Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

and Pank. He previously worked as a technical writer for a market research firm. Page 15.703.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving the Ability of Engineering Students to Communicate Their Technical Discoveries to Non-Technical AudiencesAbstract:The Engineer of 2020 identifies the ability to communicate as a key attribute of successfulengineers. ABET requires engineering schools to ensure students’ ability to communicateeffectively upon graduation. Yet traditionally, the ability to communicate has been interpretednarrowly, simply requiring students to convey technical information to

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristyn Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

their private donor would be interested in funding your specific project, since it will take a long time for your work to be made into a commercially marketable product. You also know that absolutely no one would notice if you started using some of the new (non-federally-approved) hESC lines in your experiments instead of your current cells. What action should you take? You want to meet your research goals, serve the public good, and obey the law, but these goals seem to be opposing one another.One group of students (n=46, designated Control Group) was given this question as writtenabove, without any specific instructions to guide them through the ethical decision-makingprocess. Meanwhile, the second group of

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

ability to act ethicallyas engineers, it is essential that students are exposed to it. At a minimum, the benefit to thestudent is their recognition of critical gaps in their education; at best, students will be motivatedto gain additional background knowledge from outside research, from peers in other disciplines,or simply from the context of assigned readings. Additional challenges include students notbeing used to doing large amounts of reading, or readings of the type assigned, such that theymay not think critically and bring good questions for discussion. Finally, the readings arechallenging because they pose a threat to the world view many engineers hold, and can producedefensive reactions. These challenges are discussed more fully

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Brocato, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2009-1565: TWO WAYS OF USING CASE STUDIES TO TEACH ETHICSJohn Brocato, Mississippi State University John Brocato serves as Coordinator and Instructor in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. He designed and helps teach GE 3513 Technical Writing and works closely with engineering departments on enhancing the technical communication content in their curricula. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from MSU and previously taught in the English Department there. He is a member of ASEE and serves as its Campus Representative for MSU

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

interacted with multiple expertson the 1750s time period. While the students had some rudimentary knowledge of the timeperiod, they were challenged to gain and retain new information so that it could be used later inthe trip to answer the public’s questions. Also, through practice, the students gained anintellectual understanding of team operations, leadership, entrepreneurship, navigation,watercraft skills, camping/outdoor skills, time management, design, fabrication, andenvironmental issues.The students were challenged emotionally in three distinct ways. First, the students lived closely(ate, slept, played, and worked) together 24 hours a day for two months. The team was a diversegroup of students, staff, and faculty, which could create much

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Lax, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2007-2658: HELPING ENGINEERING STUDENTS WRITE EFFECTIVEEMAILJoanne Lax, Purdue University Ms. Lax is the communications specialist for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.S.J., 1977; M.S.J., 1978) and Purdue University (M.A. 1994). She teaches graduate courses in academic writing and speaking for international engineering students. Page 12.800.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Helping Engineering Students Write Effective EmailAbstractWith the widespread availability of text