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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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onengineering and applied science. In fact, most educators trained in humanities, arts, and socialsciences work in a single department.We planned these activities in response to significant recent interest in pedagogies inflected bySTS for engineering students [1, 2, 3]. Such efforts are often strongly interdisciplinary, crossingboundaries between engineering and humanities fields. There are some signs that engineeringeducation, on the whole, considers interdisciplinary education to be useful for students: evidenceof these considerations include ABET criteria [4], curricular and co-curricular requirements ofengineering degrees, and pedagogical activities in which different disciplinary knowledgessupport the integration of “sociotechnical” themes [5, 6

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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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social sciences (with thelatter focusing in particular on science and technology studies or STS). We often articulate theIDSs as bridging engineering's “technical, creative, and social dimensions.” Because our socialscience faculty are largely trained in STS, “sociotechnical integration” is a departmentalhallmark, so a tagline for Design Engineering is “sociotechnical integration through design.”This approach to educating engineers has been challenged by—but also advanced because of—ABET accreditation requirements and our efforts to navigate the accreditation planning andreview.EDS offers, and therefore (mostly) controls the content of, the design spine courses (in additionto some of the focus area courses) within the overall curriculum. Because

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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individuals, whowere either organizers or participants, augmented with end-of-program feedback, we provide a rich description ofthe program's planning, activities, and impact. Specifically, our study draws from engineering education research,bridging the gap between research and practice to answer three research questions related to the program: (1) Howdid the program design enable a more effective understanding of interdisciplinary problem-sets? (2) How didparticipants experience the interdisciplinary work of the program? (3) Did the program affect participants' impact oninterdisciplinary problem-sets after the program? Our findings highlight the benefits of interdisciplinary, holistic,and hands-on approaches to AI education and provide insights for

Conference Session

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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andmanagement plans [32]. An example of land stewardship, the Cedar Stewardship AreaManagement Plan [33] provides a strategy for managing and preserving local cedar trees thathave existed in the area for over 5,000 years and are endangered due ongoing industriallogging practices. An example of marine stewardship, the Marine Planning Program, offersexpertise and technical support from professionals to the CHN to manage protected areas inHaida Gwaii [34]. In these examples, stewardship is a practice that aligns intention, localknowledge, and values with actions that prioritize land and community over resourceextraction.Stewardship in Canadian BiotechnologySome of the earliest analysis of stewarding technology that we identified comes from theCanadian

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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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

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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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instructors across disparate disciplines navigate epistemological differences when co-teaching?We hope that by answering such questions, we may develop better insight into the dispositions,attitudes, and epistemological orientations that instructors from disparate disciplines hold whenteaching with one another. This information may be used by engineering faculty whencollaborating with other instructors to develop curricula and lesson plans that integratedisciplinary knowledge beyond STEM. Literature reviewDisciplinary Knowledge Each discipline has its unique view of reality with distinct phenomena, epistemology,assumptions, concepts, theories, and methods, so a singular disciplinary focus cannot

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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asmentoring partnerships and scholarships—while others may focus more on providing communitysupport, such as diversity workshops and social activities. These differences are products of eachsite’s context and driven by local students’ needs and goals.One component of the leadership structure of Access is the Core Organizer (CO) Team. The COteam is responsible for supporting communication, mentorship, and self-reflection in thenetwork. The CO team meets on a regular basis to coordinate mentorship of student leaders,grant and funding applications, and future plans for the network. The team originated from thevarious site leaders that came together initially to write the grant that funded the creation ofAccess. This team has changed and expanded as

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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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topics course within our university’s engineering department, indicating a weekly averageof 2 hours of in-class time and 4 hours of homework. Through the course activities, students willdevelop a concrete plan for their (new or ongoing) advocacy work, and begin to enact this planwith support from both peers and instructors.Learning ObjectivesWe have developed the following Learning Objectives for the initial offering of the course.By participating, students will: • Identify their individual interests and strengths to integrate advocacy into their practice. • Articulate their scientific and/or engineering identity and how it relates to critical consciousness and their unique potential to shape the world. • Develop critical

