Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University-Kingston

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Liberal Education

of Education for Peace, Democracy and SustainableDevelopment and suggests modifications to the ABET criteria; proposes an engineeringcode of ethics based upon the notion of community in a morally deep world; anddescribes an engineering design algorithm consistent with the new code.Key words: Integral model, morally deep world, ethics, designIntroductionThe phrase, “a revolution of the heart,” is taken from the Catholic Workers movement,founded in the 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, a movement grounded in therecognition of the dignity of every human being and dedicated to promoting social justiceand peace.1 The present work seeks to bring the concepts of social justice and peace intoreform discussions ongoing in both engineering and

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Snider, University of South Florida

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Liberal Education

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Liberal Education

as a hurdle to get past, and revert to using narrow technical approachesto solving problems and producing technology. Transferring knowledge in one domain (liberalarts) to another (engineering) is difficult.1 One approach that helps students integrate theircontextual, liberal arts education with their technical learning is the use of design norms. Thispaper explores two norms, or guidelines, for technology design: justice and humility. We beginby looking briefly at the design process and defining the design norm in Section 3. Thefollowing section explores the parallel idea of use norms. Section 5 reviews a number of ways todefine justice and concludes with the application of justice as a technology design norm.Similarly, Section 6 applies

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

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Liberal Education

content and learning process, between their engineering educationand their future professional lives. The connections students make between their education andtheir personal lives is most often untapped. Using liberative pedagogies (processes that empowerstudents in their learning through active engagement and self-reflection), the engineeringthermodynamics course at Smith College has been revised to promote the relationship betweenthermodynamics and student experience.1 Student engagement with the classroom innovationsaids the learning process and provides an opportunity for students to take responsibility for theirlearning. Thus, an excerpt from Foucault’s Power/Knowledge2 discussing the “regime of truth”was introduced to stimulate questions

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Fry, Brigham Young University

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Liberal Education

Thinking” in the Context of EducationIntroductionIn 2005, Roger Martin (now the Dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School ofManagement) was quoted as saying, “In this turbulent, get-real economy, the advantage goes tothose who can out imagine and out create their competitors”.1 “Imagine” and “Create” are veryartistic words for a School of management Dean. In the increasingly competitive globalenvironment, both business and engineering have become more interested in gaining a broaderunderstanding of the principles of creativity in their search for more meaningful innovation. Oneof the more recent terms to describe this interest in Innovation is the term “design thinking”.Creativity and design thinking are thought of as “right-brain

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University

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Liberal Education

different universities (Mississippi State University and Baylor University). Theirresults will be published in another paper at the 2006 A.S.E.E. annual meeting15. Two tablesfrom that paper are relevant here. The first one describes the amount of cheating that is Page 11.142.4occurring at these universities. Table 1 Have you ever cheated in college? Never Once Few Frequently Often as (%) (%) Times (%) needed

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Liberal Education

necessary.In the 1600s, the British controlled the east coast of America while the French laid claim to avast portion of North America, which encompassed the Great Lakes and virtually every bit ofland west and north of the Appalachian Mountains. Contained in the region were great quantitiesof thick-furred mammals including beaver. Beaver pelts were highly valued to support aEuropean fashion trend of fur-felt hats. Therefore, America’s interior was also highly valued. Page 11.768.3Fur traders and trappers forged much of the original network of trails and waterways to open theregion (see Figure 1). They established a network of roads, waterways, and

Conference Session

Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

different rules.Enron, for example, touted a 64-page code of ethics, which the company required all employees–including management–to read and then sign an oath attesting to their commitment to highethical standards. Enron took its ethics code very seriously, at least on paper, as noted in a 2000memo penned by CEO Ken Lay: “I ask that you read them [“commonsense rules of conduct”]carefully and completely and that, as you do, you reflect on your past actions to make certain thatyou have complied with the policies. It is absolutely essential that you fully comply with thesepolicies in the future.”1 Similarly, Tyco’s board of directors established as a goal “highstandards of honesty, integrity, and ethics throughout the organization.”2 Yet corporate

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Contemporary Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology; Heinz Luegenbiehl, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

partsunder as much as twenty feet of water.3 Indeed, such an event had long been predicted.4That much is undisputed.Cause: “take 1” For almost a month after Katrina smashed through New Orleans, the predominantview seems to have been that the cause of the disaster was water flowing over thefloodwalls; the walls had failed because the cascading water had undermined them fromthe street side. There was good reason for this view. At many places, especially alongLake Pontchartrain, observers had actually seen water coming over the levees; and therewas, in any case, plenty of evidence of just the sort of erosion “overtopping” wouldproduce. On this view, Katrina had only the simplest of lessons to teach. The flood-controlsystem had been built to

