Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

Laboratory Are Magnus Bruaset holds a PhD in mathematical modeling from the University of Oslo. Since 2007, he has served as the assistant director of the Simula School of Research and Innovation. In addition, since late 2004, he has built up Simula’s research group in Computational Geosciences in close collaboration with StatoilHydro. He still leads this research group. Bruaset is also a professor at Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. For this national workshop, he served the lead organizer and as a principal instructor in the critique sessions.Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University Melissa Marshall is a lecturer with the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences at

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Dennis Giever, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Mary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories

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Liberal Education

AC 2007-826: SECURITY EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE ROLE OFENGINEERINGBradley Rogers, Arizona State UniversityDale Palmgren, Arizona State UniversityDennis Giever, Indiana University of PennsylvaniaMary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories Page 12.1259.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Security Education in the 21st Century: The Role of EngineeringIntroductionHigher education bears the primary responsibility for the development of the nation’s humanresources in all fields, and security is no exception. However, the development of educationalprograms in the security field is complicated by the fact that the practice of security does not

Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University; Anthony Smith, CPE-LYON FRANCE

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Liberal Education

AC 2008-1993: SUMMER ON-SITE IMMERSION IN FRENCH LANGUAGE ANDENGINEERINGDavid Ollis, North Carolina State University DAVID F. OLLIS is Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. His recent NSF DTS grant "CROSS-COLLEGE COLLABORATIONS" has included engineering participation in stateside and overseas foreign language courses in Spanish and French.Anthony Smith, CPE-LYON FRANCE Anthony Smith is Professor of Chemistry and Director of International Relations, CPE-Lyon, Lyon, France. He is the Director of the CPE-Lyon Summer Program which combines French language instruction with a laboratory experience in chemical engineering and

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

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Liberal Education

. We make the followingobservations from Fig. 1: • Organization was noticeably improved; this could probably be attributed to the fact that all assignments in this sample were laboratory reports were apparently created using standardized guides or templates. • Neither author noted much change in the quality of the content of laboratory reports. This is somewhat surprising, given the expectation that students at this level would be adapting to the idiom of their professional communities of discourse. A possible explanation is that wide discrepancies in participants’ writing samples were noted, and this range of responses was reflected in the overall rating. • Evaluations of mechanics showed problems

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama

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Liberal Education

similar work to the field of Engineering Page 14.672.2education.Our work brings together the disciplinary expertise of an Electrical Engineering faculty memberwith a Writing Center director’s experience in writing instruction and evaluation. Dr. Beams hashad over 16 years’ experience in industry and 12 years’ experience in academia, and he currentlyteaches (or has taught) Electronic Circuit Analysis I and II (including laboratories),Instrumentation Systems, Senior Design (a two-semester capstone design sequence), and ElectricCircuit Analysis I (with laboratory) and II. Dr. Niiler has taught writing at the university levelfor over 20 years, and

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Liberal Education

that the faculty has determined to be important.” 7 And in a pithyassessment of the value of clear written communication for the engineer, Forsyth (2004) notesthat “the effort involved” in careful drafting “will pay dividends.” 8 The authors of this study Page 11.694.2understand the value of writing within engineering practice. The University of Texas at Tylerfounded its School of Engineering (now the College of Engineering and Computer Science) in1997, and industrial experience was required in all founding faculty, including Dr. Beams whowrote numerous laboratory reports, letters to vendors and customers, memoranda, testinstructions, failure

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Liberal Education

: anadventure. Analysis of this genre summons the talents of literature faculty. Here we drawupon English professor Thomas Foster and his intriguing book How to Read LiteratureLike a Professor4, and its more enticing subtitle “ A Lively and Entertaining Guide toReading Between the Lines.” His opening salvo, “Every trip is a quest”, argues that eachadventure story posses five characteristics: A quester A place to go A state reason to go there Challenges and trials en route, and A real reason to go there. In the context of teaching technological literacy, the quester is the instructor whosets out to construct and teach such a course, the place to go (physically) is the lecturehall and laboratory and (intellectually