Conference Session

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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stress reduction strategies.The results reveal that students had a positive reaction to the activity being implemented in anengineering class and appreciated the discussion about mental wellness in engineering.Additionally, the study revealed information on many stressors faced by students in engineeringprograms. After the conclusion of the activity, over half of the students who participated in thestudy plan on implementing mental wellness strategies into their routines to manage their stress.IntroductionMental wellness is a fundamental aspect of health. Mental wellness is defined as an internalresource that allows for the capacity to manage feelings and behavior [1]. For students studyingin higher education, it is fundamental to develop both

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline Polmear, King's College London

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]. Internationalstudents contribute academically, socially, culturally, and economically to UK universities,and their growing numbers have magnified the need to understand their experiences in UKhigher education. Challenges such as English proficiency, financial stress, culture shock, andacademic environment have been reported among international students [16]. Wheninternational students develop their engineering identity, it is one part of a multi-faceted storyin which they are also developing their understanding of self in a different culture andcontext.Research AimsThe aim of this paper is to present ongoing work on the module design and planned datacollection in the context of international undergraduate students’ macroethical andengineering identity

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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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other’s drafts in class 4) Students reflect on the peer review process, identifying revisions they plan to make due to comments they received and also anything they plan to change after being inspired by seeing a strength in another student’s draft.Based on instructor observations and student feedback, we can identify several reasons why thepeer review process has variable results for students. The major problem we have identified isthat students put different amounts of effort into reading and commenting on other students’drafts, which results in some students receiving very little or unhelpful feedback. Sometimes astudent will not submit a draft, which affects not only that student (i.e., they do not receivefeedback from peer

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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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prepare students to dedicate themselves todiversity that values the richness of human society as a divine gift and to pursue justice bymaking an action-oriented response to the needs of the world.[12]” Given the uniquely holisticaims of the LUM community, the practice of reflection laying at the core of the Jesuit traditioninvigorates all corners of the university to respond to nationwide calls for social, political, andeconomic justice.At present, LUM’s strategic plan places a strong emphasis on DEI through the recruitment ofstudents and faculty from underrepresented groups and the creation of more inclusive classroomsand curricula. The university’s stated diversity aims include “awareness of the structural sources,consequences, and

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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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students’ degree plan, incollaboration with two faculty members in engineering and members of local industry in Doha,Qatar. The aim of reorganizing the course, ENGL 210 “Technical and ProfessionalCommunication,” is to develop an interdisciplinary approach to teaching technical writing inwhich English and Engineering faculty, as well as industry partners, play equally important rolesin preparing students to meet the academic and professional expectations for effective writingand communication in engineering fields, both local and international.BackgroundOur undergraduate engineering students at Texas A&M Qatar take only ONE course inTechnical Professional Communication (ENGL 210). The objective of the course is to providestudents with practice

Conference Session

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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teachinginterests; however, the majority of members - including all authors of this paper - are either non-engineers who teach in engineering spaces, or scholars with hybrid identities whose backgroundsinclude training in engineering as well as in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Collectively,we viewed the collaboratorium session as an opportunity to discuss topics that are central to ourown work with a broader group of engineering educators with varying levels of experience andexpertise with these topics.Our initial expectations were that the collaboratorium might yield a landscape analysis ofactivities in these four domains to support engineering education practice. This goal informedour planning for the collaboratorium and the dialogue prompts

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jingshu Meng; Hannah Norton; Chelsea Andrews, Tufts University

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expressed explicit disinterest in the topics that centeredaround U.S. issues and recommended adding international topics to the course. For all of thestudents, even the one who had been in the U.S. the longest, their international identity wasstronger than their racial identity. This seems to be at odds with how the other students in theclass positioned these international students of color–as experts in racial issues. These findingshave implications for the design and facilitation of sociotechnical content in engineeringcoursework, both in terms of creating scaffolds for students new to the U.S. and motivation tocreate content focusing on international contexts. In future work, we plan to focus on howinternational students of color are positioned