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Liberal Education

faculty develop “technological literacy” coursesabsent any common, simple definition ? The premise of this paper is that the voluntarycreation and teaching of such a course represents, broadly speaking, a kind of academicquest, wherein the protagonist sets out on a large voyage to explore the history andmodernity of his/her discipline, and more deeply, his or her own place in the engineeringcosmos, by the learning which comes through the development of such a multi-dimensional course. This hypothesis is illustrated using the author’s experiences, andexamples drawn from the 2004 NAE-NSF workshop.Introduction At a recent engineering workshop for Technology Literacy, sponsored by NSFand held at the NAE 1, the faculty presenters consisted of a

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; James Heisler, Hope College; Thomas Ludwig, Hope College; Roger Nemeth, Hope College; James Piers, Hope College; Neal Sobania, Pacific Lutheran University

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Liberal Education

degrees in any given field 2,5,6.For Japanese students, entrance to universities is determined by performance on entranceachievement examinations taken at the end of high school. The examinations are difficultand challenging even for the best students. Outside observers have noted that Japanesehigh school is “not a minimal competency curriculum”1 and “pre-university education inJapan is demanding, and gets results.” 6There is inordinate competition for admittance into those few universities considered tobe the most desirable and prestigious. This stems from the hiring practices of the largestcorporations and the government in Japan which hire only graduates of certain schools7.Undergraduate grades are not considered to be an important factor in

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Liberal Education

writing samples gathered inportfolios). It employs several assessment strategies (quantitative analyses of student writingsamples, quantitative analyses of written surveys, and qualitative analyses of interviewtranscripts).This paper is the second in a series of four planned EWI reports to ASEE. While last year’spaper articulated a baseline set of data with regard to student attitudes, practices and skills, thisyear’s report will include data demonstrating what students have learned in addition topreliminary considerations of how this study can begin to affect instructional practice in UT-Tyler Engineering courses.BackgroundWith some estimates suggesting that “as much as 80% of an engineer’s work time is spent oncommunicating,”1 significant

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilkat Soysal, Frostburg State University; Oguz Soysal, Frostburg State University

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Liberal Education

the scientificreasoning skill and technological literacy of students in all majors.In Frostburg State University an interdisciplinary course titled “Science Technology andSociety (IDIS 160)” was developed with the motivation of the Undergraduate EducationInitiative (UEI) [1] approved by the Faculty Senate in February 2005. IDIS 160 isdesigned as a pilot freshman course for mainly non-science/engineering majors to meetthe new general education requirements.The main purpose of the course is to introduce the “models of research, the developmentof science and technology, and the application and subsequent impact of thedevelopments on society and the environment.” The course goal is consistent with theFSU general education program, which

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Graham, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Patrick Farrell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jay Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

than our common goal to assist in improving the college.The retreat also provided an opportunity to determine if there was sufficient commitment,including time and money, to engage in a deliberate activity of redesign of the college.At the conclusion of the EELI retreat, we established a goal of culture change in the UW-Madison College of Engineering to align the culture and behavior with the needs of “TheEngineer of 2020”. A plan of action involving 8 steps was also developed at the retreat: 1. Formalize the implementation task force 2. Frame and communicate CoE Vision 2010 3. Assess faculty and staff aspirations for CoE 4. Identify changes needed and develop action plans 5. Define and populate core teams 6. Empower faculty

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Liberal Education

-learning is the integration ofcommunity service projects into the curriculum that also help to develop fundamentalengineering skills through experiential learning. Service-learning has been found to helpstudents develop technical and non-technical skills, make connections between classes, developracial and cultural sensitivity, enhance their commitment to civic responsibility and increase theirethical awareness and awareness of the impact of professional decisions on society and theenvironment. 1-5 Page 11.1164.2Another increasing popular addition to the curriculum of many engineering programs isinternational learning experiences such as study

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Pinar Menguc, University of Kentucky; Ellie Hawes, University of Kentucky; Jane Jensen, University of Kentucky; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky

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Liberal Education

2006-2360: IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON SOCIETY: FROMAQUEDUCTS TO NANOTECHNOLOGYM. Pinar Menguc, University of KentuckyEllie Hawes, University of KentuckyJane Jensen, University of KentuckyIngrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky Page 11.717.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON SOCIETY: FROM AQUEDUCTS TO NANOTECHNOLOGY M. P. Mengüç1, E. Hawes1,2, J. Jensen3, I. StOmer4 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering 2 Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering 3