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Liberal Education

necessarily help the student transition to the skills necessary for engineering andscientific technical writing.Since effective communication skills are as important to engineers as their technical skills,students need guidance from department and institutional support teams to help them understandthe complexities of the engineering writing processes and products. Writers need to understandand appreciate the investment of time required for informal writing, such as writing to learncourse content. They also need to value audience expectations and learn the forms in which toexpress content knowledge, such as laboratory reports and design projects. Further, they need tolearn the conventions of sentence-level expression within those forms. This includes

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education

IncentiveGuest Lectures An engineering faculty member presenting one 65-100 $200- lecture in a liberal arts course, or vice versa. minutes $250Modules One week of material, in the form of class or 3-6 hours $500 laboratory time.Paired Courses Two courses taught in the same term, sharing At least 3 $1000 three or more activities (lectures, labs, field hours trips, speakers, etc) in the same term. Table 1. Summary of Supported InteractionsIncentives were intended for the first offering of an interaction, and for lectures, supported up totwo guests per

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education

by examining the nature and practices of creativecommunities. Why? Creative communities provide a synergistic environment thatencourages ongoing, informal (non-certified) learning experiences out of whichinnovation emerges predictably and organically. This conference paper examines severalcreative communities in a variety of fields, both historical and present-day, to learn whatthey can teach us about self-directed, lifelong learning. The specific communitiesdiscussed within this paper include the following: 1. Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey Page 15.1189.4 2. Silicon Valley 3. Paris, France (the Impressionists and Hemingway’s

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

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Liberal Education

oralpresentation practice in class (a component students consistently clamored for).Progress as of September 2008As of September 2008, two workbooks (English 110 and 111 courses) have been completed. Thefirst semester workbook contains 9 reading passages, each with 2 or 3 versions (original andbasic; or original, basic, and intermediate), as well as keyed grammar references and a writingprompt. The second semester workbook contains 8 reading passages. Original passages at theintermediate level are used as is, with adaptation for passages that begin at grade 9 level orabove. In addition, this workbook contains instructions for writing basic laboratory reports,developed to coincide with the laboratory reports required in science and engineering

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

beginning, and they show no sign of subsiding. PDI is alsotime-intensive for faculty, requiring more time in class, more time coordinating among multipleinstructors, and more time interacting with (motivated but demanding) students outside of class.Finally, PDI-type instruction and research faces subtle but pervasive prejudice by scholars withinboth engineering and STS. Written off by many as “applied” scholarship, design andinterdisciplinary design especially, is seen as “soft,” “non-rigorous,” or otherwise lowly asopposed to “hard,” “pure,” high-status laboratory-based research. While the question of therelative status of different ways of knowing, and engaging, the world is clearly beyond the scopeof the present analysis, it is relevant to

Conference Session

Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

different companies and each player has a specific role within the virtual firms.A wrong decision could result in disaster. In one scenario, for example, a firm’s ethics officeravatar “killed” 350 employees after making the decision to continue production at a virtual plantin Indonesia, which had been repeatedly threatened with terrorist actions. Notes game developerAllen Varney, “The game is all about temptation.”26Quick TakesNot all ethics games are time-consuming. Abbott Laboratories has implemented “Rocked orShocked,” a touch-screen game played at kiosks set up during training sessions or corporatemeetings.27 Players have a minute to answer six questions, such as “When it is appropriate toaccept baseball tickets from clients” from a rotating

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Johnstone, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

her work at annual conferences of ASEE, WEPAN, and CEIA, and published in the Journal of Engineering Education, the Journal of Language and Social Psychology, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, the European Journal of Social Psychology, and the European Review of Social Psychology.Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication in the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer, 2003) and regularly gives workshops on engineering presentations for different institutions including Sandia National Laboratories, the SPIE, Los Alamos

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education

of the effects of technical-humanities integration on student learning and attitudes arelacking, and important questions remain. Page 12.1147.4Integrated course block: Paul Revere enters the science labPaul Revere is a project-based course that employs new pedagogies and laboratory facilities totest the effectiveness of different educational approaches and assessment mechanisms. Thecurrent incarnation of the course is completely integrated, i.e., students only encounter a singleset of assignments and learning objectives that apply to both the history of technology and thematerials science halves of the course, and students may not take one