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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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Taiwan there are notsufficient instructors who are trained and motivated. These inadequate course designs andsystematic limitations lead to a lack of understanding of the relationship between technologyand society and a lack of systematic thinking among science and engineering students. Thissituation limits students’ ability to think about their professional skills, future employment,ethical responsibilities, and other issues in a global context.1Cultivating “global competency” in a divided worldWe also witnessed an educational reform in engineering education curriculum worldwide. In2018, China began the New Engineering Education and Excellent Engineer Education andTraining Plan as the cornerstone of its national engineering program. In May 2021

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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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ability to gain the perspective of thetarget audience. By gathering feedback from a broader range of participants, event organizerscan gain more accurate insights into visitor experiences and perceptions, which can inform futureevent planning and development that aligns with the target audience perspective. Thepreliminary results of the meme analysis show that meme creation has great potential as a way toexplore participants thinking, particularly for demographic groups that have a history of non-participation (teenagers and historically marginalized populations).Figure 2: Examples of memes created.In summary, the visual method used in this case study is the creation of memes by participants asa form of data collection and evaluation. The

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Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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prevention, employee engagement, strategic planning, andteam relationships [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. Kolko [9] argues that “There’s a shift under way in largeorganizations, one that puts design much closer to the center of the enterprise. But the shift isn’tabout aesthetics. It’s about applying the principles of design to the way people work” (p. 1). DTand human-centered design work because of empathy, learning to embrace failure whileprototyping many different ideas, and sharing and co-designing with clients, project partners, andco-workers [10, 11].Although much as been written about the phases and exercises involved in DT [12] and relatedhuman-, empathic-, and culture-centered design models [13], less is known about how thesesessions are facilitated

Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Newton; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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]. Table 3 belowsummarizes these items.Table 3: Career-Related ItemsI plan to choose a career in sustainabilityI believe I would be successful in occupations working on sustainability issuesI am certain that my professional engagement could contribute to the reduction of climatechangeCompared to other professions, engineering students are well-suited to addresssustainability concernsFriends support me in my desire to work in sustainabilityIt will be difficult to find a job in the field of sustainability1.The third and final part of the survey is a set of three open-ended questions. The purpose of thesequestions is two-fold. One, to ask questions that further expand on the ideas expressed in theCAS and SCCT without limiting participants to a Likert

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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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students who maybe experiencing emotional distress. These services can also include mental health education andtraining for students and staff, as well as crisis response plans for addressing mental healthemergencies. The second dimension is caring and supportive staff, which includes teachers,administrators, and other school personnel who are empathetic, responsive, and nurturing towardstudents. Caring and supportive staff can create a positive school climate where students feelvalued, respected, and supported in their academic and personal pursuits.The third dimension of Wang and Degol’s framework for emotional safety is an absence ofverbal bullying or harassment. This includes creating a safe and respectful school environmentwhere students are

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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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workerswere rising. These awards were decided by juries who were very sympathetic to workers. In1915, the workmen’s act was passed by the general assembly in Pennsylvania. The act definedinjury as “violence to the physical structures of the body” and, by doing so, standardizedpayment to workers who had gone through industrial accidents (Slavishak, 2008, p. 246). TheNational Association of Manufacturers approved workers’ compensation programs because “ofits central concept of liability without fault” (Ibid, p. 242). The plan “acknowledged the damagedbody of work but did not dwell upon it or ask it to prove itself as the result of individual orcorporate culpability” (Ibid). Ultimately, through such legislature, municipalities were able toremove the

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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, refining both the shared language around and approach toteaching sociotechnical integration using design tools as the object lesson.We have come to describe this collective effort as “learning the tool, contextualizing the tool,and teaching the tool as sociotechnical practice.” This planned department-wide effortimplements and theorizes sociotechnical integration from the ground up, via repeated modulesaddressing specific engineering design tools. Candidate tools include those our faculty arealready responsible for teaching, such as SolidWorks CAD modeling and decision matrices, aswell as those we aspire to extend coverage of, such as Arduino microcontrollers and 3-Dprinting. For each tool, our ultimate goal is to collectively co-construct