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Meyer, Clarkson University; Dick Pratt, Clarkson University

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Liberal Education

problems using both quantitative and qualitative in the major reasoning ̇ Mathematics, including statistics ̇ Think critically and imaginatively ̇ Science (with integrated laboratory) ̇ Technology course Areas of Knowledge ̇ Imaginative arts ̇ Five courses across six areas of ̇ Cultures and societies knowledge, including at least one ̇ Contemporary and global studies interdisciplinary course meeting ̇ Economics and organizations outcomes in two areas. ̇ Interrelation

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State University; Heather Canary, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education

Ethics & Computer Ethics: methods and concepts from Computer Ethics with significant implications for engineering research and practice such as intellectual property, privacy, and safety-critical systemsPlans call for the online modules to be piloted in a graduate engineering course in earth systemsmanagement as well as a graduate course in ethics and emerging technologies.Model IV – Ethics and the LabThis model is based on the idea that scientists and engineers sometimes disregard traditionalethics training in the classroom because they don’t see how the lessons could pertain to theirdaily work or how the ethics instructor could understand their situation. Holding these sessionsin laboratories where the students are comfortable

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

laboratories in small groups, including nano-fabrication facilities,nano-characterizations labs where advanced microscopy units are located, and nano-machining labs. The students in the Honors track met the faculty and graduate studentswho actually work on the cutting edge nanotechnology research. It was an eye-openingday for many.Another eye-opener was the “Creativity Colloquium” which took place at the studio ofProfessor Gary Bibbs, a faculty member in the College of Fine Arts. His slide show abouthis creativity, his thought process, and his actual implementation of ideas to constructlarge metal sculptures was quite well received. He resonated with the students whoalready knew about the efforts and frustrations of James Watt in building

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

incorporating documents such asproposals, laboratory reports, and design reports into engineering courses.22, 24, 35 Few, if any,offer models in which first-year composition courses serve as sites to ground students’ rhetoricaldevelopment in college and provide the framework for subsequent communication learning.Fewer still take full advantage of the broad skill base developed in the composition classroom. In Page 12.1135.4fact, disturbingly, a number of authors speak quite disparagingly of English courses, as thefollowing examples suggest: • “Traditional composition courses cannot adequately prepare students for the writing required to solve

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Liberal Education

university laboratory settings and in clean rooms; in the lab spaces of high-techstart-ups; or in R & D departments of large chemical and biomedical companies that have closeuniversity ties and which often employ PhD students. Jobs for two-year college graduates inthese settings are scarce. In 2008, for instance, Pennsylvania’s Workforce Development officelisted “Industrial Engineer Technician” at the associate degree level, the employment categorythat we are concerned with, as a high-priority occupation for the state but estimated that therewere at that time 43 openings for this position annually in Pennsylvania.9 The PaNMT hasgraduated slightly more than 500 students from its certification programs since 1998, or about 45students a year so far

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd

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Liberal Education

radio-specific techniques—such as the useof sound to evoke a physical setting and the effective interweaving of interviews and ambientsound—as well as techniques common to a variety of media, such as the use and development ofstory arcs and pacing. At the same time, in laboratory and field sessions they develop proficiencyin the technical aspects of radio production, such as gathering high-quality sound, audio editingand digital audio effects. The class culminates in a major team project, in which students developand produce a radio documentary on the social, economic, political and technical aspects of acomplex environmental issue. The documentary is aired on the MIT radio station and thendistributed and licensed for broadcast on other

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University; E. Zimmers, Lehigh University

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Liberal Education

AC 2007-2283: MIGRATION FROM A LEADERSHIP HONORS PROGRAM TOAN ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP MINORGregory Tonkay, Lehigh University Gregory L. Tonkay, Ph.D. is an associate professor and associate chairperson of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Lehigh University. He is also the director of the ISELP and the Electronics Manufacturing Laboratory. Tonkay has been actively involved in curriculum development for the college’s common freshman year and the department’s degree programs and minors.E. Zimmers, Lehigh University Emory W.Zimmers Jr. Ph.D is professor of Industrial Systems Engineering and Director of Enterprise Systems Center at Lehigh University. Zimmers has been responsible

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

design work. For lab experiments, either portable experimentation setswere brought to the classroom or the students were taken to a laboratory to watchdemonstrations such as electro-mechanical energy conversion, renewable energy, andproperties of sound.The experience gained in the fall semester showed, however, that a traditional classroomsetting was not convenient for this type of course due to the limitations to engage thestudents into inquiry based learning experience. In spring 2006 the class was scheduled ina physical science lab with 24 seats for two 75-minute long meetings per week. Thisschedule allows more time to finish lab experiments, simple design activities, casestudies, and video presentations followed by guided discussions.By

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Liberal Education

, representing all five major branches of engineering offered atSchulich (Mechanical, Chemical and Petroleum, Civil, Electrical and Computer, andGeomatics), who supervise the individual lab sections; a fine arts instructor and acommunications instructor; in addition, the course also has a full time technician, 20-24engineering teaching assistants, 4-8 fine arts/industrial design teaching assistants and 4-6communications teaching assistants.Communications instructor as Solo InstructorThe primary role of the communications instructor in ENGG 251/253 is that of sololecture instructor. As one of the two lecture instructors, the communications instructor isresponsible for half the lectures each semester, as well as at least two laboratory periodsof

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education

ofthinking. The observation of such developments seems promising, with a view to helpingstudents develop into the technically excellent, innovative and humanistic professionals as was Page 15.776.8envisioned by the think tank and described in the beginning of this paper. Future work willfurther evaluate this and explore the interplay of specific influences and the range of concreteoutcomes to share an effective model for innovation in engineering education curriculum well-suited to the challenges of the 21st century.AcknowledgementsPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

its first few years, the engineeringfaculty operated out of classrooms and laboratory spaces borrowed from across UCLA‟s stilllimited campus.14The postwar enrollment boom, and the special interest that students expressed in technicalsubjects, ensured that Boelter would receive the appropriations necessary for expanding hisfaculty and facilities. However, in terms of the College‟s early postwar growth, a more rapid, and Page 15.474.4exciting expansion occurred in the area of off-campus graduate instruction.From the standpoint of the industrial recruiters, who were given the resources to draw from anational labor pool, there was little to be

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin; D'Arcy Randall, University of Texas, Austin; Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education

communication and laboratory classes. Her research interests include methods of teaching engineering ethics, argumentation, and graduate-level writing.Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin Hillary Hart is Distinguished Sr. Lecturer in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, where she created and directs the program in engineering communication. She has published one book (two editions) and over 20 technical articles on environmental and risk communication, engineering ethics, and technical communication. A Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, Hillary also works with companies, such as BP-Amoco, and public agencies to develop strategies for socially

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education

students a data-driven curriculum to guide their efforts at making connections would help students seethemselves as engineers. We assert portfolios are one way to satisfy our obligation as educatorsto design an engineering learning experience focused on the student and not the content.AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by the National Science Foundation through grant REC-0238392,“Using portfolios to promote knowledge integration in engineering education.” The authorswish to thank all of our research participants and all members of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education for the insightful reviews and comments that helped to shapethis paper.References1 Loshbaugh, Heidi G., Ruth A. Streveler, Kimarie Engerman, Dawn Williams

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education

laboratories, theystill can not provide the understanding gained through actually engaging with technology in itsworking environment. Taking fundamental theoretical concepts and applying them to real lifeengineering problems helped to solidify the students’ understanding of those fundamentals. Inmany ways this validation parallels the value attributed to undergraduate internship and coopprograms as well as other experiential learning experiences. The ETHOS experience providedthe participants with an increased awareness of how engineering impacts the daily lives of peoplein all societies.Another common outcome that the ETHOS experience provided to the participants was anunderstanding of another culture. Furthermore, most students indicated that the

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education

Heinricher 2002 5, assess their own competencies and take amore active role in the learning process as in Erikson 19986, and even have a betterunderstanding of course objectives as in Guan 2005 7. Additionally, these results providea basis for ensuring that a portfolio assignment helps the most students.AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by the National Science Foundation through grant REC-0238392, “Using portfolios to promote knowledge integration in engineering education.”The authors wish to thank all of our research participants. The authors also wish to thank Page 12.1254.12the members of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education